Rule 1.941 – Filing report

The master shall file with the clerk the original exhibits, and any transcript of the proceedings and evidence, otherwise a summary thereof, with a report on the matters submitted in the order of reference, including separate findings and conclusions if so ordered....

Rule 1.940 – Accounts

The master may prescribe the form for submission of accounts which are in issue. In any proper case the master may require or receive in evidence the statement of a certified public accountant who testifies as a witness. If any item submitted or stated is objected to,...

Rule 1.939 – Witnesses

Any party may subpoena witnesses before a master as for trial in open court; and a witness failing to appear or testify without good cause shall be subject to the same punishment and consequences.Iowa. R. Civ. P. 1.939Report 1943; November 9, 2001, effective February...

Rule 1.938 – Speedy hearing

Upon appointment the master shall notify the parties of the time and place of their first meeting, which shall be within 20 days or such other time as the court’s order may fix. If a party so notified fails to appear, the master may proceed ex parte, or, in the...

Rule 1.937 – Powers

The order may specify or limit the master’s powers or duties, the issue on which a report is to be made, or the time within which a hearing shall be held or a report filed, or specify that the master merely take and report evidence. Except as so limited the...

Rule 1.936 – Compensation

The court shall fix the master’s compensation and order it paid or advanced by such parties, or from such fund or property, as it may deem just. Execution may issue on such order at the master’s demand. The master shall not retain any reports as security...