Within ninety days after qualification by the personal representative, unless a longer time is granted by the court, the personal representative shall file with the clerk a report and inventory of the property of the decedent, so far as the same has come to the knowledge of the personal representative. The report and inventory shall be verified or affirmed under penalty of perjury. It shall include the following information:
 1. Name, age, and residence of decedent.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 633.361

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Child: includes an adopted child but does not include a grandchild or other more remote descendants, nor, except as provided in sections 633. 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
  • Heir: means any person, except the surviving spouse, who is entitled to property of a decedent under the statutes of intestate succession. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. 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
  • Surviving spouse: means the surviving wife or husband, as the case may be. See Iowa Code 633.3
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
 2. Date of death.
 3. Whether decedent died testate or intestate.
 4. Name and post office address of the personal representative.
 5. Name and post office address of the surviving spouse, if any.
 6. Name, relationship, and post office address of each beneficiary under the will if the decedent died testate or of each heir if the decedent died intestate. If any persons take by representation, the personal representative shall list the deceased person through whom those persons take and shall also list the persons taking under that deceased person.
 7. If the decedent died testate, the name and address of each child, if any, born to or adopted by decedent after execution of the will.
 8. Legal descriptions and estimated values of all the real estate of the decedent in the state of Iowa.
 9. Legal descriptions and estimated values of all real estate of the decedent outside of the state of Iowa.
 10. Personal property regarded as exempt from execution, with estimated values.
 11. All other personal property of the decedent, with estimated values.
 12. A listing of all other items, with estimated values, which are subject to Iowa inheritance tax or federal estate tax.
 13. A report concerning any reductions in the amount of unified credit available for federal estate tax purposes.