A trustee shall make disbursements from income, to the extent that they are not disbursements to which section 637.201, subsection 2, paragraph “b” or “c”, applies, according to the following:
 1. One-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 637.501

  • 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
  • Income: means money or property a fiduciary receives as the current return from a principal asset. See Iowa Code 637.102
  • Income interest: means an income beneficiary's right to receive all or part of the net income, whether the terms of the trust require it to be distributed or authorize it to be distributed in the trustee's discretion. See Iowa Code 637.102
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 637.102
  • Principal: means property held in trust for distribution to a remainder beneficiary when the trust terminates. See Iowa Code 637.102
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Trustee: includes an original, additional, or successor trustee, whether or not appointed or confirmed by a court. See Iowa Code 637.102
 2. One-half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests.
 3. All of the other ordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management, or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income, including interest, ordinary repairs, regularly recurring taxes assessed against principal, and expenses of a proceeding or other matter that concerns primarily the income interest.
 4. Recurring premiums on insurance covering the loss of a principal asset or the loss of income from or use of the asset.