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Iowa Code § 230.30 (2026)

Claim against estate

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On the death of a person receiving or who has received assistance under the provisions of this chapter, and whom the department has previously found is able to pay, there shall be allowed against the estate of such decedent a claim of the sixth class for that portion of the total amount paid for that person’s care which exceeds the total amount of all claims of the first through the fifth classes, inclusive, as defined in section 633.425, which are allowed against that estate. [C39, §3604.6; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.30] 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §96, 137 2024 amendment effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137 Section amended

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1965–2005 · leading case: Emmet Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors v. Ridout, 692 N.W.2d 821 (Iowa 2005).
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Emmet Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors v. Ridout, 692 N.W.2d 821 (Iowa 2005). · cites it 3× “§ 230.30. Because the legislature included specific collection provisions in chapter 230, we conclude there is statutory authority for the county to recover any payments it made on Anderson’s behalf for inpatient treatment he received at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute.”
State Bd. of Soc. Welfare v. Pottawattamie Cnty., 139 N.W.2d 196 (Iowa 1965). · cites it 2× “*329 Section 230.30 states: “On the death of a person receiving or who has received assistance under the provisions of this chapter, the total amount paid for their care shall be allowed as a claim of the second class against the estate of such decedent.”
Linn Cnty. v. Kopecky, 489 N.W.2d 416 (Iowa Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 8× “24, which exceeded the amount the decedent was obligated to pay, was due by virtue of Iowa Code section 230.30 that provides in applicable part: On the death of a person receiving or who has received assistance under the provisions of this chapter, and whom the board had…”
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