{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-651.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 651.3","heading":"Partition of real estate pending probate or administration of estate.","body":"If an entire interest in real estate is owned by a decedent on whose estate administration or probate is pending a partition action shall not be brought until four months after the second publication of the notice of the appointment of the personal representative. A partition action shall not be brought at any time while an application for authority to sell such real estate is pending in a probate proceeding.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 651 - PARTITION","Subchapter II - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/651.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"bdba8db7dcb4e971ea98a75729573a1af9b08f4de6d18f7e8112e2f3309fb57a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-651.2","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-651.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}