Simplified route
$100,000
Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201); usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsIdaho estate administration
Idaho probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $100,000
In Idaho, estates up to $100,000 can use the small-estate route; executor pay is whatever the court finds reasonable (Idaho Code § 15-3-719); and claims are due four months after first publication, or 60 days after mailed notice if later; all but state tax claims close three years after death at most. Idaho is a Uniform Probate Code state. Small personal-property estates of $100,000 or less (measured net of liens and encumbrances) can be collected by affidavit under Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 thirty days after death, with no court filing. Formal and informal probate proceedings are heard in the Magistrate Division of the District Court. Opening an estate there costs $166 in statutory charges: the $120 magistrate-division fee of Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1) plus $26, $10 and $10 under §§ 1-2003(1), 31-3201(3) and 73-213. A summary administration of a small estate pays $130, because §§ 1-2003(1) and 73-213 exempt it from their charges. Personal representatives receive reasonable compensation under § 15-3-719.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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Idaho simplified probate route
Up to $100,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: Idaho Code § 15-3-1201.
Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201)No combined Idaho probate total
The Magistrate Division of the District Court where the estate is opened sets or collects the filing charge. Executor pay is reasonable compensation (Idaho Code § 15-3-719), not a rate. Each side in full: Idaho probate filing cost and Idaho executor fees.
Screen a specific Idaho estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
$166, or $130 under summary administration
Set statewide by Idaho Code §§ 31-3201A(1), 1-2003(1), 31-3201(3), 73-213. Copies and certificates are extra.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: Idaho Code § 15-3-719.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
Idaho Code § 15-3-801 (Idaho State Legislature; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsStatutes read in full for Idaho
Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.
| Citation | What reading it established | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho Code § 15-3-803 | Idaho carves state taxes out of the claims bar entirely — creditor deadline note | 2026-09-17 |
| Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 | Idaho measures fair market value, and names the state as a successor for Medicaid recovery — small estate route note | 2026-09-17 |
| Idaho Code §§ 15-3-719, 15-3-721 | Idaho’s fee review provision has not been amended since 1971 — representative pay note | 2026-09-17 |
Idaho decision map
The four facts that change the Idaho route
Each Idaho answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Idaho answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201) |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $100,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | No single statewide amount is published here; confirm the receiving court's current schedule. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
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What Idaho courts publish
Each link goes to the court’s own page and is checked before every release.
- Self-help centreIdaho Court Self-Help CenterIdaho Supreme Court
- Court resourceIdaho Supreme Court — Self-HelpIdaho Supreme Court
Limits on court material
- Idaho probate is administered in the Magistrate Division of the District Court. Idaho publishes statewide self-help resources through the Idaho Court Self-Help Center; forms are published there, and the filing fee for a magistrate-division case and the three charges added to it are set statewide by Idaho Code §§ 31-3201A(1), 1-2003(1), 31-3201(3) and 73-213. The § 15-3-1201 affidavit is a private demand instrument, not a court filing, so no statewide affidavit form is required to be filed with the court.
Idaho primary sources
Each rule on the Idaho pages comes from one of these 5 sources; the citation opens the publisher’s own text. All were last rechecked October 3, 2026.
Simplified-procedure rule
Idaho Code § 15-3-1201, Collection of personal property by affidavit.
Court cost rule
Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1), Idaho Code § 31-3201A — Court fees (clerk of district court).
Executor compensation rule
Idaho Code § 15-3-719, Compensation of personal representative.
Creditor deadline rule
Idaho Code § 15-3-801, Notice to creditors.
Creditor deadline rule
Idaho Code § 15-3-803(a), Idaho Code § 15-3-803 — Limitations on presentation of claims.
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