Indiana route screening
$100,000 applies to a death on or after July 1, 2022. The screening tool below will not return a figure until a date of death is entered, because measuring an older estate against today’s ceiling would give a confident wrong answer. Basis: Ind. Code 29-1-8-1(b)(1), which sets a different ceiling by the decedent's date of death.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
After 45 days, a distributee may present an affidavit for personal property when the gross probate estate, LESS liens, encumbrances, funeral expenses, and administration expenses, does not exceed $100,000 for deaths after June 30, 2022, and no personal-representative appointment is pending or granted. Because this calculator does not collect the funeral and administration expenses that Indiana subtracts before applying the $100,000 test, any eligibility result shown here is provisional and must be confirmed against the estate's actual deductible expenses.
Where the limit comes from
This limit is date-dependent. The latest published band is $100,000 for deaths on or after July 1, 2022; earlier dates use the bands below.
Controlling citation: IC 29-1-8-1, Indiana Code 2025, Chapter 29-1-8 (Indiana General Assembly; Indiana Code 2025).
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), for the estate of an individual who dies after June 30, 2022. (2) That forty-five (45) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent. (3) That no application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction.
The Indiana ceiling is not one timeless number. It is republished on a schedule, and the figure that governs an estate is the one in force on the day the person died — not the one in force today. Measuring an older estate against the current ceiling can report that it qualifies when the operative limit was lower, so the bands are set out in full below.
| Date of death | Ceiling |
|---|---|
| Deaths on or after July 1, 2022 | $100,000 |
| Deaths from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2022 | $50,000 |
| Deaths from January 1, 1900 through June 30, 2006 | $25,000 |
How the figure is set: Ind. Code 29-1-8-1(b)(1), which sets a different ceiling by the decedent's date of death.
For a death before July 1, 2006 the ceiling was $25,000.
| Procedure | Small-estate affidavit (dispensing with administration) |
|---|---|
| What counts | Personal property only; real property is outside this route |
| Value basis | Value less enforceable liens and encumbrances |
| Waiting period | 45 days after death |
The Indiana caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Indiana overview.
What a small-estate screen can and cannot decide, and which assets never enter it, is explained once in small-estate affidavit or probate and what counts as a probate asset.
Indiana Code 2025, Chapter 29-1-8
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), for the estate of an individual who dies after June 30, 2022. (2) That forty-five (45) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent. (3) That no application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction.
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