Bill Text: IA HF195 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requests for notice of probate proceedings. (Formerly HSB 4.) Effective 7-1-17.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1147. [HF195 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF195-Enrolled.html
House File 195 - Enrolled HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 4) \5 A BILL FOR \1 House File 195 AN ACT RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR NOTICE OF PROBATE PROCEEDINGS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 633.42, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 633.42 Requests for notice. 1. At any time after the issuance of letterstestamentary or of administration upon a decedent's estateof appointment, any interested personinterestedin theestateproceeding may file with the clerk a written request, in triplicate,for notice of the time and place of all hearings in suchestateproceeding for which notice is required by law, by rule of court, or by an order in suchestateproceeding. The request for notice shall state the name, electronic mail address, and post office address ofsuch personthe requester and of the requester'sand the name and post office address of theattorney, if any,for the party requesting the noticeand the reason the requester is an interested person in the proceeding. The clerk shall docket the request, and transmit the duplicates to the personal representative of the estate of the decedent and to the personal representative's attorney of record, if any. Thereafter,the personal representative shall,unless otherwise ordered by the court, the fiduciary shall serve,by ordinary or electronic mail,a notice of each hearing upon suchperson, orrequester and theperson'srequestor's attorney, if any, a notice of each hearing. 2. A person does not gain standing by filing a request for notice under this section. LINDA UPMEYER JACK WHITVER CARMINE BOAL TERRY E. BRANSTA -1-