Simplified route
$35,000
The ordinary ceiling is $35,000. It rises to $100,000 when the surviving spouse is entitled to all estate assets.
Eligibility and caveatsOhio estate administration
Ohio small-estate limit: $35,000
Ohio calls its simplified procedure release from administration and provides a higher limit when a surviving spouse receives the entire estate.
Sources reviewed August 7, 2026
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Release from administration
The ordinary ceiling is $35,000. It rises to $100,000 when the surviving spouse is entitled to all estate assets.
Read the eligibility detailsWhat the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
Varies locally
Use the selected county probate court schedule for an exact filing total.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Statutory schedule
Ohio applies a percentage schedule to personal property and sale proceeds, with separate treatment for real property.
Compensation detailLimits and unresolved costs
- Actual filing totals vary by probate court.
- The simplified procedure requires a court application.
- Attorney fees, bond premiums, publication, certified copies, tax work, and asset-sale costs are not included unless expressly shown.
- Asset title, beneficiary designations, creditor claims, and will terms can change the route.
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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.
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What Ohio courts publish
The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.
- Official formForm 5.10, Summary Release From Administration (PDF)Supreme Court of Ohio
Standard probate form adopted for use in every Ohio probate court.
- Forms indexOhio standard probate forms, decedent estatesSupreme Court of Ohio
Limits on court material
- Ohio adopts statewide standard probate forms, but each county probate court sets its own filing charges and local rules.
Primary sources
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Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A)
Reviewed source note: (A) Subject to division (I) of this section, an estate may be released from administration under division (B) of this section if either of the following applies: (1) The value of the assets of the estate is thirty-five thousand dollars or less. (2) The value of the assets of the estate is one hundred thousand dollars or less and either of the following applies:
Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16
Reviewed source note: (A) Except as provided in section 2101.164 of the Revised Code, the fees enumerated in this division shall be charged and collected, if possible, by the probate judge and shall be in full for all services rendered in the respective proceedings:
Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35
Reviewed source note: (A) Executors and administrators shall be allowed fees upon the amount of all the personal property, including the income from the personal property, that is received and accounted for by them and upon the proceeds of real property that is sold, as follows: (1) For the first one hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of four per cent; (2) All above one hundred thousand dollars and not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of three per cent; (3) All above four hundred thousand dollars, at the rate of two per cent.