597.17 Liability for separate debts.
Neither husband nor wife is liable for the debts or liabilities of the other incurred before marriage, and, except as otherwise declared in this chapter, they are not liable for the debts of each other contracted after marriage; nor are the wages, earnings, or property of either, nor is the rent or income of the property of either, liable for the separate debts of the other.
[C51, §1453; R60, §2505; C73, §2212; C97, §3163; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10465; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §597.17]
2020 Acts, ch 1063, §321
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Chapter 597 - HUSBAND AND WIFE
Section 597.1 - Property rights of married women.
Section 597.2 - Interest of spouse in other’s property.
Section 597.3 - Remedy by one against the other.
Section 597.4 - Conveyances to each other.
Section 597.5 - Attorney in fact.
Section 597.6 - Mental illness — conveyance of property.
Section 597.9 - Conveyances — revocation.
Section 597.10 - Abandonment of either — proceedings.
Section 597.11 - Contracts and sales binding.
Section 597.12 - Nonabatement of action.
Section 597.13 - Annulment of decree.
Section 597.14 - Family expenses.
Section 597.15 - Custody of children.
Section 597.16 - Wages of married person — actions by.
Section 597.17 - Liability for separate debts.
Section 597.18 - Contracts of married person.
Section 597.19 - Spouse not liable for torts of other spouse.