§ 633.230 — Notice in intestate estates

Iowa § 633.230

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XV: JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
• Ch. 633: PROBATE CODE

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1. In intestate matters, the administrator, as soon as letters are issued, shall cause to be
published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of

general circulation published in the county in which the estate is pending, and at any time
during the pendency of administration that the administrator has knowledge of the name and
address of a person believed to own or possess a claim which will not or may not be paid or
otherwise satisfied during administration, provide by ordinary mail to each such claimant at
the claimant’s last known address, a notice of appointment which shall be in substantially the
following form:
In the District Court of Iowa
in and for .................... County.
In the Estate of Probate No. ................
...................., Deceased
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATOR AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of ...................., Deceased,
who died on or about .................... (date):
You are hereby notified that on the ........ day of ............ (month),
............ (year), the undersigned was appointed administrator of the
estate.
Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are
requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and
creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the
clerk of the above-named district court, as provided by law, duly
authenticated, for allowance, and, unless so filed by the later to
occur of four months from the date of second publication of this
notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice
(unless otherwise allowed or paid), a claim is thereafter forever
barred.
Dated this ........ day of ............ (month), ............ (year)
....................
Administrator of the estate
....................
Address
....................
Attorney for the administrator
....................
Address
Date of second publication
........ day of ............ (month), ............ (year)
(Date to be inserted by publisher)
2. An action based upon the failure to give notice by mail required by this section, section