Simplified route
$75,000
Small estate affidavit (K.S.A. 59-1507b); Kansas Simplified Estates Act administration (K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206); waiting period not verified.
Eligibility and caveatsKansas estate administration
Kansas probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $75,000
In Kansas, estates up to $75,000 can use the small-estate route; executor pay is whatever the court finds reasonable (K.S.A. 59-1717); and claims are due four months after first publication, or 30 days after actual notice if later. Kansas probate is handled by the District Court. Small estates up to $75,000 in personal property transfer by affidavit (K.S.A. 59-1507b), and the Kansas Simplified Estates Act (K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206) offers a streamlined court administration in lieu of full supervision. The statewide probate docket fee is $109.50 (K.S.A. 59-104), and fiduciary compensation is 'just and reasonable' under K.S.A. 59-1717 with no statutory percentage schedule.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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Kansas simplified probate route
Up to $75,000; waiting period not verified. Source: K.S.A. 59-1507b.
Small estate affidavit (K.S.A. 59-1507b); Kansas Simplified Estates Act administration (K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206)No combined Kansas probate total
The District Court filing charge is statewide: $109.50 (K.S.A. 59-104). Executor pay is reasonable compensation (K.S.A. 59-1717), not a rate. Each side in full: Kansas probate filing cost and Kansas executor fees.
Screen a specific Kansas 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
$109.50
One statewide amount.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: K.S.A. 59-1717.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
K.S.A. 59-2239 (Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsStatutes read in full for Kansas
Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.
| Citation | What reading it established | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| K.S.A. § 59-1507b (transfer of certain personal property to successor) | Kansas transfers the property without any court at all, and the receipt itself discharges the payer — small estate route note | 2026-09-17 |
| K.S.A. § 59-1717 (compensation and expenses), L. 1939, ch. 180, § 147 | Kansas publishes no percentage at all, and pays the fiduciary and the attorney under the same standard — representative pay note | 2026-09-17 |
| K.S.A. § 59-2239 (claims against estate; time for filing; when barred) | Kansas bars the claim on one clock and the creditor’s standing to have any claim at all on a second — creditor deadline note | 2026-09-17 |
Kansas decision map
The four facts that change the Kansas route
Each Kansas answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Kansas answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Small estate affidavit (K.S.A. 59-1507b); Kansas Simplified Estates Act administration (K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206) |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; gross value for this route. |
| What is the amount screen? | $75,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | No waiting-period number verified; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | $109.50 is the recorded statewide amount. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- The temporary $22 surcharge under K.S.A. 59-104 ended on June 30, 2025, so the docket fee is $109.50. That is the fee as the statute read on October 3, 2026; a later act that revived the surcharge would raise it.
- No Kansas court forms page is linked: none had been confirmed as current as of August 9, 2026. The statewide small-estate form is the Kansas Judicial Council's Decedent's Estate affidavit.
- Kansas creditor deadlines come from K.S.A. 59-2236 and 59-2239: four months from first publication of notice, or 30 days after a known creditor receives actual notice if that is later, and the estate must be opened within six months of death. The month-based periods are described rather than converted into a number of days.
- Kansas also offers simplified administration under the Simplified Estates Act (K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206). The court decides whether it applies (K.S.A. 59-3202); there is no dollar limit, so none is given for it.
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What Kansas courts publish
Each link goes to the court’s own page and is checked before every release.
No Kansas court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.
Limits on court material
- Kansas probate is heard in the District Court of each county. The Kansas Judicial Council promulgates the statewide small-estate affidavit and decedent's-estate forms. No court link is listed because this site had not confirmed a current forms page on the Kansas Judiciary websites (kscourts.gov and the Judicial Council at kjc.ks.gov) as of August 9, 2026; the controlling forms live under the Kansas Judicial Council 'Decedent's Estate' probate forms.
Kansas primary sources
Each rule on the Kansas pages comes from one of these 7 sources; the citation opens the publisher’s own text. All were last rechecked October 3, 2026.
Simplified-procedure rule
K.S.A. 59-1507b, Small estate affidavit.
Creditor deadline rule
K.S.A. 59-2239, Claims against estate; time for filing; when barred.
Creditor deadline rule
K.S.A. 59-2236, Notice to creditors.
Simplified-procedure rule
K.S.A. 59-3201, Citation of act (Kansas Simplified Estates Act).
Simplified-procedure rule
K.S.A. 59-3202, Administration as simplified estate or supervised estate; determination by court.
Executor compensation rule
K.S.A. 59-1717, Compensation and expenses of fiduciaries.
Court cost rule
K.S.A. 59-104, Docket fee.
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