Except when otherwise specially provided, no evidence of the following enumerated contracts is competent, unless it be in writing and signed by the party charged or by the party’s authorized agent:
 1. Those made in consideration of marriage.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 622.32

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Those wherein one person promises to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another, including promises by executors to pay the debt of the decedent from their own estate.
 3. Those for the creation or transfer of any interest in lands, except leases for a term not exceeding one year.
 4. Those that are not to be performed within one year from the making thereof.
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