633.12  County of jurisdiction.

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.

Section History: Early form

  [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]


Previous Section 633.11

Next Section 633.13


Return To Home index


© 2002 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa


Comments about this site or page? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Thu Jan 24 10:51:05 CST 2002
URL: /DOCS/IACODE/2001SUPPLEMENT/633/12.html
jhf