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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.22

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • clerk: means clerk of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought or is pending; and the words "clerk's office" mean the office of that clerk. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Probate: Proving a will
633.22 Probate powers of clerk.
The clerk shall have and may exercise within the county all the powers and jurisdiction of the court and of the judge thereof, in the following matters:
1. The examination and approval of all intermediate and interlocutory accounts and reports of fiduciaries under this chapter and converting and closing small estates under chapter 635.
2. The entering of routine scheduling orders in probate matters as established by the chief judge in each judicial district.
[C51, §1276; R60, §2308; C73, §2315, 2321; C97, §250, 3267, 3268; S13, §3268; C24, 27, 31,
35, 39, §11828, 11832, 11838; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.10, 632.1, 632.7; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §633.22]
94 Acts, ch 1050, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §51; 2018 Acts, ch 1027, §1, 8
Referred to in §633.23, 633.25