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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.285

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
633.285 Custodian — filing — penalty.
After being informed of the death of the testator, the person having custody of the testator’s will shall deliver it to the court having jurisdiction of the testator’s estate. Every person who willfully refuses or fails to deliver a will after being ordered by the court to do so shall be guilty of contempt of court. The person shall also be liable to any person aggrieved for the damages which may be sustained by such refusal or failure.
[C51, §1291, 1292; R60, §2323, 2324; C73, §2338, 2339; C97, §3282; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39,
§11862; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §633.17; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.285]
Referred to in §633.286