633.497 Foreign wills as a muniment of title. After the expiration of the five-year period from the date of the death of the decedent, an exemplified copy of a will which has not been denied probate in Iowa, and of the orderadmitting it to probate in a foreign state or country, may be recorded in the office of thecounty recorder of any county where real estate owned by the testator is located. The recordof such a will and of the order admitting the will to probate shall operate to dispose of saidproperty as though said will had been admitted to probate in this state. Nothing containedin this section shall operate to defeat the rights, acquired prior to such record, of purchasersfor value whose rights are shown of record. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.497] Sat Dec 23 11:26:26 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.497 (34, 0)
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