Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 626.88. Real estate of deceased judgment debtor

When a judgment has been obtained against a decedent in the decedent's lifetime, the plaintiff may file a petition in the office of the clerk of the court where the judgment is rendered, against the executor, the heirs, and devisees of real estate, if such there be, setting forth the facts, and that there is real estate of the deceased, describing its location and extent, and praying the court to award execution against the same.