Iowa Code 633.476 – Action against distributees — costs — tender
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.476
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Distributee: means a person entitled to any property of the decedent under the decedent's will or under the statutes of intestate succession. 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
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
In an action against the distributees, where the judgment is to be against them in proportion to the respective amounts received by them from the estate, costs awarded against them shall be in like proportion, and anyone may tender the amount due from that distributee to the plaintiff, which shall have the same effect, as far as the distributee is concerned, as though that distributee were the sole defendant.