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Iowa Code § 633.473 (2026)

Final settlement — time limit

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Final settlement shall be made within three years, after the second publication of the notice to creditors, unless otherwise ordered by the court after notice to all interested parties. [C51, §1393; R60, §2425; C73, §2439, 2469; C97, §3365, 3394; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11989, 12044; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §636.4, 638.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.473] Referred to in §635.8\n\n 633.474 Reserved.

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Cited in 20 cases, 1981–2017 · leading case: Iowa Supreme Court Bd. of Prof'l Ethics & Conduct v. Ruth, 656 N.W.2d 93 (Iowa 2003).
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Iowa Supreme Court Bd. of Prof'l Ethics & Conduct v. Ruth, 656 N.W.2d 93 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 8× “Iowa Code section 633.473 provides, *98 "[f]inal settlement shall be made within three years .”
Iowa Supreme Court Bd. of Prof'l Ethics & Conduct v. Grotewold, 642 N.W.2d 288 (Iowa 2002). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 633.473 (2001) (estate must be closed within three years of second notice to creditors unless the court orders otherwise); Iowa R.”
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Kim Marlow West, 901 N.W.2d 519 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “He failed to perform the required functions as an attorney for the executor, meet deadlines, publish required notice, file the final report, and timely close the estate prior to the three-year statutory deadline in Iowa Code section 633.473 (2017). West’s- consistent failures to…”
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Humphrey, 738 N.W.2d 617 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 633.473 (2003) (“Final settlement shall be made within three years, after the second publication of the notice to creditors, unless otherwise ordered by the court after notice to all interested parties.”
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Verla Jean Bartley, 860 N.W.2d 331 (Iowa 2015). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 633.473 . In the Shepherd estate, Bartley failed to timely file tax returns and neglected to settle an outstanding debt for a period of over twelve years.”
Est. of Boyd v. Norman, 634 N.W.2d 630 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 633.473 . As the terms of the statute make evident, however, the three-year period is not absolute; a court may order an estate to remain open beyond this period.”
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Joy, 728 N.W.2d 806 (Iowa 2007). · cites it 2× “See generally Iowa Code § 633.473 (2003) (requiring closure of estate within three years unless otherwise ordered by the court).”
Comm. on Prof'l Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Rogers, 313 N.W.2d 535 (Iowa 1981). · cites it 2× “-361 (personal representative’s report and inventory, due sixty days after qualification), section 633.473 (final settlement of estate, to be made in three years), section 633.”
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. James C. Van Ginkel, 809 N.W.2d 96 (Iowa 2012). “See lowa Code § 633.473 (2005) (requiring final settlement to be made within three years).”
Iowa Supreme Court Bd. of Prof'l Ethics & Conduct v. Pracht, 656 N.W.2d 123 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 633.473 (1997). Pracht failed to move for an extension of time at both junctures, resulting in the issuance of *125 delinquency notices.”
Comm. on Prof'l Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Burrows, 402 N.W.2d 749 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 6× “He also failed to close the estate within the three years provided by Iowa Code section 633.473 (1981). 1 On September 4, 1984, while the Reisner estate was still pending, the respondent was suspended for failure to comply with court rules 121.”
Comm. on Prof'l Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Rosene, 412 N.W.2d 634 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 4× “By that time I guess it was probably too late time-wise to pull out of it. A convincing preponderance of the evidence supports the commission’s findings that Rosene violated DR 1-102(A)(1), (A)(6), DR 6-101(A)(3), DR 7-101(A)(2), EC 1-6, and EC 6-4.”
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