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633.255 Purchase of new homestead.
In case the homestead is sold, the surviving spouse may use any or all of the spouse’s share to procure a homestead which shall be exempt from liability for all debts from which the former homestead would have been exempt.
[C51, §1406; C73, §2451; C97, §3375; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12002; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
§636.17; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.255]