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IA Code § 631.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.10 - Failure to appear — effect.

631.10 Failure to appear — effect.   Unless good cause to the contrary is shown, if the parties fail to appear at the time of hearing the claim shall be dismissed without prejudice by the court; if the plaintiff fails to appear but the defendant appears, the claim shall be dismissed with prejudice by the court with costs assessed to the plaintiff; and if the plaintiff appears but the defendant fails to appear, judgment may be rendered against the defendant by the court. The filing by the plaintiff of a verified account, or an instrument in writing for the payment of money with an affidavit the same is genuine, shall constitute an appearance by plaintiff for the purpose of this section.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.10]
IA Code § 631.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.11 - Hearing.

631.11 Hearing.   1. Informality. The hearing shall be to the court, shall be simple and informal, and shall be conducted by the court itself, without regard to technicalities of procedure.   2. Evidence. The court shall swear the parties and their witnesses, and examine them in such a way as to bring out the truth. The parties may participate, either personally or by attorney. The court may continue the hearing from time to time and may amend new or amended pleadings, if justice requires.   3. Record. Upon the trial, the judicial magistrate shall make detailed minutes of the testimony of each witness and append the exhibits or copies thereof to the record. The proceedings upon trial shall not be reported by a certified court reporter, unless the party provides the reporter at such party’s expense. If the proceedings are not reported by a certified court reporter, the magistrate shall cause the proceedings upon trial to be recorded electronically, and both parties shall be notified in advance of that recording. If the proceedings have been recorded electronically, the recording shall be retained under the jurisdiction of the magistrate unless appealed, and upon appeal shall be transcribed only by a person designated by the court under the supervision of the magistrate.   4. Judgment. Judgment shall be rendered, based upon applicable law and upon a preponderance of the evidence.   5. Destruction of recordings. Unless an appeal is taken, an electronic recording of a proceeding in small claims shall be retained until the time for appeal has expired as specified in section 631.13. Thereafter, the magistrate may direct that the recording tape or other device be erased and used for subsequent recordings. If the proceeding is appealed, the recording may be erased following entry of judgment by the district judge hearing the appeal.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.11]  2009 Acts, ch 75, §1
IA Code § 631.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.12 - Entry of judgment — setting aside default judgment.

631.12 Entry of judgment — setting aside default judgment.   1. The clerk shall immediately enter the judgment in the small claims docket and district court lien book, without recording. Relief shall be granted as is appropriate. Upon entering judgment, the court may provide for installment payments to be made directly by the party obligated to the party entitled thereto. If installment payments are ordered, execution shall not issue as long as the payments are made, but execution shall issue for the full unpaid balance of the judgment upon the filing of an affidavit of default. When entered on the small claims docket and district court lien book, a small claims judgment shall constitute a lien to the same extent as regular judgments entered on the district court judgment docket and lien book. However, if a small claims judgment requires installment payments, the judgment shall not be enforceable until an affidavit of default is filed.   2. A defendant may move to set aside a default judgment in the manner provided for doing so in district court by  rule of civil procedure 1.977  .  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.12]  84 Acts, ch 1322, §5; 99 Acts, ch 144, §11; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §213
IA Code § 631.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.13 - Appeals.

631.13 Appeals.   1. Notice. An appeal from a judgment in small claims may be taken by any party by giving oral notice to the court at the conclusion of the hearing, or by filing a written notice of appeal with the clerk within twenty days after judgment is rendered. In either case, the appealing party shall pay to the clerk within that twenty days the usual district court docket fee to perfect the appeal. No appeal shall be taken after twenty days.   2. Stay of judgment. Execution of judgment shall be stayed upon the filing with the clerk of the district court an appeal bond with surety approved by the clerk, in the sum specified in the judgment.   3. Transcript. Within twenty days after an appeal is taken, unless extended by order of a district judge or by stipulation of the parties, any party may file with the clerk as part of the record a transcript of the official report, if any, or in the event the report was made electronically, a transcription of the recording. If a transcription of an electronic recording is filed, the record on appeal shall contain the tape or other medium on which the proceedings were preserved. A transcription of an electronic recording shall be provided any party upon request and upon payment by the party of the actual costs of transcription.   4. Procedure on appeal.   a. (1) The appeal shall be promptly heard upon the record thus filed without further evidence. If the original action was tried by a district judge, the appeal shall be decided by a different district judge. If the original action was tried by a district associate judge, the appeal shall be decided by a district judge. If the original action was tried by a judicial magistrate, the appeal shall be decided by a district judge or a district associate judge. The judge shall decide the appeal without regard to technicalities or defects which have not prejudiced the substantial rights of the parties, and may affirm, reverse, or modify the judgment, or render judgment as the judge or magistrate should have rendered.   (2) If the record, in the opinion of the deciding judge, is inadequate for the purpose of rendering a judgment on appeal, the judge may order that additional evidence be presented relative to one or more issues, and may enter any other order which is necessary to protect the rights of the parties. The judge shall take minutes of any additional evidence, but the hearing shall not be reported by a certified court reporter.   b. Upon entry of judgment the clerk may cause any recording tape or other device contained in the record to be erased for subsequent use.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §631.13]  84 Acts, ch 1322, §6, 7; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261  Referred to in §331.307, 364.22, 631.11
IA Code § 631.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.14 - Representation in small claims actions.

631.14 Representation in small claims actions.   1. Actions constituting small claims may be brought or defended by an individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other entity. In actions in which a person other than an individual is a party, that person may be represented by an officer or an employee.   2. a. In actions concerning residential rental property that is titled in the name of one or more individuals, an employee of one or more of the titled owners, or an officer or employee of a property management entity acting on behalf of one or more of the titled owners, may bring or defend an action in the name of the titled owners, the property management entity, or the name by which the property is commonly known.   b. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, if the defendant or plaintiff has been improperly named in the petition in an action concerning residential rental property, the real party in interest shall be substituted at the time the error is identified and the action shall not be dismissed or delayed except to the extent necessary to identify and serve the real parties in interest.   3. A person who in the regular course of business takes assignments of instruments or accounts pursuant to chapter 539, which assignments constitute small claims, may bring an action on an assigned instrument or account in the person’s own name and need not be represented by an attorney, provided that in an action brought to recover payment on a dishonored check or draft, as defined in section 554.3104, the action is brought in the county of residence of the maker of the check or draft or in the county where the draft or check was first presented. Any person, however, may be represented in a small claims action by an attorney.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.14; 82 Acts, ch 1235, §3]  87 Acts, ch 137, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §87; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261  Referred to in §625.22
IA Code § 631.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.15 - Standard forms.

631.15 Standard forms.   The supreme court shall prescribe standard forms of pleadings to be used in small claims actions. Standard forms promulgated by the supreme court shall be the exclusive forms used.  [C73, §631.4; C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.15]  83 Acts, ch 101, §126  Referred to in §631.3, 631.7  Forms prescribed by the supreme court are published in the compilation “Iowa Court Rules”
IA Code § 631.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.16 - Discretionary review.

631.16 Discretionary review.   1. A civil action originally tried as a small claim shall not be appealed to the supreme court except by discretionary review as provided herein.   2. “Discretionary review” is the process by which the supreme court may exercise its discretion, in like manner as under the rules pertaining to interlocutory appeals and certiorari in civil cases, to review specified matters not subject to appeal as a matter of right. The supreme court may adopt additional rules to control access to discretionary review.   3. The party seeking review shall be known as the appellant and the adverse party as the appellee, but the title of the action shall not be changed from that in the court below.   4. The record and case shall be presented to the appellate court as provided by the rules of appellate procedure; and the provisions of law in civil procedure relating to the filing of decisions and opinions of the appellate court shall apply in such cases.   5. The appellate court, after an examination of the entire record, may dispose of the case by affirmation, reversal or modification of the lower court judgment, and may order a new trial.   6. The decision of the appellate court with any opinion filed or judgment rendered must be recorded by the supreme court clerk. Procedendo shall be issued as provided in the rules of appellate procedure.   7. The jurisdiction of the appellate court shall cease when procedendo is issued. All proceedings for executing the judgment shall be had in the trial court or by its clerk.  [C73, §602.71; C75, 77, 79, 81, §631.16]  85 Acts, ch 157, §1, 2  Rules adopted by the supreme court are published in the compilation “Iowa Court Rules”
IA Code § 631.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 631 - SMALL CLAIMS|Section 631.17 - Prohibited practices.

631.17 Prohibited practices.   1. The district court, after due notice and hearing, may bar a person from appearing on the person’s own behalf in any court governed by this chapter on a cause of action purchased by or assigned for collection to that person for any of the following:   a. Falsely holding oneself out as an attorney at law.   b. Repeatedly filing claims for costs allowed under section 625.22 which have been found by the court to have been exaggerated or without merit.   c. A pattern of conduct in violation of chapter 537, article 7.   2. A person barred pursuant to subsection 1 shall not derive any benefit, directly or indirectly, from any case brought pursuant to this chapter within the purview of the order of bar issued by the district court.   3. The district court shall dismiss any pending case based on a cause of action purchased or assigned for collection brought on the person’s own behalf by a person barred pursuant to subsection 1, and shall assess the costs against that person.   4. The district court shall dismiss any case subsequently brought directly or indirectly by a person subject to a bar pursuant to subsection 1 in violation of that subsection and shall assess all costs to that person, and the court shall assess a further civil penalty of one hundred dollars against that person for each such case dismissed.   5. The district court shall retain jurisdiction over a person barred pursuant to subsection 1 and may punish violations of the court’s order of bar as a matter of criminal contempt.  86 Acts, ch 1238, §25; 87 Acts, ch 98, §6; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §72; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §107
IA Code § 633.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.1 - Short title.

633.1 Short title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Probate Code”.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.1]
IA Code § 633.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.2 - How probate code to take effect.

633.2 How probate code to take effect.   1. Effective date. This probate code shall take effect and be in force on and after January 1, 1964. The procedure herein prescribed shall govern all proceedings in probate brought after the effective date of this probate code. It shall also govern further procedure in proceedings in probate then pending, except to the extent that, in the opinion of the court, its application in particular proceedings or parts thereof would not be feasible or would work injustice, in which event the former procedure shall apply.   2. Rights not affected. No act done in any proceeding commenced before this probate code takes effect and no accrued or vested right shall be impaired by its provisions. When a right has been acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period of time governed by the provision of any statute in force before this probate code takes effect, such provision shall remain in force and be deemed a part of this probate code with respect to such right.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.2]  2005 Acts, ch 38, §51
IA Code § 633.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.4 - Gender and number.

633.4 Gender and number. Repealed by  2000 Acts, ch 1188, §4  .
IA Code § 633.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.5 - Nonestate property — insurance proceeds.

633.5 Nonestate property — insurance proceeds.   A decedent’s estate shall not include life insurance proceeds, unless the proceeds are payable to the decedent’s estate.  94 Acts, ch 1153, §7
IA Code § 633.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.11 - Declaratory judgments — determination of heirship — distribution.

633.11 Declaratory judgments — determination of heirship — distribution.   During the administration of an estate, the district court sitting in probate shall have full, legal and equitable powers to make declaratory judgments in all matters involved in the administration of the estate, including those pertaining to the title of real estate, the determination of heirship, and the distribution of the estate. It shall have full, legal and equitable powers to enter final orders and decrees in all probate matters to effectuate its jurisdiction and to carry out its orders, judgments, and decrees.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.11]
IA Code § 633.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.12 - County of jurisdiction.

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.  [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]
IA Code § 633.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.13 - Extent of jurisdiction.

633.13 Extent of jurisdiction.   1. The court of the county in which a will is probated, or in which administration, conservatorship or guardianship is granted, shall have jurisdiction coextensive with the state in the settlement of the estate, and in the sale and distribution thereof.   2. A district judge or a district associate judge has statewide jurisdiction to enter orders in probate matters not requiring notice and hearing, although the judge is not a judge of or present in the district in which the probate matter is pending. The orders shall be made in conformity with the rules of the district in which the probate matter is pending.  [R60, §2472; C73, §2319; C97, §3265; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11825; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.7; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.13]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10119, 10201; 94 Acts, ch 1122, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 633.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.14 - Concurrent jurisdiction.

633.14 Concurrent jurisdiction.   When a case is originally within the jurisdiction of the courts of two or more counties, the court which first takes cognizance of the case by the commencement of the proceedings shall retain jurisdiction throughout the case.  [C51, §1274; R60, §2306; C73, §2318; C97, §3264; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11824; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.14]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §334  Section amended
IA Code § 633.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.15 - Probate court always open.

633.15 Probate court always open. Repealed by  2003 Acts, ch 151, §62  .
IA Code § 633.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.16 - Control of probate records.

633.16 Control of probate records.   The court shall have jurisdiction and supervision of the probate records of the clerk, and may direct the destruction of records it deems to be old, obsolete or unnecessary.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.16]  93 Acts, ch 70, §10
IA Code § 633.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.17 - Judge disqualified — procedure.

633.17 Judge disqualified — procedure.   When a judge is disqualified from acting in a probate matter, the matter shall be heard before another judge of the same district, or shall be transferred to the court of another district, or a judge of another district shall be procured to hold court for the hearing of the matter.  [C73, §2317; C97, §3263; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11823; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.5; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.17]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10120, 10201  Disqualification of judicial officer, see §602.1606
IA Code § 633.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.18 - Rules in probate.

633.18 Rules in probate.   1. Actions and proceedings under this chapter are subject to rules prescribed by the supreme court under section 602.4201.   2. The judicial officers of a judicial district, excluding the magistrates, acting under section 602.1213 may prescribe rules for probate actions and proceedings within the district, but these rules must be consistent with this chapter, and are subject to the approval of the supreme court.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.18]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10121, 10201; 96 Acts, ch 1153, §7  Rules adopted by the supreme court are published in the compilation “Iowa Court Rules”
IA Code § 633.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.19 - Process revoked.

633.19 Process revoked.   Any process or authority emanating from the court in probate matters may for good cause be revoked and a new one issued.  [C51, §1275; R60, §2307; C73, §2320; C97, §3266; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11827; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.9; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.19]
IA Code § 633.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.20 - Referee — clerk — associate probate judge.

633.20 Referee — clerk — associate probate judge.   1. The chief judge of the judicial district may appoint a referee in probate for the auditing of the accounts of fiduciaries and for the performance of other ministerial duties the chief judge prescribes. A person shall not be appointed as referee in a matter where the person is acting as a fiduciary or as the attorney.   2. The chief judge of the judicial district may appoint the clerk as referee in probate. In such cases, the fees received by the clerk for serving in the capacity of referee are fees of the office of the clerk of court and shall be deposited in the account established under section 602.8108.   3. A person appointed as an associate probate judge shall have jurisdiction to audit accounts of fiduciaries and to perform ministerial duties as a referee provided in this section and shall have additional jurisdiction to perform the judicial functions provided in section 633.20D.  [C73, §2412; C97, §3393; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12041; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.1; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.20]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10122, 10201; 93 Acts, ch 70, §11; 94 Acts, ch 1074, §11; 99 Acts, ch 93, §11; 2000 Acts, ch 1057, §17; 2010 Acts, ch 1159, §13
IA Code § 633.20A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES|Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE|Section 633.20A - Part-time associate probate judge — appointment — removal — qualifications.

633.20A Part-time associate probate judge — appointment — removal — qualifications.   The chief judge of a judicial district may appoint a part-time associate probate judge and may remove the part-time associate probate judge for cause following a hearing. The part-time associate probate judge shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state and shall be qualified for the position by training and experience.  99 Acts, ch 93, §12; 2000 Acts, ch 1154, §38