633.351 Possession of real and personal property. During the period of administration, the personal representative shall take possession of the decedent’s real estate, except the homestead and other property exempt to thesurviving spouse. Every personal representative shall take possession of all the personalproperty of the decedent, except the property exempt to the surviving spouse. The personalrepresentative may maintain an action for the possession of such real and personal propertyor to determine the title to any property of the decedent. Until property is distributed, thepersonal representative shall take reasonable steps to safeguard such property, pay anyexpenses related to such property, and collect any income generated by such property.Unless otherwise provided by the decedent’s will, all such expenses shall be paid from theresiduary estate and all such income shall be considered a part of the residuary estate. [C51, §1327; R60, §2359; C73, §2402 – 2404, 2407; C97, §3333, 3334, 3337; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11952, 11953, 11956; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.48, 635.49, 635.52; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,81, §633.351] 2012 Acts, ch 1123, §6Referred to in §633.350 Sat Dec 23 33, 3334, 3337; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11952, 11953, 11956; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §635.48, 635.49, 635.52; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,81, §633.351] 2012 Acts, ch 1123, §6Referred to in §633.350 Sat Dec 23 11:25:25 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.351 (36, 0)
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