Iowa Code 633.410 – Limitation on filing claims against decedent’s estate
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.410
- 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
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Testate: To die leaving a will.
633.410 Limitation on filing claims against decedent‘s estate.
1. All claims against a decedent’s estate, other than charges, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract or otherwise, are forever barred against the estate, the personal representative, and the distributees of the estate, unless filed with the clerk within the later to occur of four months after the date of the second publication of the notice to creditors or, as to each claimant whose identity is reasonably ascertainable, one month after service of notice by ordinary mail to the claimant’s last known address.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, claims for debts created under section 249A.53, subsection 2, relating to the recovery of medical assistance payments shall be barred under this section unless filed with the clerk within six months after sending notice by electronic transmission, on the form prescribed in § 633.231 for intestate estates or on the form prescribed in § 633.304A for testate estates, to the entity designated by the department of health and human services to receive notice.
3. Notice is not required to be given by mail to any creditor whose claim will be paid or otherwise satisfied during administration and the personal representative may waive the limitation on filing provided under this section. This section does not bar claims for which there is insurance coverage, to the extent of the coverage, or claimants entitled to equitable relief due to peculiar circumstances.
[C51, §1373; R60, §2405; C73, §2421; C97, §3349; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11972; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, §635.68; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.410]
84 Acts, ch 1080, §9; 85 Acts, ch 92, §1; 89 Acts, ch 35, §6; 95 Acts, ch 68, §7; 2001 Acts, ch
109, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §14; 2010 Acts, ch 1137, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1280
Referred to in §633.231, 633.304A, 633.413, 633.414, 633.415, 633.444
Subsection 2 amended
1. All claims against a decedent’s estate, other than charges, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract or otherwise, are forever barred against the estate, the personal representative, and the distributees of the estate, unless filed with the clerk within the later to occur of four months after the date of the second publication of the notice to creditors or, as to each claimant whose identity is reasonably ascertainable, one month after service of notice by ordinary mail to the claimant’s last known address.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, claims for debts created under section 249A.53, subsection 2, relating to the recovery of medical assistance payments shall be barred under this section unless filed with the clerk within six months after sending notice by electronic transmission, on the form prescribed in § 633.231 for intestate estates or on the form prescribed in § 633.304A for testate estates, to the entity designated by the department of health and human services to receive notice.
3. Notice is not required to be given by mail to any creditor whose claim will be paid or otherwise satisfied during administration and the personal representative may waive the limitation on filing provided under this section. This section does not bar claims for which there is insurance coverage, to the extent of the coverage, or claimants entitled to equitable relief due to peculiar circumstances.
[C51, §1373; R60, §2405; C73, §2421; C97, §3349; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11972; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, §635.68; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.410]
84 Acts, ch 1080, §9; 85 Acts, ch 92, §1; 89 Acts, ch 35, §6; 95 Acts, ch 68, §7; 2001 Acts, ch
109, §3; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §14; 2010 Acts, ch 1137, §7; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1280
Referred to in §633.231, 633.304A, 633.413, 633.414, 633.415, 633.444
Subsection 2 amended