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New Hampshire small-estate limit: Not established from a primary source

No threshold was established from a primary source in this review. The procedure may be structural, indexed, locally published, or unavailable in the accepted source record; this page does not infer a dollar figure.

Summary administration is a closing procedure with no monetary cap. An administrator may move after the estate has been open at least six months, with no outstanding debts, obligations, unpaid or unresolved claims, taxes addressed, beneficiary assents, and no need for further court supervision. RSA 553:32 separately waives inventory, bond, and accounting in specified beneficiary/assent situations.

Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch September 15, 2026.

Threshold evidence and currency

What the reviewed source establishes

Currency: No threshold figure is published, so there is no current numeric figure or superseding figure to report. The reason and the next primary-source lane are stated below.

Threshold source status: No accepted primary-source quotation sets a numeric threshold for this page.

Why no figure is published: RSA 553:33 states no monetary ceiling; eligibility turns on the estate having been open at least six months, no unresolved debts or taxes, beneficiary assents, and lack of need for further supervision. The StateRecord threshold field cannot represent “no cap.”

Next primary-source lane: RSA 553:33 at https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/553/553-mrg.htm

1. Where and when
Private by design: entries stay in this browser.
2. What they left

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

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Your working estimate

New Hampshire estate snapshot

Route check

More information is needed

Counted probate estate: not yet counted

A valid date of death is required before any waiting period can be tested.

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted
Court chargeMore information neededPetition for Estate Administration (Circuit Court, Probate Division)2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.Court charges only, for the proceeding named beside each figure. That proceeding is not always the route screened above.
Scheduled executor compensationMore information needed2 asset entries have no value entered.No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

What the New Hampshire amount screen counts

The headline limit is not a count of everything the person owned. It is a test of the property and deductions named by this procedure. Classify title and beneficiary status first; property that transfers by a valid survivorship right, beneficiary designation, or funded trust follows its own transfer path.

This screen counts the probate estate within the statute’s stated scope, not merely cash accounts. Solely owned real property can therefore affect the amount test. That does not necessarily mean the same simplified procedure transfers the house; counting scope and transfer authority are separate questions.

The reviewed value basis is gross for this route. The tool does not subtract a mortgage or other lien from the amount test unless the cited rule says to do so.

Timing and facts the threshold cannot answer

No waiting-period number is published because it has not been verified to the same primary-source standard as the threshold.

What does not qualify for this route

  • No operative numeric ceiling is established here. Do not treat a statutory base, estimate, or unverified local amount as a qualification limit.
  • Property that transfers by survivorship, beneficiary designation, or a funded trust is not probate property for this screen.
  • A pending or completed personal-representative appointment, a will condition, creditor issue, or family-rights condition can disqualify the route even when the amount appears within the reviewed rule.

Move from the screen to the official New Hampshire path

Assemble the death date, will status, asset titles, beneficiary confirmations, values, enforceable liens, family facts, and any prior court filing before signing anything. Then use the court publisher’s current artifact for the selected route.

The official Circuit Court Probate Division HTML and forms pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (effective 07/01/2025) is machine-fetchable and returns the estate-administration fee table verbatim; it is the pinned fee source.

RSA 490-F:3 creates the Probate Division, and RSA 490-F:4 makes each county a judicial district for that division.

If the state publishes no statewide form, that is a finding—not a missing link. Contact the Circuit Court, Probate Division or clerk in the proper county for its packet and current filing instructions rather than borrowing an unofficial form from another county.

Questions to resolve before relying on “likely qualifies”

  • Executor compensation remains UNKNOWN because the suggested RSA does not address compensation and the official court materials returned 403.
  • The estate-administration filing fee is now pinned from the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (tiered $150 / $205 / $305, effective 07/01/2025); the HTML fee/forms pages remain HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, and the PDF's Drupal path (documents/2021-06/) could change on re-upload, so the URL needs re-verification each release.
  • Confirm deed, account title, beneficiary, and trust ownership from the actual records.
  • Confirm whether a will, prior appointment, creditor issue, or family allowance changes the route.
  • Confirm the official form, fee, copy count, and filing method with the receiving court or institution.
Use this as a starting point.

This is general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Probate law varies by state and county and changes over time. Verify the current rule with the court or a licensed attorney in the relevant state.

New Hampshire eligibility map

What the New Hampshire simplified route still requires

The New Hampshire threshold is one screen, not a complete legal conclusion. This map pairs the recorded ceiling with the property scope, deductions, date, and court artifact that have to be checked before relying on a likely-qualifies result.

QuestionRecorded New Hampshire answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Summary administration (post-appointment closing)Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value for this route.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?No numeric ceiling verifiedUse the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?No waiting-period number verified; New Hampshire uses appointment-based stages: no action in the first six months, exhibition and demand within six months after the original grant, and suit within one year after that grant, with suspension and statutory exceptions. These are distinct procedural deadlines rather than one claim-bar number.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?1 published schedule; the proceeding and value basis control the total.Ask the Circuit Court, Probate Division about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?No compensation amount is recorded here: No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Eligibility inputs

The New Hampshire screen is made of these inputs

A threshold is useful only when the amount is measured the way the source describes. Keep this table with the asset worksheet so an empty or misclassified field cannot look like a confirmed qualification.

InputRegistry record
ThresholdNo numeric ceiling verified
Property scopeprobate property within the rule's stated scope
Value basisgross value for this route
Waiting periodNo waiting-period number verified
Required extra factsNone listed in the registry

Case-file context

Keep the New Hampshire answer with its neighboring conditions

A route answer is easier to use when the facts that can change it stay in the same record. These are the reviewed New Hampshire descriptions adjacent to this page\'s main question; they are not a substitute for the source quotations or the receiving court\'s instructions.

Cost context

The New Hampshire Circuit Court Probate Division publishes a statewide estate-administration filing fee that steps with estate value: a Petition for Estate Administration is $150 for a value of $10,000 or less, $205 for $10,001 to $25,000, and $305 for more than $25,000 (schedule effective 07/01/2025, issued under Probate Division Rule 169 and RSA 490:26-a). The footnoted total is the base fee plus any Supreme-Court-authorized surcharges; certified-mail and later-accounting fees are separate.

1 published schedule; the proceeding and value basis control the total.

Compensation context

No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403.

No compensation amount is recorded here: No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403.

Deadline context

New Hampshire uses appointment-based stages: no action in the first six months, exhibition and demand within six months after the original grant, and suit within one year after that grant, with suspension and statutory exceptions. These are distinct procedural deadlines rather than one claim-bar number.

  • Executor compensation remains UNKNOWN because the suggested RSA does not address compensation and the official court materials returned 403.
  • The estate-administration filing fee is now pinned from the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (tiered $150 / $205 / $305, effective 07/01/2025); the HTML fee/forms pages remain HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, and the PDF's Drupal path (documents/2021-06/) could change on re-upload, so the URL needs re-verification each release.

Court-material note: The official Circuit Court Probate Division HTML and forms pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (effective 07/01/2025) is machine-fetchable and returns the estate-administration fee table verbatim; it is the pinned fee source. RSA 490-F:3 creates the Probate Division, and RSA 490-F:4 makes each county a judicial district for that division.

No numeric shortcut is available for New Hampshire

This registry does not establish a numeric New Hampshire ceiling from an accepted primary source. The safe next step is to follow the reason and source lane on this page, then ask the Circuit Court, Probate Division for the current rule rather than importing a neighboring state\'s amount.

Next evidence to collect

Use the calculator for arithmetic, then verify title, timing, and the receiving court's form.

  1. Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
  2. Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
  3. Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
  4. Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.

Official material

The official Circuit Court Probate Division HTML and forms pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (effective 07/01/2025) is machine-fetchable and returns the estate-administration fee table verbatim; it is the pinned fee source.

RSA 490-F:3 creates the Probate Division, and RSA 490-F:4 makes each county a judicial district for that division.

Source trail

Records used by this New Hampshire map

Controlling source

Each legal input links to the government source reviewed for this page. Source text can change; confirm the current rule before acting.

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