Alaska timeline
Alaska probate timeline: the 30-day wait and when creditor claims close
The simplified route starts 30 days after death. Source: AS 13.16.680.
Creditor-claim deadline in a full Alaska administration, counted from publication of the notice to creditors: Four months after the date of first publication of notice to creditors, if notice is given in compliance with AS 13.16.450 (AS 13.16.460(a)(1)). Source: AS 13.16.460. The clock running from the date of death is set out below.
The 30-day wait is the earliest the simplified route can be used; the creditor deadline is when claims not yet presented are barred. They belong to different proceedings, so they are not added together. No overall duration is published here: court scheduling, accountings and disputes add time these clocks do not measure.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
The one date this page can source
The collection of personal property by affidavit (as 13.16.680) route requires 30 days to elapse from the date of death. This is a precondition: the affidavit or petition cannot be presented before it runs, regardless of how straightforward the estate is.
Source: AS 13.16.680, Collection of personal property by affidavit(Alaska State Legislature; rechecked October 3, 2026).
The section’s own words
the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, consists only of not more than (A) vehicles subject to registration under AS 28.10.011 with a total value that does not exceed $100,000; and (B) personal property, other than vehicles described in (A) of this paragraph, that does not exceed $50,000; (2) 30 days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;
Creditor deadlines
- From publication of notice to creditors
- Four months after the date of first publication of notice to creditors, if notice is given in compliance with AS 13.16.450 (AS 13.16.460(a)(1))
- Outer limit, running from death
- Three years after the decedent's death, if notice to creditors has not been published (AS 13.16.460(a)(2))
How these combine. Alaska has separately-triggered creditor deadlines that cannot be reduced to one honest day count. Under AS 13.16.450 the personal representative publishes notice once a week for three successive weeks; claims that arose before death are barred (AS 13.16.460(a)) (1) within four months after the date of first publication if notice is given, but (2) within three years after death if no notice to creditors is published (outer nonclaim limit). Claims arising at/after death are barred four months after they arise or after PR performance is due (AS 13.16.460(b)).
Source: AS 13.16.460, Limitations on presentation of claims(Alaska State Legislature; rechecked October 3, 2026).
The section’s own words
(1) within four months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with AS 13.16.450 ; however, claims barred by the nonclaim statute at the decedent's domicile before the first publication for claims in this state are also barred in this state; (2) within three years after the decedent's death, if notice to creditors has not been published.
General sequence: first week, how long probate takes.
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