Terms Used In Iowa Code 218.66

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 If administration be not granted within one year from the date of the death of the decedent, and the value of the estate of decedent is so small as to make the granting of administration inadvisable, then delivery of the money and other property left by the decedent may be made to the surviving spouse and heirs of the decedent.