611.22 Actions by or against legal representatives or successors in interest — substitution. Any action contemplated in sections 611.20 and 611.21 may be brought, or the court, on motion, may allow the action to be continued, by or against the legal representatives orsuccessors in interest of the deceased. Such action shall be deemed a continuing one, andto have accrued to such representative or successor at the time it would have accrued to thedeceased if the deceased had survived. If such is continued against the legal representativeor successor in interest of the defendant, a notice shall be served as in case of originalnotices. If such an action by the deceased is allowed to be continued, then the court shallappoint a personal representative for the deceased as defined in section 633.3 or shall allowa successor under section 633.356 to continue the action. [C51, §1699; R60, §4111; C73, §2527; C97, §3445; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10959; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.22] 2021 Acts, ch 7, §1, 2Manner of service, R.C.P. 1.302 – 1.3152021 amendment applies to actions that arise on or after July 1, 2021; 2021 Acts, ch 7, §2 Sat Dec 23 11:18:18 2023 Iowa Code 81, §611.22] 2021 Acts, ch 7, §1, 2Manner of service, R.C.P. 1.302 – 1.3152021 amendment applies to actions that arise on or after July 1, 2021; 2021 Acts, ch 7, §2 Sat Dec 23 11:18:18 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 611.22 (22, 0)
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