Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 637.501 (2026)

Disbursements from income

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A trustee shall make disbursements from income, to the extent that they are not disbursements to which section 637.201, subsection 2, paragraph “b” or “c”, applies, according to the following: 1. One-half of the regular compensation of the trustee and of any person providing investment advisory or custodial services to the trustee. 2. One-half of all expenses for accountings, judicial proceedings, or other matters that involve both the income and remainder interests. 3. All of the other ordinary expenses incurred in connection with the administration, management, or preservation of trust property and the distribution of income, including interest, ordinary repairs, regularly recurring taxes assessed against principal, and expenses of a proceeding or other matter that concerns primarily the income interest. 4. Recurring premiums on insurance covering the loss of a principal asset or the loss of income from or use of the asset. 99 Acts, ch 124, §24 Referred to in §637.201, 637.502

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: In the Matter of the Inman Fam. Living Trust (Iowa Ct. App. 2020).
In the Matter of the Inman Fam. Living Trust (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 637.501 . As the trustee has explained, interpreting the language to mean gross income would require the trustee to invade trust assets to pay ordinary expenses.”
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