Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 633.368 (2026)

Property for payment of creditor’s claims

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The property liable for the payment of debts and charges against a decedent’s estate shall include all property transferred by the decedent with intent to defraud the decedent’s creditors or any of them, or transferred by any other means which is in law void or voidable as against the creditors or any of them; and the right to recover such property, so far as necessary for the payment of the debts and charges against the estate of the decedent, shall be exclusively in the personal representative, who shall take such steps as may be necessary to recover the same. Such property shall constitute general assets for the payment of all creditors. [C73, §2381; C97, §3317; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11927; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.16; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.368]

633.369 through 633.373 Reserved.\n\n PART 5 ALLOWANCE FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE AND MINOR CHILDREN

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2023 · leading case: Vandewalker v. Est. of Lau, 581 N.W.2d 644 (Iowa 1998).

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Vandewalker v. Est. of Lau, 581 N.W.2d 644 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 633.368 (emphasis added). The statute further provides that property recovered by the estate “shall constitute general assets for the payment of all creditors.”

In re Est. of Glaser (Iowa Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 21× “See Iowa Code § 633.368 (“The property liable for the payment of debts and charges against a decedent’s estate shall include all property transferred by the decedent with intent to defraud the decedent’s creditors .”

In the Matter of the Est. of Francis O. Glaser, Judy E. Bowling, Fiduciary of the Est. of Francis O. Glaser, & State of Iowa ex rel. Dep't of Revenue v. Sherri M. Kindsfather (Iowa 2021). · cites it 14× “” Iowa Code § 633.368 . Although in isolation the term “all property” is expansive, in context, the property is to be used “so far as necessary for the payment of the debts and charges against the estate of the decedent.”

In re the Est. of Glaser (Iowa Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 12× “” Iowa Code § 633.368 . It further provides that “the right to recover such property, so far as necessary for the payment of the debts and charges against the estate of the decedent, shall be exclusively in the personal representative, who shall take such steps as may be…”

Rembe v. Stewart, 387 N.W.2d 313 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code section 633.368 (1985) provides for the recovery by the personal representative of an estate of property transferred with intent to defraud creditors.”

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