{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.665","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 633.665","heading":"Separate actions and claims.","body":"1. Any action pending against the protected person at the time the conservator is appointed shall also be considered a claim filed in the conservatorship if notice of substitution is served on the conservator as defendant and a duplicate of the proof of service of notice of such proceeding is filed in the conservatorship proceeding.\n2. A separate action based on a debt or other liability of the protected person may be commenced against the conservator in lieu of filing a claim in the conservatorship. Such an action shall be commenced by serving an original notice on the conservator and filing a duplicate of the proof of service of notice of such proceeding in the conservatorship proceeding. Such an action shall also be considered a claim filed in the conservatorship. Such an action may be commenced only in a county where the venue would have been proper if there were no conservatorship and the action had been commenced against the protected person.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE","Subchapter XIV - ADMINISTRATION OF GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS","Part 6 - CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/633.665.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"8b352897e8491f06f4539ec29619356f95d0a6a32c8f01c559602b9ffa0465cf","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.664","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.666"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}