{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.444","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 633.444","heading":"Applicability of rules of civil procedure.","body":"The personal representative shall file a pre-answer motion or answer to a claim within twenty days from the filing of the request for hearing on the claim in the same manner as though the claim were a petition filed in an ordinary action, and thereafter, all provisions of law and rules of civil procedure applicable to motions, pleadings and the trial of ordinary actions shall apply; provided, however, that a restatement of such claim shall not be barred by the provisions of section 633.410.","path":["Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)","Chapter 633 - PROBATE CODE","Subchapter VII - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEDENTS","Part 7 - CLAIMS AGAINST DECEDENT’S ESTATE, AND TIME AND MANNER OF FILING CLAIMS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/633.444.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:16Z","sha256":"ef6410261a6851802ed4ddf8ed38e1b4915bf694125351a71cc4fbefef7b1079","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.443","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-633.445"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}