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Oklahoma personal representative compensation

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Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls.

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

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Oklahoma estate snapshot

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted
Court chargeMore information neededProbate case filed in district court2 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 compensationCase accounting neededEnter the compensable value above and this schedule is applied to it, band by band.Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls.

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.

How Oklahoma executor compensation works

In Oklahoma, the personal representative (executor) is the person the court appoints, or the will nominates, to administer the estate. Oklahoma compensation is governed by state statute and, where the statute permits, by the terms of the will or a court order, so the lawful Oklahoma fee is whatever those authorities set — not a national rule of thumb.

The calculator above applies Oklahoma's reviewed statutory rule to the compensable estate value you enter. The Oklahoma figure does not include extraordinary fees — services beyond routine administration (such as litigation, tax elections, or real-property management) that the court may approve separately on top of the ordinary compensation.

In Oklahoma, the compensable amount is measured against the figures shown in the estate's court accounting, so two Oklahoma estates with the same headline size can produce different lawful fees when what they are made of differs. Enter the figure that matches that basis rather than the gross number on the first account statement, or the Oklahoma result will not reflect the rule the statute actually applies.

If the Oklahoma will names a specific compensation amount or formula, that term controls unless a beneficiary or the representative petitions the court for modification. When no will exists, or the will is silent on the point, the Oklahoma statutory rule becomes the presumptive measure of reasonable compensation for the work.

Oklahoma compensation map

Which figure the Oklahoma fee rule actually measures

A percentage is not a fee answer until its base is known. This Oklahoma map identifies the compensation standard and the accounting figure it uses, while keeping court approval and extraordinary work outside an invented total.

QuestionRecorded Oklahoma answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393); dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000 (58 O.S. § 241); summary administration (58 O.S. § 245)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; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$50,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?10 days after death; No deadline is recorded here: Oklahoma runs a presentation period keyed to publication of notice to creditors plus special rules for known creditors; a single number would conflate publication and actual-notice triggers.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?$173 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls. The relevant base is the estate accounting.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Compensation record

The Oklahoma fee record, band by band

This is the registry view of the compensation rule, separate from the calculator result. It shows whether a rate schedule exists and what accounting base the schedule names. A blank band is not permission to borrow a percentage from another state.

Compensation bandRateRead with
Up to $1,0005%the estate accounting
The next band through $6,0004%the estate accounting
Above the prior band2.5%the estate accounting

Case-file context

Keep the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma descriptions adjacent to this page\'s main question; they are not a substitute for the source quotations or the receiving court\'s instructions.

Route context

Oklahoma probate is handled by the District Court. Estates can proceed by a $50,000 collection affidavit (58 O.S. § 393), by dispensing with regular proceedings in estates up to $150,000 after appointment of a personal representative (§ 241), or by summary administration under § 245 (estate value not exceeding $200,000, or a decedent deceased more than five years, or a nonresident decedent). Personal-representative commissions follow the 5%/4%/2.5% schedule of 58 O.S. § 527.

Oklahoma offers three abbreviated tracks, keyed to different statutes and thresholds. (1) Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393): collect the decedent's Oklahoma property when the fair-market value of property located in Oklahoma, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $50,000, usable ten or more days after death and only if no personal representative has been appointed. (2) Dispensing with regular proceedings (58 O.S. § 241): after a petition for probate is filed and a personal representative is appointed, if the value of the real and personal property in the estate does not exceed $150,000 the court may dispense with the regular proceedings and order notice to creditors and a combined final hearing — an abbreviated but court-supervised administration. (3) Summary administration (58 O.S. § 245): a person interested in an estate may petition for summary administration if the estate meets ONE of three conditions — the value of the estate is less than or equal to $200,000, OR the decedent has been deceased for more than five years, OR the decedent resided in another jurisdiction at the time of death. Section 241 and section 245 are separate routes with different thresholds ($150,000 vs $200,000) and different eligibility gates; only § 245 is titled summary administration.

Cost context

The statewide district-court flat fee for a probate case is $135.00 (28 O.S. § 152(A)(3)) plus permanent mandatory statewide surcharges: +$6 Law Library Fund (subsection B), +$25 Oklahoma Court Information System (subsection C), +$5 court-appointed special advocate/OCASA (subsection D), and +$2 miscellaneous (subsection E) — $173 total. A +$10 Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund surcharge (subsection G) applied only 'until November 1, 2023' in the cited Oklahoma State Senate edition (which raised the running total to $183 while in effect); the record before us does not show a later reauthorization. A separate $10 courthouse-security fee is county-optional (subsection F) and is excluded from the statewide figure.

$173 is the recorded statewide amount.

Deadline context

No deadline is recorded here: Oklahoma runs a presentation period keyed to publication of notice to creditors plus special rules for known creditors; a single number would conflate publication and actual-notice triggers.

  • The cohort brief's §241/§393 labels were reversed relative to the harvested titles; the dossier follows the harvested text (§393 = $50,000 collection affidavit, §241 = $150,000 dispensing-with-regular-proceedings). Verifier correction applied: 58 O.S. § 245 (not § 241) is Oklahoma's summary-administration provision, with a $200,000 value threshold plus alternate routes for a decedent deceased more than five years or a nonresident decedent; § 241 is the separate 'dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000' route requiring a filed petition for probate and an appointed personal representative. Both are now sourced to the Oklahoma State Senate os58.pdf (§§ 241 and 245).
  • FIGURE CHANGE: filing-fee total revised from $188 to $173. The Oklahoma State Senate 2019-12 edition sets OCASA at $5 (subsection D), not $10, and sunsets the $10 Records Management surcharge (subsection G) on Nov 1, 2023 rather than 2027. Permanent statewide surcharges therefore total $135 + $6 + $25 + $5 + $2 = $173. The cited edition may trail a later reauthorization of the records-management fee that OSCN reflected; OSCN is no longer fetchable to confirm.

Court-material note: Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393. The Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) now answers automated requests with a bot-challenge page rather than the document, so no Oklahoma court link is published here: this site links only court material it can prove reachable. OSCN remains the official source for Oklahoma court forms and dockets -- open it directly in a browser, or ask the court clerk in the county of filing.

Arithmetic illustration

See the Oklahoma amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Oklahoma ceiling is $50,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $37,500 sits below the Oklahoma figure and $62,500 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Oklahoma counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Oklahoma ceilingWhat it does not decide
$37,500Below $50,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$62,500Above $50,000Whether another statutory route or court process applies

Next evidence to collect

Bring the stated accounting base and the will or court instructions to the compensation discussion.

  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

Oklahoma publishes no court artifact in this registry. Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.

Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.

The Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) now answers automated requests with a bot-challenge page rather than the document, so no Oklahoma court link is published here: this site links only court material it can prove reachable. OSCN remains the official source for Oklahoma court forms and dockets -- open it directly in a browser, or ask the court clerk in the county of filing.

Source trail

Records used by this Oklahoma map

  • 58 O.S. § 39358 O.S. § 393 - Payment or delivery of property to successor by affidavit (small estate affidavit); reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 58 O.S. § 24158 O.S. § 241 - Dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 58 O.S. § 24558 O.S. § 245 - Petition for summary administration - Conditions - Requirements; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 58 O.S. § 52758 O.S. § 527 - Fees and commissions; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • 28 O.S. § 15228 O.S. § 152 - Flat fee schedule - In forma pauperis; reviewed August 9, 2026

The figure the Oklahoma schedule is applied to

The rate is only half of the answer; the other half is the number the rate is applied to, and in Oklahoma that number is specific. The reviewed rule measures compensation against the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets. 58 O.S. § 527 applies the entire schedule to this single accounting figure.

Entering a different figure — the gross value on a bank statement, the net estate after debts, or the total that passed to the heirs — produces a Oklahoma number the rule does not support, even when the percentage is applied correctly. The base is the part most often got wrong.

How the Oklahoma schedule composes, worked through

Each band applies its own rate to its own slice of the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets, and the compensation is the sum of the slices — not a single rate on the whole figure. Worked at two representative amounts, the Oklahoma schedule breaks down as follows.

$300,000 amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets
Band of the baseRateCompensation
on the first $1,0005%$50
on the next $5,0004%$200
on the balance above $6,0002.5%$7,350
Total on this base$7,600
$800,000 amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets
Band of the baseRateCompensation
on the first $1,0005%$50
on the next $5,0004%$200
on the balance above $6,0002.5%$19,850
Total on this base$20,100

These figures are illustrations of the schedule at two round numbers, not a quote for any real estate: the operative amount depends on the actual amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets the Oklahoma accounting establishes, and a court may allow more for extraordinary services or less where a will or agreement fixes a different figure.

Compensation 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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