Iowa § 633.211 Share of surviving spouse if decedent left no issue or left issue all of whom are issue of surviving spouse

Iowa Statutes

§ 633.211 — Share of surviving spouse if decedent left no issue or left issue all of whom are issue of surviving spouse

Iowa § 633.211

Title XVJUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES

Ch. 633PROBATE CODE

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Iowa Code § 633.211 (2026).

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issue of surviving spouse. If the decedent dies intestate leaving a surviving spouse and leaving no issue or leaving issue all of whom are the issue of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall receive the following share:

1.All the value of all the legal or equitable estates in real property possessed by the decedent at any time during the marriage, which have not been sold on execution or by other judicial sale, and to which the surviving spouse has made no relinquishment of right.

2.All personal property that, at the time of death, was, in the hands of the decedent as the head of a family, exempt from execution.

3.All other personal property of the decedent which is not necessary for the payment of debts and charges.

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issue of surviving spouse.
If the decedent dies intestate leaving a surviving spouse and leaving no issue or leaving
issue all of whom are the issue of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall receive the
following share:
1. All the value of all the legal or equitable estates in real property possessed by the
decedent at any time during the marriage, which have not been sold on execution or by
other judicial sale, and to which the surviving spouse has made no relinquishment of right.
2. All personal property that, at the time of death, was, in the hands of the decedent as
the head of a family, exempt from execution.
3. All other personal property of the decedent which is not necessary for the payment of
debts and charges.

Legislative History

[C51, §1329, 1390, 1394, 1421; R60, §2361, 2422, 2477, 2479; C73, §2371, 2436, 2440; C97, §3312, 3362, 3366; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11918, 11986, 11990, 11991; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.7, 636.1, 636.5, 636.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.211]