635.2 - PETITION REQUIREMENTS. - Iowa Statutes

635.2 PETITION REQUIREMENTS. The petition for administration of a small estate must contain the following: 1. The name, domicile, and date of death of the decedent. 2. The name and address of the surviving spouse, and the name and relationship of each beneficiary in a testate estate or known heirs in an intestate estate. 3. Whether the decedent died intestate or testate, and, if testate, the date the will was executed. 4. A statement that the probate property of the decedent subject to the jurisdiction of this state does not have an aggregate gross value of more than the amount permitted under the provisions of section 635.1 and the approximate amount of personal property and income for the purposes of setting a bond. 5. The name and address of the proposed personal representative.          Section History: Early Form [C75, 77, 79, 81, § 635.2; 81 Acts, ch 199, § 2, 3]          Section History: Recent Form 89 Acts, ch 25, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §22, 28; 2008 Acts, ch 1119, §35 Referred to in § 635.1          Footnotes 2007 amendment to this section applies to estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 2007; 2007 Acts, ch 134, §28