The words “heirs” and “legal heirs”, and other equivalent words used to designate the beneficiaries in any life insurance policy or certificate of membership in any mutual aid or benevolent association, where no contrary intention is expressed in such instrument, shall be construed to include the surviving husband or wife of the insured.
Iowa Code § 633.334
Surviving spouse included as “heir”
Known as the Iowa Probate Code
The act spans §§ 633–633 (527 sections).
[C97, §3313; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11921; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.10; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.334]
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