Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 218.66. Property of small value

If administration is not granted within one year from the date of the death of the decedent, and the value of the estate of the decedent is so small as to make the granting of administration inadvisable, then delivery of the money and other property left by the decedent may be made to the surviving spouse and heirs of the decedent.