Simplified route
$75,000
Small-estate affidavit for collection of personal property (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322); usable 30 days after death.
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Small-estate limit: $75,000
In Mississippi, estates up to $75,000 can use the small-estate route. Mississippi provides a small-estate affidavit under Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322 for personal property of a decedent whose estate, net of liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $75,000.00, available at least thirty (30) days after death and filed in the Chancery Court of the county of domicile. Opening an estate case costs a fixed statutory $135.00 (an $85.00 chancery-clerk service fee plus two mandatory § 25-7-9(3) per-case fund assessments of $10.00 and $40.00). The executor-commission ceiling (§ 91-7-299) and the creditor-claim bar (§§ 91-7-145/151) appear only in the Mississippi Code as published by LexisNexis, and no recent bill restates them, so this page gives no figure for either; ask the chancery clerk.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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Mississippi simplified probate route
Up to $75,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322).
Small-estate affidavit for collection of personal property (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322)No combined Mississippi probate total
The Chancery Court filing charge is statewide: $135 (S.B. 2792, § 1, 2024 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9(2))). No executor-pay statute is verified for Mississippi. Each side in full: Mississippi probate filing cost and Mississippi executor fees.
Screen a specific Mississippi 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
$135
1 published schedule, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No verified rule is published here.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Not published
Timeline and creditor detailsMississippi provisions not quoted on this site
This site quotes a figure only from the state’s own published text. The Mississippiprovisions below had not been confirmed from it as of the date in each row, so their figures are left out rather than copied from a secondary summary. Each row names the authority that settles the question and the page that explains what to use instead.
| Authority sought | What is therefore not published | Not confirmed as of |
|---|---|---|
| Miss. Code Ann. tit. 91, ch. 7 (executors and administrators) | No Mississippi commission figure is published here — representative pay | 2026-09-17 |
| Miss. Code Ann. tit. 91, ch. 7 (probate of claims) | Mississippi creditor deadlines: not confirmed, so not guessed — creditor deadline | 2026-09-17 |
Mississippi decision map
The four facts that change the Mississippi route
Each Mississippi answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Mississippi answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Small-estate affidavit for collection of personal property (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322) |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $75,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: not published here |
| What does the cost record establish? | $135 is the recorded statewide amount. |
| What does compensation use? | No verified rule. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- Mississippi caps executor commissions in Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-299, but that section is published only through LexisNexis and no recent bill restates it, so this page gives no percentage. Read § 91-7-299 or ask the Chancery Court.
- The rules for presenting creditor claims and barring late ones are in Miss. Code Ann. §§ 91-7-145 and 91-7-151, published only through LexisNexis; no recent bill restates them, so this page gives no deadline. Read those sections or ask the chancery clerk.
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What Mississippi courts publish
Each link goes to the court’s own page and is checked before every release.
- Court resourceMississippi Judiciary — Chancery Courts (probate jurisdiction)Mississippi Judiciary / Administrative Office of Courts
Limits on court material
- Mississippi probate (estates of decedents) is heard in the Chancery Court (confirmed: '§ 25-7-9(2) ... the clerks of the chancery courts'). There is no statewide small-estate form or single statewide filing-fee schedule beyond the § 25-7-9 chancery-clerk fee; the affidavit and administration are filed with the county chancery clerk.
Mississippi primary sources
Each rule on the Mississippi pages comes from one of these 2 sources; the citation opens the publisher’s own text. All were last rechecked October 3, 2026.
Simplified-procedure rule
S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322), Mississippi Senate Bill 2850 (2020 Regular Session) — amending Miss. Code § 91-7-322 (small-estate affidavit).
Court cost rule
S.B. 2792, § 1, 2024 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9(2)), Mississippi Senate Bill 2792 (2024 Regular Session) — amending Miss. Code § 25-7-9 (chancery-clerk fees).
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