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Iowa Code § 633.284 (2026)

Revocation — cancellation — revival

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A will can be revoked in whole or in part only by being canceled or destroyed by the act or direction of the testator, with the intention of revoking it, or by the execution of a subsequent will. When done by cancellation, the revocation must be witnessed in the same manner as the making of a new will. No will, nor any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, or which shall be or become invalid, can be revived otherwise than by a re-execution thereof, or by the execution of another will or codicil in which the revoked or invalid will, or part thereof, is incorporated by reference. [C51, §1288, 1289; R60, §2320, 2321; C73, §2329, 2330; C97, §3276; S13, §3276; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11855; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §633.10; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.284]\n\n PART 3 CUSTODY

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: Raushenberger v. Greenwald, 584 N.W.2d 294 (Iowa 1998).
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Raushenberger v. Greenwald, 584 N.W.2d 294 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 633.284 (1995). As we held in Division III, the decedent’s will of 1973 was revoked by the 1988 will.”
In the Matter of the Guardianship & Conservatoship of Vernon D. Radda, 955 N.W.2d 203 (Iowa 2021). “§ 633.284. Moreover, just as will contests can only be brought after the death of the testator, challenges to revocable trusts must wait until after the settlor’s death.”
Matter of Est. of Hoffman, 375 N.W.2d 231 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “Section 633.284 of the Iowa Code provides that a will can be revoked in whole or in part by the execution of a subsequent will.”
Matter of Est. of Greenwald, 584 N.W.2d 294 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 633.284 (1995). As we held in Division III, the decedent's will of 1973 was revoked by the 1988 will.”
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