614.8 - MINORS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
614.8 MINORS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. 1. The times limited for actions in this chapter, or chapter 216, 669, or 670, 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 file a complaint pursuant to chapter 216, to make a claim pursuant to chapter 669, or to otherwise commence an action. 2. Except as provided in section 614.1, subsection 9, the times limited for actions in this chapter, or chapter 216, 669, or 670, 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 file a complaint pursuant to chapter 216, to make a claim pursuant to chapter 669, or to otherwise 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; 2007 Acts, ch 110, §2 Referred to in § 216.15, 229.27, 252A.5A, 252F.2, 587.12, 600B.33, 614.19, 614.27, 669.13, 670.5
Footnotes 2007 amendments to this section apply to all complaints, claims, and actions arising out of an alleged death, loss, or injury occurring on or after July 1, 2007; 2007 Acts, ch 110, §6