1.

 When realty treated as personalty.

 Real property acquired by the personal representative by the completion of foreclosure proceedings, or by the forfeiture of real estate contracts, after the death of the decedent shall be deemed to be personal property for the purpose of administration and distribution of the estate.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.385

  • Charges: includes costs of administration, funeral expenses, cost of monument, and federal estate taxes. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Court: means , when referring to a court of this state, the district court sitting in probate with jurisdiction of conservatorships and guardianships. See Iowa Code 633.701
  • Debts: includes liabilities of the decedent which survive, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Estate: means the real and personal property of either a decedent or a ward, and may also refer to the real and personal property of a trust described in section 633. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Personal representative: includes executor and administrator. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • real property: include lands, tenements, hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
 2.

 When personalty treated as realty.

 In all cases of sale of real property by a personal representative under order of court, the surplus of the proceeds of such sale remaining after the payment of debts and charges shall be deemed to be real property and disposed of in the same proportions as the real property would have been if it had not been sold.