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 chiefjudge prescribes. A person shall not be appointed as referee in a matter where the person isacting 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 theoffice of the clerk of court and shall be deposited in the account established under section602.8108. 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 sectionand shall have additional jurisdiction to perform the judicial functions provided in section633.20D. [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 , 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 Sat Dec 23 11:22:54 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.20 (35, 0)
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