Idaho Code § 15-2-608
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15-2-608 NONADEMPTION OF SPECIFIC DEVISES IN CERTAIN CASES — UNPAID PROCEEDS OF SALE, CONDEMNATION OR INSURANCE — SALE BY CONSERVATOR.
Official statutory text
PART 6.
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
15-2-608. Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases — Unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation or insurance — Sale by conservator. (a) A specified devisee has the right to the remaining specifically devised property and:
(1) Any balance of the purchase price (together with any security interest) owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property;
(2) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at death;
(3) Any proceeds unpaid at death on fire or casualty insurance on the property; and
(4) Property owned by testator at his death as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security for a specifically devised obligation.
(b) If specifically devised property is sold by a conservator, or if a condemnation award or insurance proceeds are paid to a conservator as a result of condemnation, fire, or casualty, the specific devisee has the right to a general pecuniary devise equal to the net sale price, the condemnation award, or the insurance proceeds. This subsection does not apply if subsequent to the sale, condemnation or casualty, it is adjudicated that the disability of the testator has ceased and the testator survives the adjudication by one (1) year. The right of the specific devisee, under this subsection is reduced by any right he has under subsection (a) of this section.
History:
[15-2-608, added 1978, ch. 350, sec. 9, p. 918.]
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
15-2-608. Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases — Unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation or insurance — Sale by conservator. (a) A specified devisee has the right to the remaining specifically devised property and:
(1) Any balance of the purchase price (together with any security interest) owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property;
(2) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at death;
(3) Any proceeds unpaid at death on fire or casualty insurance on the property; and
(4) Property owned by testator at his death as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security for a specifically devised obligation.
(b) If specifically devised property is sold by a conservator, or if a condemnation award or insurance proceeds are paid to a conservator as a result of condemnation, fire, or casualty, the specific devisee has the right to a general pecuniary devise equal to the net sale price, the condemnation award, or the insurance proceeds. This subsection does not apply if subsequent to the sale, condemnation or casualty, it is adjudicated that the disability of the testator has ceased and the testator survives the adjudication by one (1) year. The right of the specific devisee, under this subsection is reduced by any right he has under subsection (a) of this section.
History:
[15-2-608, added 1978, ch. 350, sec. 9, p. 918.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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