Arkansas timeline
Arkansas probate timeline: when creditor claims close
The waiting-period requirement has not been verified, so no number is published below.
Creditor-claim deadline in a full Arkansas administration, counted from publication of the notice to creditors: Six (6) months from the first publication of the notice to creditors (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A), Act 217/2009). Source: Act 217, §§ 1–2, 2009 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A) and § 28-50-101(c)). The clocks running from actual notice to a known creditor and the date of death are set out below.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
The one date this page can source
No waiting-period number is published for the affidavit for collection of small estate (ark. code ann. § 28-41-101) route. The 45-day waiting period is stated in § 28-41-101(a), which — as above — is published only in the LexisNexis-hosted code and was never restated by an enacted Act published as text. Read: Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(a)..
Source: Act 289, § 1, 2011 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(b)(1)(B)), Arkansas Act 289 of 2011 (88th General Assembly, Regular Session) — amending Ark. Code § 28-41-101(Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research; APPROVED: 03/15/2011).
The section’s own words
He or she shall make a charge of twenty-five dollars28 ($25.00) for filing the affidavit and three dollars ($3.00) five dollars29 ($5.00) for each certified copy.
Creditor deadlines
- From publication of notice to creditors
- Six (6) months from the first publication of the notice to creditors (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A), Act 217/2009).
- From actual notice to a known creditor
- Not separately restated by an enacted Act published as text. Arkansas requires the personal representative to serve known creditors within one (1) month of first publication (§ 28-40-111(a)(4)(A), Act 217/2009), but the claim period applicable to an actually-noticed creditor is set in § 28-50-101(a), which was not amended by (and does not appear in) those Acts; treat as governed by § 28-50-101(a) (published only in the LexisNexis-hosted code).
- Outer limit, running from death
- Statute of nonclaim: claims not presented to the personal representative or filed with the court within six (6) months after the first publication of notice to creditors are barred (Ark. Code Ann. § 28-50-101(c), Act 217/2009).
How these combine. 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).
Source: Act 217, §§ 1–2, 2009 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A) and § 28-50-101(c)), Arkansas Act 217 of 2009 (87th General Assembly, Regular Session) — amending Ark. Code § 28-40-111 and § 28-50-101(Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research; APPROVED: 2/20/2009).
The section’s own words
to him or her, within three (3) months six (6) months from33 the date of the first publication of the notice, or they shall be forever34 barred and precluded from any
General sequence: first week, how long probate takes.
Sources rechecked October 3, 2026: Arkansas source list · how sources are checked · report a correction