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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.291

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
633.291 Contents of petition for probate of will.
A petition for probate of a will shall state:
1. The name, domicile, and date of death of the decedent.
2. If the decedent was not domiciled in the state at the time of the decedent’s death, then, that the decedent had property within the county in which the petition is filed, or any other basis for jurisdiction in such county.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.291]