633.479 Discharge.
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1. Upon final settlement of an estate, an order shall be entered discharging the personal representative from further duties and responsibilities. The order approving the final report shall constitute a waiver of the omission from the final report of any of the recitals required in section 633.477.
2. a. An order approving the final report and discharging the personal representative shall not be required if all of the following apply:
(1)All distributees otherwise entitled to notice are adults and are under no legal disability.
(2)All distributees have signed waivers of notice as provided in section 633.478.
(3)All distributees have signed statements of consent agreeing that the prayer of the final report shall constitute an order approving the final report and discharging the personal representative.
(4)All of the statements of consent are dated not more than thirty days prior to the date of the final report.
(5)Compliance with section 422.27, and section 450.58 for deaths occurring before January 1, 2025, have been fulfilled.
(6)Any required receipts, sworn statements, and certificates are on file.
b. If the requirements of paragraph “a” have been met, final order shall not be required and the prayer of the final report shall be considered as granted and shall have the same force and effect as an order of discharge of the personal representative and an order approving the final report.
[C51, §1434; R60, §2459; C73, §2476; C97, §3400; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12052; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §638.12; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.479] 2025 Acts, ch 148, §48, 53, 54
Referred to in §633.480
2025 amendment to subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph
(5)applies retroactively to January 1, 2025, to the estates of decedents dying on or after January 1, 2025; 2025 Acts, ch 148, §54
Subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph
(5)amended