§ 633.40

633.40 Notice in probate proceedings. 1. Court prescribing notice. Except as otherwise provided in this probate code, the court shall fix the time and place of hearing of any matter requiring notice and shall prescribe atime for the hearing not less than twenty days after the date the notice is served unless thecourt finds there is good cause shown to shorten the time period to less than twenty days.The court shall also prescribe the manner of service of the notice of such hearing. 2. Notice by publication. In the case of proceedings against unknown persons or persons whose address or whereabouts are unknown, the court shall prescribe that noticemay be served by publication within the time and in the manner provided by the rules ofcivil procedure. 3. No notice by posting. No notice shall be served at any time by posting.4. Notice otherwise provided. In lieu of the foregoing, the notice may direct each interested party to file the party’s objections thereto in writing, if any, on or before a datecertain, to be set out in the notice and to be not less than twenty days after the day the noticeis served upon the party and that unless the party does so file objections in writing that

efore a datecertain, to be set out in the notice and to be not less than twenty days after the day the noticeis served upon the party and that unless the party does so file objections in writing that theparty will be forever barred from making any objections thereto. Said notice shall be servedupon each interested party personally in compliance with the rules of civil procedure, orupon those parties not under legal disability by ordinary United States mail. In the eventobjections thereto are timely filed, the court shall fix the time and place of the hearing forthe judicial determination of the issues raised. 5. Notice by mail. When notice in probate proceedings is served upon an interested party by United States mail, the service is made and completed when the notice being servedis enclosed in a sealed envelope with the proper postage thereon addressed to the interestedparty at the party’s last known post office address and is deposited in a mail receptacleprovided by the United States postal service. [C73, §2314; C97, §3262; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11822; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.40] 2005 Acts, ch 38, §51; 2009 Acts, ch 52, §2, 14Referred to

tes postal service. [C73, §2314; C97, §3262; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §11822; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §631.4; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.40] 2005 Acts, ch 38, §51; 2009 Acts, ch 52, §2, 14Referred to in §633.10, 633.23, 633.237, 633.374, 633.376, 633.389, 633.478, 633.560, 633.677, 633.754, 633A.3114, 633A.3115, 635.8 Sat Dec 23 11:23:05 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.40 (36, 0)