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Iowa Code § 633.12 (2026)

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The court of each county shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to administer the estates of all persons who are residents of the county, or who were residents at the time of their death, and all nonresidents of the state who have property, or who die leaving property in the county subject to administration, or whose property is afterwards brought into the county; to appoint conservators for nonresidents having property in the county; and to appoint conservators and guardians of residents of the county. [C73, §2312; C97, §225; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10763, 10764; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §604.3, 604.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.12]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1948–2023 · leading case: Brown v. Monticello State Bank of Monticello, 360 N.W.2d 81 (Iowa 1984).
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Brown v. Monticello State Bank of Monticello, 360 N.W.2d 81 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 633.12 (1983). A will of a nonresident of the state may be probated in the county where real or personal property of the deceased is located, whether or not the will is admitted in another state.”
In Re Est. of Swanson, 31 N.W.2d 385 (Iowa 1948). · cites it 2× “It is argued there is express recognition in section 633.12, Code, 1946, for the appointment of the executor named in the will.”
Matter of Est. of Herron, 561 N.W.2d 30 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 633.12 , 633.415; see also O’Kelley v.”
In re the Conservatorship of Lenz, 201 N.W.2d 72 (Iowa 1972). · cites it 6× “The conservator’s request to transfer the proceeding to Johnson County was refused and denied. On this appeal conservator asserts the lower court erred in terminating the con-servatorship and refusing to transfer it to Johnson County.”
Thompson v. Est. of Herron, 561 N.W.2d 33 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code §§ 633.12 , 633.415, 633.489; see also In re Estate of Herron, 561 N.”
In the Matter of the Est. of Mark D. Levine (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 4× “The inventory 1 See Iowa Code § 633.12 (2021). 2 An estate was also opened in Belize in late February.”
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