614.8  Minors and persons with mental illness.

1.  The times limited for actions in this chapter, except those brought for penalties and forfeitures, are extended in favor of persons with mental illness, so that they shall have one year from and after the termination of the disability within which to commence an action.

2.  Except as provided in section 614.1, subsection 9, the times limited for actions in this chapter, except those brought for penalties and forfeitures, are extended in favor of minors, so that they shall have one year from and after attainment of majority within which to commence an action.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 1666; R60, § 2747; C73, § 2535; C97, § 3453; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11015; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 614.8]

Section History: Recent form

  96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 97 Acts, ch 197, § 7, 16


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