651.12 Initial court decree and appointment of referee. The court shall file an initial decree establishing the shares and interests of all owners in a property subject to a partition petition. One referee shall be appointed in the decree unlessall owners of the property agree upon a larger number of referees. The decree shall orderan appraisal or estimation of the valuation of the property and may direct either a public orprivate sale of the property. Unless all owners of the property agree to an alternative methodfor conducting the appraisal or of estimating the valuation of the property, the decree shallappoint three disinterested persons with knowledge of property valuation to appraise theproperty. The decree shall direct the referee to file a report with the court setting forth thereferee’s recommendations for completing the partition of the property. All other contestedissues related to the partition petition, including liens, may be determined by the initial decreeor by a supplemental decree or decrees. 2018 Acts, ch 1108, §12Referred to in §651.28 Sat Dec 23 12:21:38 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 651.12 (6, 0)
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