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Iowa Code § 411.13 (2026)

Exemption from execution and other process or assignment — exceptions

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The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or

Tue Dec 09 22:12:54 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 411 (43, 1) §411.13, RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS 26\n\ndeath benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter, and the moneys in the fire and police retirement fund created under this chapter, are not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, and are unassignable except for the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations or marital property orders, or as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter. For the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations, the garnishment or attachment of or the execution against compensation due a person under this chapter shall not exceed the amount specified in 15 U.S.C. §1673(b). [C35, §6326-f11; C39, §6326.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §411.13] 89 Acts, ch 228, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1240, §80; 96 Acts, ch 1187, §104 Referred to in §411.6

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2021 · leading case: In Re the Marriage of Denuys, 543 N.W.2d 894 (Iowa 1996).

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In Re the Marriage of Denuys, 543 N.W.2d 894 (Iowa 1996). · cites it 36× “The present ease involves an interpretation of Iowa Code sections 411.13 and 252D.8 (1995) in which the district court found that a mandatory wage withholding order to enforce a child support obligation could properly issue in reference to respondent Christopher DeNuys’…”

In Re the Marriage of Branstetter, 508 N.W.2d 638 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 4× “Daniel challenges the district court’s division of his fireman’s pension because of the exemption provisions of Iowa Code section 411.13: The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or retirement…”

In Re the Marriage of Duggan, 659 N.W.2d 556 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 2× “” See Iowa Code § 411.13 . The System has adopted by rule a model marital property order.”

In Re the Marriage of O'Connor, 584 N.W.2d 575 (Iowa Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “2 Any question as to the consideration of benefits under chapter 411 was erased by Iowa Code section 411.13 (1997), which states chapter 411 pension benefits are subject to division in marital property orders.”

Marriage of Matthew Tait Miller & Karri Ann Miller (Iowa 2021). · cites it 28× “2d at 636–40 (quoting Iowa Code § 411.13 (1991)). Section 411.13’s exemption provision “in the context of a marital relationship .”

In Re the Marriage of Michelle Anne Kraker & Leonard Paul Kraker Upon the Petition of Michelle Anne Kraker, petitioner-appellee/cross-appellant, & Concerning Leonard Paul Kraker, respondent-appellant/cross-appellee. (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “We modify the decree to provide Leonard’s pension should be divided pursuant to a marital property order, under Iowa Code section 411.13 (2015), in accordance with the Benson formula as outlined in this opinion and remand on this issue.”

Kremer v. Noble, 304 N.W.2d 215 (Iowa 1981). · cites it 2× “It did, however, include section 411.13, which may have some bearing on legislative intent: The right of any person to a pension, annuity, or retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity, or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit or death…”

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