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Arkansas small-estate limit: Not established from a primary source

No threshold was established from a primary source in this review. The procedure may be structural, indexed, locally published, or unavailable in the accepted source record; this page does not infer a dollar figure.

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.

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

Threshold evidence and currency

What the reviewed source establishes

Currency: No threshold figure is published, so there is no current numeric figure or superseding figure to report. The reason and the next primary-source lane are stated below.

Threshold source status: No accepted primary-source quotation sets a numeric threshold for this page.

Why no figure is published: Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(a) fixes the small-estate value ceiling and the 45-day post-death waiting period, but subsection (a) was not amended by any text-extractable Arkansas Act in the digital era (the Arkansas Acts published as machine-readable PDFs begin ~2001; pre-2000 acts are scanned images that harvest THIN with no extractable text). The official Arkansas Code is served only through the LexisNexis contract (an unusable JavaScript app), and arkleg.state.ar.us blocks the codified-page tool. Only the fee subsection (b), the notice subsection (b)(2)(B), and the creditor sections were reachable via enacted Acts.

Next primary-source lane: Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(a) via the LexisNexis-hosted Arkansas Code, or a post-2001 Arkansas Act amending § 28-41-101(a) at www.arkleg.state.ar.us Act search (none located 2001–2025).

1. Where and when
Private by design: entries stay in this browser.
2. What they left

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

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Your working estimate

Arkansas estate snapshot

Route check

More information is needed

Counted probate estate: not yet counted

A valid date of death is required before any waiting period can be tested.

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.

What the Arkansas amount screen counts

The headline limit is not a count of everything the person owned. It is a test of the property and deductions named by this procedure. Classify title and beneficiary status first; property that transfers by a valid survivorship right, beneficiary designation, or funded trust follows its own transfer path.

This screen counts the probate estate within the statute’s stated scope, not merely cash accounts. Solely owned real property can therefore affect the amount test. That does not necessarily mean the same simplified procedure transfers the house; counting scope and transfer authority are separate questions.

The statute excludes categories of exempt property that this worksheet cannot classify from a dollar entry alone. A result near the limit remains provisional until those exemptions are identified from the actual property and family facts.

Timing and facts the threshold cannot answer

No waiting-period number is published because it has not been verified to the same primary-source standard as the threshold.

What does not qualify for this route

  • No operative numeric ceiling is established here. Do not treat a statutory base, estimate, or unverified local amount as a qualification limit.
  • Property that transfers by survivorship, beneficiary designation, or a funded trust is not probate property for this screen.
  • A pending or completed personal-representative appointment, a will condition, creditor issue, or family-rights condition can disqualify the route even when the amount appears within the reviewed rule.

Move from the screen to the official Arkansas path

Assemble the death date, will status, asset titles, beneficiary confirmations, values, enforceable liens, family facts, and any prior court filing before signing anything. Then use the court publisher’s current artifact for the selected route.

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.

If the state publishes no statewide form, that is a finding—not a missing link. Contact the Circuit Court (Probate Division) or clerk in the proper county for its packet and current filing instructions rather than borrowing an unofficial form from another county.

Questions to resolve before relying on “likely qualifies”

  • 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.
  • Confirm deed, account title, beneficiary, and trust ownership from the actual records.
  • Confirm whether a will, prior appointment, creditor issue, or family allowance changes the route.
  • Confirm the official form, fee, copy count, and filing method with the receiving court or institution.
Use this as a starting point.

This is general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Probate law varies by state and county and changes over time. Verify the current rule with the court or a licensed attorney in the relevant state.

Arkansas eligibility map

What the Arkansas simplified route still requires

The Arkansas threshold is one screen, not a complete legal conclusion. This map pairs the recorded ceiling with the property scope, deductions, date, and court artifact that have to be checked before relying on a likely-qualifies result.

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.

Eligibility inputs

The Arkansas screen is made of these inputs

A threshold is useful only when the amount is measured the way the source describes. Keep this table with the asset worksheet so an empty or misclassified field cannot look like a confirmed qualification.

InputRegistry record
ThresholdNo numeric ceiling verified
Property scopeprobate property within the rule's stated scope
Value basisgross value with statutory exemptions not classified by this worksheet
Waiting periodNo waiting-period number verified
Required extra factsNone listed in the registry

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.

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.

Compensation context

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.

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.

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

Use the calculator for arithmetic, then verify title, timing, and the receiving court's form.

  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.

Source trail

Records used by this Arkansas map

Controlling source

Each legal input links to the government source reviewed for this page. Source text can change; confirm the current rule before acting.

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