Iowa Code 633.426 – Order of payment of debts and charges
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.426
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Charges: includes costs of administration, funeral expenses, cost of monument, and federal estate taxes. See Iowa Code 633.3
- Debts: includes liabilities of the decedent which survive, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise. See Iowa Code 633.3
- 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
Payment of debts and charges of the estate shall be made in the order provided in section 633.425, without preference of any claim over another of the same class. If the assets of the estate are insufficient to pay in full all of the claims of a class, then such claims shall be paid on a pro rata basis, without preference between claims then due and those of the same class not due.