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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2316: Relating to trusts, including optional notices to creditors when a will has been admitted to probate without administration and the trust is the beneficiary of the estate, trust accounting, specific powers of a trustee, and representation of holders of power and similar interests

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on May 24, 2022. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to trusts, including optional notices to creditors when a will has been admitted to probate without administration and the trust is the beneficiary of the estate, trust accounting, specific powers of a trustee, and representation of holders of power and similar interests. The bill provides optional language that may be included in a notice given to creditors, heirs, and surviving spouses for when a decedent’s will has been admitted to probate without administration. If such notice is provided, creditors must mail proof of claims to the trustee within four months or else be barred from asserting such claims.

Sponsors

Judiciary (companion To Lsb 6207hv By Committee on Judiciary) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: Iowa State Bar Association; Patterson Law Firm LLP; The Iowa Academy of Trust and Estate Counsel

In plain words

  1. February 17, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 17, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 30, 2022Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF2316