Iowa Code § 633.31
Calendar — court costs in probate
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
1. The clerk shall keep a court calendar, and enter thereon such matters as the court may prescribe.
1. The clerk shall keep a court calendar, and enter thereon such matters as the court may prescribe.
2. The clerk shall charge and collect the following fees in connection with probate matters, which shall be deposited in the account established under section 602.8108:
2. The clerk shall charge and collect the following court costs in connection with probate matters:
a. For services performed in short
a. For services performed in short form probates pursuant to sections 450.22 and 450.44
form probates pursuant to sections
450.22 and 450.44$ 15.00
for deaths occurring before January 1, 2025$ 15.00
b. For services performed in probate of
b. For services performed in probate of
will without administration 15.00
will without administration $ 15.00
c. For filing and indexing a transcript 50.00
c. For filing and indexing a transcript$ 50.00
d. For taking and approving a bond, or
d. For taking and approving a bond, or
the sureties on a bond 20.00
the sureties on a bond $ 20.00
e. For entering a rule or order 10.00
e. For entering a rule or order $ 10.00
f. For certificate and seal 10.00
f. For certificate and seal $ 10.00
g. For making a complete record where
g. For making a complete record where
real estate is sold per 100 words .20
real estate is sold per 100 words $ .20
h. For making a transcript or copies of
h. For making a transcript or copies of orders or
orders or records filed in
the clerk’s office per 100 words .50
records filed in the clerk’s office per 100 words $ .50
i. For certifying change of title 20.00
i. For certifying change of title $ 20.00
j. For issuing commission to
j. For issuing commission to appraisers $ 2.00
appraisers 2.00
k. For other services performed in the settlement of the estate of any decedent, minor, person with mental illness, or other persons laboring under legal disability, except where actions are brought by the administrator, guardian, trustee, or person acting in a representative capacity or against that person, or as may be otherwise provided herein, where the value of the personal property and real estate of such a person falls within the following indicated amounts, the fee opposite such amount shall be charged.
(1) Up to $3,000.00 5.00
(2) 3,000.00 to 5,000.00 10.00
(3) 5,000.00 to 7,000.00 15.00
(4) 7,000.00 to 10,000.00 20.00
(5) 10,000.00 to 15,000.00 25.00
(6) 15,000.00 to 25,000.00 30.00
(7) For each additional $25,000.00 or
major fraction thereof 50.00
l. For services performed in small
estate administration 15.00
3. a. For other services performed in a decedent’s estate administered under this chapter or chapter 635, the clerk shall charge and collect court costs equal to two-tenths of one percent of the value of the probate assets listed in the report and inventory.
b. Court costs shall not be charged or collected under this subsection on assets which are not probate assets including but not limited to the following:
(1) Joint tenancy property.
(2) Property transferred during the decedent’s lifetime.
(3) Life insurance, annuities, individual retirement accounts, retirement plans, transfer on death accounts, payable on death accounts, and similar assets payable to beneficiaries other than the estate of the decedent.
(4) Real estate not located in Iowa.
c. Court costs shall not be charged or collected on assets transferred to an estate from a conservatorship that has been administered in the state and for which court costs have been charged and collected from the conservatorship under subsection 4.
4. For other services performed in a conservatorship, the clerk shall charge and collect court costs equal to two-tenths of one percent of the gross value of the assets listed in the inventory minus the value of the life insurance.
5. Court costs collected under this section shall be deposited in the account established under section 602.8108.
83 Acts, ch 186, §10124, 10201; 88 Acts, ch 1258, §3; 89 Acts, ch 207, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1074, §12, 13; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 99 Acts, ch 56, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1120, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 180, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §64, 72
83 Acts, ch 186, §10124, 10201; 88 Acts, ch 1258, §3; 89 Acts, ch 207, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1074, §12, 13; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 99 Acts, ch 56, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1120, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 180, §3; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §64, 72; 2021 Acts, ch 160, §1 – 3; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §39, 53, 54
2025 amendment to subsection 2, paragraph a applies retroactively to January 1, 2025, to the estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §54
Subsection 2, paragraph a amended
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