Idaho Code § 15-3-903
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15-3-903 RIGHT OF RETAINER.
Official statutory text
PART 9.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION
15-3-903. Right of retainer. The amount of a non-contingent indebtedness of a successor to the estate if due, or its present value if not due, shall be offset against the successor's interest; but the successor has the benefit of any defense which would be available to him in a direct proceeding for recovery of the debt.
History:
[I.C., sec. 15-3-903, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233.]
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION
15-3-903. Right of retainer. The amount of a non-contingent indebtedness of a successor to the estate if due, or its present value if not due, shall be offset against the successor's interest; but the successor has the benefit of any defense which would be available to him in a direct proceeding for recovery of the debt.
History:
[I.C., sec. 15-3-903, as added by 1971, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 233.]
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