{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-218.67","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 218.67","heading":"Estate administrator not identified.","body":"If an estate administrator is not identified within one year from the death of a decedent in an institution, and a surviving spouse or heir is not known, the superintendent of the institution may convert all the decedent’s property into cash and in so doing the superintendent shall have the powers possessed by a general administrator of an estate.","path":["Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)","Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/218.67.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:05Z","sha256":"b88afd5eb5754decdbe7202c1c7b78f4c31cb7195ca3dd1564e356492d83edf8","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-218.66","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-218.68"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}