1. In intestate matters, the administrator, as soon as letters are issued, shall cause to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the estate is pending, and at any time during the pendency of administration that the administrator has knowledge of the name and address of a person believed to own or possess a claim which will not or may not be paid or otherwise satisfied during administration, provide by ordinary mail to each such claimant at the claimant’s last known address, a notice of appointment which shall be in substantially the following form:

In the District Court of Iowa in and for ……………….. County.

  In the Estate of               Probate No. …………….  ……………….., Deceased                NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF                ADMINISTRATOR AND                NOTICE TO CREDITORS  To All Persons Interested in the Estate of ……………….., Deceased, who died on or about ……………….. (date):  You are hereby notified that on the …….. day of ………… (month), ………… (year), the undersigned was appointed administrator of the estate.  Notice is hereby given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above-named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and, unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of second publication of this notice or one month from the date of the mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid), a claim is thereafter forever barred.  Dated this …….. day of ………… (month), ………… (year)                  ………………..                  Administrator of the estate                  ………………..                  Address ……………….. Attorney for the administrator ……………….. Address Date of second publication …….. day of ………… (month), ………… (year)  (Date to be inserted by publisher)

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.230

  • Administrator: means any person appointed by the court to administer an intestate estate. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Clerk: means "clerk of the district court" in the county in which the matter is pending and includes the term "clerk of the probate court". See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Court: means , when referring to a court of this state, the district court sitting in probate with jurisdiction of conservatorships and guardianships. See Iowa Code 633.701
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Estate: means the real and personal property of either a decedent or a ward, and may also refer to the real and personal property of a trust described in section 633. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • 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
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Letters: includes letters testamentary, letters of administration, letters of guardianship, letters of conservatorship, and letters of trusteeship. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, or government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; or any other legal or commercial entity. See Iowa Code 633.701
  • Personal representative: includes executor and administrator. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 633.701
  • week: means seven consecutive days. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. An action based upon the failure to give notice by mail required by this section, section 633.304 or 633.305, to heirs of a decedent or to persons known by the personal representative to own or possess a claim in any estate in which the personal representative was discharged prior to July 1, 1989, shall not be maintained in any court in this state unless commenced prior to July 1, 1991.
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