Iowa Code Title XV. Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures [Chs. 595-686] § 633.332. Exempt personal property

When the decedent left a surviving spouse, all personal property which in the hands of the decedent as head of a family would be exempt from execution, which is bequeathed or set aside to the surviving spouse in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be exempt in the hands of such surviving spouse as in the hands of the decedent.