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Arkansas personal representative compensation

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Ark. Code Ann. § 28-48-108 fixes personal-representative compensation as a statutory percentage schedule on personal property. No Arkansas Act in the text-extractable era (2001–2025) amended or restated § 28-48-108 (zero hits in the full-text Act search at www.arkleg.state.ar.us), and the codified section is served only through the LexisNexis contract. The percentage schedule is therefore recorded as UNKNOWN rather than reproduced from memory.

Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch September 15, 2026.

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2. Compensation base

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Arkansas estate snapshot

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted
Court chargeMore information neededSmall-estate affidavit (§ 28-41-101)2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.Court charges only, for the proceeding named beside each figure. That proceeding is not always the route screened above.
Scheduled executor compensationMore information needed2 asset entries have no value entered.Ark. Code Ann. § 28-48-108 fixes personal-representative compensation as a statutory percentage schedule on personal property. No Arkansas Act in the text-extractable era (2001–2025) amended or restated § 28-48-108 (zero hits in the full-text Act search at www.arkleg.state.ar.us), and the codified section is served only through the LexisNexis contract. The percentage schedule is therefore recorded as UNKNOWN rather than reproduced from memory.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

How Arkansas executor compensation works

In Arkansas, the personal representative (executor) is the person the court appoints, or the will nominates, to administer the estate. Arkansas compensation is governed by state statute and, where the statute permits, by the terms of the will or a court order, so the lawful Arkansas fee is whatever those authorities set — not a national rule of thumb.

This site publishes no compensation figure for Arkansas.

Ark. Code Ann. § 28-48-108 fixes personal-representative compensation as a statutory percentage schedule on personal property. No Arkansas Act in the text-extractable era (2001–2025) amended or restated § 28-48-108 (zero hits in the full-text Act search at www.arkleg.state.ar.us), and the codified section is served only through the LexisNexis contract. The percentage schedule is therefore recorded as UNKNOWN rather than reproduced from memory.

The calculator above will not return a Arkansas compensation number, because there is no verified rule to apply. A percentage borrowed from a neighbouring state would look authoritative and be wrong: compensation rules differ sharply between states, and the base they apply to differs even where the rate matches. Some states pay on the whole estate, some only on personal property, and some on money actually received and paid out, so the same estate can produce very different lawful fees.

What to do instead. Ask the Circuit Court (Probate Division) whether it publishes a compensation schedule, a local rule, or a standing order on fiduciary fees, and ask whether a fee request must be approved before or after the work. Read the will first: where a will fixes compensation, that term usually governs unless someone petitions to change it.

Whatever standard applies, the record is what determines the outcome. Keep a contemporaneous log of dates, hours, tasks and the reason each was necessary, and keep it separate from estate expenses you paid out of pocket. A representative who can show the work is in a far stronger position than one asking a court to accept a round number after the fact, and beneficiaries are entitled to see how a fee was arrived at.

Arkansas compensation map

Which figure the Arkansas fee rule actually measures

A percentage is not a fee answer until its base is known. This Arkansas map identifies the compensation standard and the accounting figure it uses, while keeping court approval and extraordinary work outside an invented total.

QuestionRecorded Arkansas answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Affidavit for collection of small estate (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101)Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value with statutory exemptions not classified by this worksheet.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?No numeric ceiling verifiedUse the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?No waiting-period number verified; Arkansas runs separate, trigger-specific creditor deadlines. For a full administration, claims are barred unless filed within six (6) months of the first publication of notice (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A), Act 217/2009), and the statute of nonclaim independently bars claims not presented within six (6) months of first publication (§ 28-50-101(c), Act 217/2009). A small-estate affidavit proceeding uses a shorter three (3)-month bar from first publication (§ 28-41-101, Act 526/2015).Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?$25 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the Circuit Court (Probate Division) about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?No compensation amount is recorded here: Ark. Code Ann. § 28-48-108 fixes personal-representative compensation as a statutory percentage schedule on personal property. No Arkansas Act in the text-extractable era (2001–2025) amended or restated § 28-48-108 (zero hits in the full-text Act search at www.arkleg.state.ar.us), and the codified section is served only through the LexisNexis contract. The percentage schedule is therefore recorded as UNKNOWN rather than reproduced from memory.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Compensation record

The Arkansas fee record, band by band

This is the registry view of the compensation rule, separate from the calculator result. It shows whether a rate schedule exists and what accounting base the schedule names. A blank band is not permission to borrow a percentage from another state.

Arkansas has no tier table this site can price from the accepted record. The accepted primary-source lane is still unresolved, so this site withholds a percentage.

Case-file context

Keep the Arkansas answer with its neighboring conditions

A route answer is easier to use when the facts that can change it stay in the same record. These are the reviewed Arkansas descriptions adjacent to this page\'s main question; they are not a substitute for the source quotations or the receiving court\'s instructions.

Route context

Arkansas offers a small-estate affidavit under Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101, filed in the Circuit Court, Probate Division of the county of the decedent's residence. The affidavit filing fee is $25.00 ($5.00 per certified copy). Creditors of a full administration are barred six months after first publication of notice; a small-estate proceeding uses a three-month bar. The statutory value ceiling, the 45-day waiting period, the general § 21-6-403 administration filing fee, and the § 28-48-108 compensation schedule remain honest UNKNOWNs because they live only in the LexisNexis-contracted Arkansas Code and were never restated by a text-extractable enacted Act.

Arkansas provides a small-estate affidavit under Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101. The affidavit filing fee ($25.00, plus $5.00 per certified copy) and the three-month small-estate creditor bar are substantiated from enacted Acts (289/2011 and 526/2015). The dollar value ceiling and the statutory 45-day waiting period live in subsection (a), which was not reachable via any enacted Act and is otherwise only in the LexisNexis-contracted code; both are recorded as honest UNKNOWNs rather than guessed.

Cost context

The small-estate affidavit filing charge is a flat $25.00; certified copies are $5.00 each per copy requested and are not part of the base filing (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(b)(1)(B), as set by Act 289/2011). The general decedent-estate opening filing fee for a full administration is the circuit-clerk fee under Ark. Code Ann. § 21-6-403, which was only cross-referenced - never restated - by any harvestable enacted Act and is therefore recorded as UNKNOWN below.

$25 is the recorded statewide amount.

Deadline context

Arkansas runs separate, trigger-specific creditor deadlines. For a full administration, claims are barred unless filed within six (6) months of the first publication of notice (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A), Act 217/2009), and the statute of nonclaim independently bars claims not presented within six (6) months of first publication (§ 28-50-101(c), Act 217/2009). A small-estate affidavit proceeding uses a shorter three (3)-month bar from first publication (§ 28-41-101, Act 526/2015).

  • Small-estate value ceiling and 45-day waiting period (§ 28-41-101(a)) are UNKNOWN — Lexis-locked, never restated by a harvestable Act.
  • General administration filing fee (§ 21-6-403) is UNKNOWN — only cross-referenced, never restated.
  • Executor compensation percentage schedule (§ 28-48-108) is UNKNOWN — zero Act hits, Lexis-locked.

Court-material note: Arkansas probate is heard in the Circuit Court, Probate Division (confirmed from the statutory small-estate notice caption in Act 526/2015). There is no single statewide small-estate form or statewide filing-fee dollar schedule reproduced here; the affidavit is filed with the county circuit clerk, whose administration filing fee is set by Ark. Code Ann. § 21-6-403.

No numeric shortcut is available for Arkansas

This registry does not establish a numeric Arkansas ceiling from an accepted primary source. The safe next step is to follow the reason and source lane on this page, then ask the Circuit Court (Probate Division) for the current rule rather than importing a neighboring state\'s amount.

Next evidence to collect

Bring the stated accounting base and the will or court instructions to the compensation discussion.

  1. Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
  2. Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
  3. Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
  4. Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.

Official material

Arkansas probate is heard in the Circuit Court, Probate Division (confirmed from the statutory small-estate notice caption in Act 526/2015). There is no single statewide small-estate form or statewide filing-fee dollar schedule reproduced here; the affidavit is filed with the county circuit clerk, whose administration filing fee is set by Ark. Code Ann. § 21-6-403.

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