2009 Iowa Code
Title 15 - Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures
Subtitle 4 - Probate - Fiduciaries
CHAPTER 633 - PROBATE CODE
633.170 - AMOUNT OF BOND.

        633.170  AMOUNT OF BOND.
         1.  How determined.  Except as herein otherwise provided, the
      court or the clerk shall fix the penalty of the bond in an amount
      equal to the value of the personal property of the estate, plus the
      estimated gross annual income of the estate during the period of
      administration.
         2.  Bonds fixed by clerk.  Unless a bond is waived by will
      under the authority of section 633.172, or by other instrument
      creating the estate, or in accordance with section 633.173, or by
      prior order of court, the clerk shall fix the bond in the amount
      provided by subsection 1 of this section.  The clerk shall not
      thereafter increase or decrease a bond.  

         [C51, § 1276, 1316, 1317; R60, § 2308, 2348, 2349; C73, § 2321,
      2350, 2362, 2363; C97, § 3267, 3268, 3293, 3301; S13, § 3268; C24,
      27, 31, 35, 39, § 11828, 11838, 11876, 11887, 12578; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, § 631.10, 632.7, 633.32, 633.43, 668.6; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
      79, 81, § 633.170]