Simplified route
procedure-specific
Summary administration (post-appointment closing); waiting period not verified.
Eligibility and caveatsNew Hampshire estate administration
New Hampshire probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: procedure-specific
In New Hampshire, claims must be exhibited within six months of the original grant. New Hampshire probate is handled by the Circuit Court’s Probate Division, organized by county. Its summary-administration route is a post-appointment closing mechanism without a dollar cap, not a low-value affidavit procedure.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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New Hampshire simplified probate route
No single dollar limit; waiting period not verified.
Summary administration (post-appointment closing)No combined New Hampshire probate total
The Circuit Court, Probate Division filing charge is statewide: priced by estate value (N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a). No executor-pay statute is verified for New Hampshire. Each side in full: New Hampshire probate filing cost and New Hampshire executor fees.
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What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
Tiered
1 published schedule, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No verified rule is published here.
The probate-title statutes cited set no personal-representative compensation standard. RSA 554:26 only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the court rules and resources that could settle the question had not been confirmed as of August 9, 2026, so ask the Probate Division.
Creditor deadline
Multiple triggers
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 556:1-:7 (New Hampshire Legislature; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsNew Hampshire decision map
The four facts that change the New Hampshire route
Each New Hampshire answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded New Hampshire answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Summary administration (post-appointment closing) |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value for this route. |
| What is the amount screen? | No numeric ceiling verified |
| 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? | 1 published schedule; the proceeding and value basis control the total. |
| What does compensation use? | No verified rule. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- No executor compensation rule is given for New Hampshire: RSA 554:26 does not address compensation, and no official court material on it had been confirmed as of August 9, 2026. Ask the Probate Division.
- The estate-administration filing fee is quoted from the Circuit Court's official Filing Fees PDF (tiered $150 / $205 / $305, effective July 1, 2025). The court may post a new PDF at a different address; if the link stops working, check the court's fees page.
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What New Hampshire courts publish
Each link goes to the court’s own page and is checked before every release.
- Fee scheduleNew Hampshire Circuit Court Filing Fees (Probate Division) (PDF)New Hampshire Judicial Branch
Official statewide fee schedule (effective 07/01/2025) listing the tiered $150 / $205 / $305 estate-administration filing fees.
Limits on court material
- The fee source quoted here is the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (effective 07/01/2025), which prints the estate-administration fee table in full; the Probate Division's web and forms pages are not linked because this site had not confirmed them as of August 9, 2026.
- RSA 490-F:3 creates the Probate Division, and RSA 490-F:4 makes each county a judicial district for that division.
New Hampshire primary sources
Each rule on the New Hampshire pages comes from one of these 4 sources; the citation opens the publisher’s own text. All were last rechecked October 3, 2026.
Simplified-procedure rule
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 553:32-:33, RSA 553:32-:33, waiver and summary administration.
Court cost rule
N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a, New Hampshire Circuit Court Filing Fees — Probate Division.
Creditor deadline rule
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 556:1-:7, RSA chapter 556, claims and suits against administrators.
Court and venue rule
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 490-F:3-:4, RSA 490-F:3-:4, Circuit Court Probate Division.
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