{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.254","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 633.254","heading":"Sale — division of proceeds.","body":"If it appears to the court, upon application of the personal representative, the surviving spouse, or the report of the referee, that the property, or any part of it, cannot be advantageously divided, the court may order the whole, or any part of such property, sold, and the share of the surviving spouse in the proceeds paid over to the surviving spouse.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE","Subchapter V - RIGHTS OF SURVIVING SPOUSE","Part 2 - PROCEDURE FOR SETTING OFF ELECTIVE SHARE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/633.254.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"d4f1057187ab1fa37924cf1bd2e1e1c4f637559933cee6454c45bcced481a885","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.253","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}