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Iowa Code § 633.356 — personal property of $50,000 or less collected by affidavit after 40 days

When the decedent's personal property is worth $50,000 or less and there is no real property, a successor may, once 40 days have passed since the death, collect personal property and debts owed by furnishing an affidavit, without being appointed by a court.

  • Iowa Code § 633.356
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  1. Iowa Code § 633.356 — Distribution of property by affidavit — very small estates

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