IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
252.14 - HOMESTEAD -- WHEN LIABLE.
252.14 HOMESTEAD -- WHEN LIABLE.
When expenditures have been made for and on behalf of a poor
person and the person's family, as contemplated by section 252.13,
the homestead of such poor person is liable for such expenditures
when such poor person dies without leaving a surviving spouse, or
child, as defined in section 234.1. Section History: Early Form
[C31, 35, § 5309-c1; C39, § 3828.086; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 252.14]
See also § 561.21