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  {
    "id": "fl-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Florida Statutes, Summary Administration",
    "authority": "Florida Legislature",
    "container-title": "Florida Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Fla. Stat. § 735.201",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0735/Sections/0735.201.html",
    "abstract": "(2) That the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $150,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.",
    "note": "Fla. Stat. § 735.201 — Florida codifies its statutes once a year, and the 2026 edition has folded in Chapter 2026-57. This page now states the operative $150,000 limit directly, and its history line credits section 7 of chapter 2026-57. The session law remains cited alongside it as the enacting authority.",
    "keyword": "Florida, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "fl-small-estate-2026",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Chapter 2026-57, Laws of Florida (CS/HB 1337, enrolled), amending the summary administration limit",
    "authority": "Florida Senate",
    "container-title": "Florida Senate",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Ch. 2026-57, § 7, Laws of Fla. (amending Fla. Stat. § 735.201(2))",
    "URL": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1337/BillText/er/PDF",
    "abstract": "(2) That the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $150,000 $75,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.",
    "note": "Ch. 2026-57, § 7, Laws of Fla. (amending Fla. Stat. § 735.201(2)) — This is the enacted text and it governs. Florida bills print new wording followed by the wording it replaces, so \"$150,000 $75,000\" means the limit rose to $150,000 and the old $75,000 figure was struck. The act took effect July 1, 2026.",
    "keyword": "Florida, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "fl-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Florida Statutes, Probate Filing Charges",
    "authority": "Florida Legislature",
    "container-title": "Florida Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Fla. Stat. § 28.2401(1)",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0028/Sections/0028.2401.html",
    "abstract": "(e) Fee for summary administration - estates valued at $1,000 or more .......... $340 (f) Fee for summary administration - estates valued at less than $1,000 .......... $230 (g) Fee for formal administration, guardianship, ancillary, curatorship, or conservatorship proceedings .......... $395",
    "note": "Fla. Stat. § 28.2401(1)",
    "keyword": "Florida, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "fl-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Florida Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Florida Legislature",
    "container-title": "Florida Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Fla. Stat. § 733.617",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0733/Sections/0733.617.html",
    "abstract": "(2) A commission computed on the compensable value of the estate is presumed to be reasonable compensation for a personal representative in formal administration as follows: (a) At the rate of 3 percent for the first $1 million. (b) At the rate of 2.5 percent for all above $1 million and not exceeding $5 million. (c) At the rate of 2 percent for all above $5 million and not exceeding $10 million. (d) At the rate of 1.5 percent for all above $10 million.",
    "note": "Fla. Stat. § 733.617",
    "keyword": "Florida, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "oh-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Release from Administration",
    "authority": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "container-title": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A)",
    "URL": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.03",
    "abstract": "(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:",
    "note": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A)",
    "keyword": "Ohio, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "oh-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Probate Court Fees",
    "authority": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "container-title": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16",
    "URL": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2101.16",
    "abstract": "(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:",
    "note": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16",
    "keyword": "Ohio, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "oh-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Executor and Administrator Fees",
    "authority": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "container-title": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35",
    "URL": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.35",
    "abstract": "(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. (B) Executors and administrators shall be allowed a fee of one per cent on the value of real property that is not sold. Executors and administrators also shall be allowed a fee of one per cent on the value of all property that is not subject to administration and that would have been includable for purposes of computing the Ohio estate tax, except joint and survivorship property, had the decedent died on December 31, 2012, so that section 5731.02 of the Revised Code applied to the estate.",
    "note": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35",
    "keyword": "Ohio, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nc-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Collection by Affidavit",
    "authority": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "container-title": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-25-1",
    "URL": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-25-1.html",
    "abstract": "(a) When a decedent dies intestate leaving personal property, less liens and encumbrances thereon, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in value, at any time after 30 days from the date of death",
    "note": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-25-1",
    "keyword": "North Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nc-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Costs in Estate Administration",
    "authority": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "container-title": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-307",
    "URL": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-307.html",
    "abstract": "(2) For support of the General Court of Justice, the sum of one hundred six dollars ($106.00), plus an additional forty cents (40¢) per one hundred dollars ($100.00), or major fraction thereof, of the gross estate, not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000).",
    "note": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-307",
    "keyword": "North Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nc-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Commissions",
    "authority": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "container-title": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-23-3",
    "URL": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-23-3.html",
    "abstract": "(a) Personal representatives, collectors or public administrators shall be entitled to commissions to be fixed in the discretion of the clerk of superior court not to exceed five percent (5%) upon the amounts of receipts, including the value of all personal property when received, and upon the expenditures made in accordance with law.",
    "note": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-23-3",
    "keyword": "North Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "va-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Code of Virginia, Small Asset Affidavit",
    "authority": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Va. Code § 64.2-601",
    "URL": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-601/",
    "abstract": "1. That the value of the decedent's entire personal probate estate as of the date of the decedent's death, wherever located, does not exceed $75,000; 2. That at least 60 days have elapsed since the decedent's death;",
    "note": "Va. Code § 64.2-601",
    "keyword": "Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "va-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Code of Virginia, Clerk Fees",
    "authority": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Va. Code § 17.1-275(A)(3)",
    "URL": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/17.1-275/",
    "abstract": "3. For appointing and qualifying any personal representative, committee, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary, in addition to any fees for recording allowed by this section, $20 for estates not exceeding $50,000, $25 for estates not exceeding $100,000 and $30 for estates exceeding $100,000. No fee shall be charged for estates of $5,000 or less.",
    "note": "Va. Code § 17.1-275(A)(3)",
    "keyword": "Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "va-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Code of Virginia, Fiduciary Compensation",
    "authority": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Va. Code § 64.2-1208(A)",
    "URL": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-1208/",
    "abstract": "A. In stating and settling the account, the commissioner of accounts shall allow the fiduciary any reasonable expenses incurred by him and, except in cases in which it is otherwise provided, a reasonable compensation in the form of a commission on receipts or otherwise.",
    "note": "Va. Code § 64.2-1208(A)",
    "keyword": "Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wa-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Small Estates",
    "authority": "Washington State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Washington State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "RCW 11.62.010",
    "URL": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.62.010",
    "abstract": "(c) That the value of the decedent's entire estate subject to probate, not including the surviving spouse's or surviving domestic partner's community property interest in any assets which are subject to probate in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars; (d) That forty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;",
    "note": "RCW 11.62.010",
    "keyword": "Washington, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wa-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Superior Court Fees",
    "authority": "Washington State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Washington State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "RCW 36.18.020(2)(f)",
    "URL": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.18.020",
    "abstract": "(f) In probate proceedings, the party instituting such proceedings, shall pay at the time of filing the first document therein, a fee of $200.",
    "note": "RCW 36.18.020(2)(f)",
    "keyword": "Washington, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wa-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Washington State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Washington State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "RCW 11.48.210",
    "URL": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.48.210",
    "abstract": "The personal representative, when no compensation is provided in the will, when he or she renounces all claim to the compensation provided in the will, or when he or she administers an intestate estate, shall be allowed such compensation for his or her services as the court shall deem just and reasonable.",
    "note": "RCW 11.48.210",
    "keyword": "Washington, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "az-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arizona Revised Statutes, Small Estates",
    "authority": "Arizona State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Arizona State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "A.R.S. § 14-3971",
    "URL": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/03971.htm",
    "abstract": "1. Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent. 2. Either: (a) An application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is not pending and a personal representative has not been appointed in any jurisdiction and the value of all personal property in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $200,000 as valued as of the date of death.",
    "note": "A.R.S. § 14-3971",
    "keyword": "Arizona, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "az-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arizona Revised Statutes, Superior Court Fees",
    "authority": "Arizona State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Arizona State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "A.R.S. § 12-284",
    "URL": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/00284.htm",
    "abstract": "C Initial case filing fee Filing petition for annulment $ 149.00 Filing for dissolution/legal separation petition 149.00 Petition in formal testacy or appointment proceeding 149.00 Application for informal probate or informal appointment 149.00",
    "note": "A.R.S. § 12-284",
    "keyword": "Arizona, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "az-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arizona Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Arizona State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Arizona State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "A.R.S. § 14-3719",
    "URL": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/03719.htm",
    "abstract": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.",
    "note": "A.R.S. § 14-3719",
    "keyword": "Arizona, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mo-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Small Estate Affidavit",
    "authority": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.097",
    "URL": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.097",
    "abstract": "(1) The value of the entire estate, less liens, debt, and encumbrances, does not exceed forty thousand dollars; (2) Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent",
    "note": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.097",
    "keyword": "Missouri, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mo-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Probate Fees",
    "authority": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.012(16)",
    "URL": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=488.012",
    "abstract": "(16) When letters are applied for in probate proceedings, pursuant to section 483.580 , when the value of the estate is: (a) Less than $10,000 $ 75.00 (b) From $10,000 to $25,000 115.00 (c) From $25,000 to $50,000 155.00 (d) From $50,000 to $100,000 245.00 (e) From $100,000 to $500,000 305.00 (f) More than $500,000 365.00",
    "note": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.012(16)",
    "keyword": "Missouri, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mo-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.153.1",
    "URL": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.153&hl=",
    "abstract": "On the first $ 5,000, 5 percent; On the next 20,000, 4 percent; On the next 75,000, 3 percent; On the next 300,000, 2 3/4 percent; On the next 600,000, 2 1/2 percent; On all over 1,000,000, 2 percent.",
    "note": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.153.1",
    "keyword": "Missouri, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nv-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Estates Not Exceeding $150,000",
    "authority": "Nevada Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nevada Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NRS 146.070 and 146.080",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-146.html",
    "abstract": "(a) If the value of a decedent's estate does not exceed $150,000, the estate may be set aside without administration by the order of the court; or",
    "note": "NRS 146.070 and 146.080",
    "keyword": "Nevada, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nv-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Probate Filing Fee",
    "authority": "Nevada Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nevada Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NRS 19.013(1)",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-019.html",
    "abstract": "On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary, letters of administration or setting aside an estate without administration, which fee includes the court fee prescribed by NRS 19.020 , to be paid by the petitioner: Where the stated value of the estate is more than $2,500............... 72.00 Where the stated value of the estate is $2,500 or less, no fee may be charged or collected.",
    "note": "NRS 19.013(1)",
    "keyword": "Nevada, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nv-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Nevada Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nevada Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NRS 150.020(1)",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-150.html",
    "abstract": "1. If no compensation is provided by the will, or the personal representative renounces all claims thereto, fees must be allowed upon the whole amount of the estate which has been accounted for, less liens and encumbrances, as follows: (a) For the first $15,000, at the rate of 4 percent. (b) For the next $85,000, at the rate of 3 percent. (c) For all above $100,000, at the rate of 2 percent.",
    "note": "NRS 150.020(1)",
    "keyword": "Nevada, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ne-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, Collection of Personal Property",
    "authority": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125",
    "URL": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-24,125",
    "abstract": "(1) the value of all of the personal property in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars; (2) thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent",
    "note": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125",
    "keyword": "Nebraska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ne-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, County Court Fees",
    "authority": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i)",
    "URL": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=33-125",
    "abstract": "(1) In probate matters the county court shall be entitled to receive the following fees: (a)(i) Twenty-two dollars for probate proceedings commenced and closed informally.",
    "note": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i)",
    "keyword": "Nebraska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ne-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2480",
    "URL": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-2480",
    "abstract": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.",
    "note": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2480",
    "keyword": "Nebraska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mo-creditor-360",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Limitations on Filing of Claims",
    "authority": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.360.1",
    "URL": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.360",
    "abstract": "which are not filed in the probate division of the circuit court within six months after the date of the first published notice of letters testamentary or of administration or, if notice was actually mailed to, or served upon, such creditor, within two months after the date such notice was mailed, or served, whichever later occurs",
    "note": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.360.1",
    "keyword": "Missouri, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mo-creditor-444",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Absolute One-Year Claim Bar",
    "authority": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.444.1",
    "URL": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.444",
    "abstract": "shall become unenforceable and shall be forever barred against the estate, the personal representative, the heirs, devisees and legatees of the decedent one year following the date of the decedent's death, whether or not administration of the decedent's estate is had or commenced within such one-year period",
    "note": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.444.1",
    "keyword": "Missouri, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nc-creditor-14-1",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Notice for Claims",
    "authority": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "container-title": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-14-1(a)",
    "URL": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-14-1.html",
    "abstract": "which day must be at least three months from the day of the first publication or posting of the notice.",
    "note": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-14-1(a)",
    "keyword": "North Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nc-creditor-19-3",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Limitations on Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "container-title": "North Carolina General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-19-3",
    "URL": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-19-3.html",
    "abstract": "which are not presented to the personal representative or collector pursuant to G.S. 28A-19-1 by the date specified in the general notice to creditors as provided for in G.S. 28A-14-1(a) or in those cases requiring the delivery or mailing of notice as provided for in G.S. 28A-14-1(b), within 90 days after the date of the delivery or mailing of the notice if the expiration of said 90-day period is later than the date specified in the general notice to creditors, are forever barred against the estate",
    "note": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-19-3",
    "keyword": "North Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ne-creditor-2485",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, Limitations on Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2485",
    "URL": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-2485",
    "abstract": "unless presented as follows: (1) Within two months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with sections 25-520.01 and 30-2483",
    "note": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2485",
    "keyword": "Nebraska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ne-creditor-2483",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, Notice to Creditors",
    "authority": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nebraska Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2483(a)",
    "URL": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-2483",
    "abstract": "the clerk of the court upon the appointment of a personal representative shall publish a notice once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county announcing the appointment and the address of the personal representative, and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within two months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. The first publication shall be made within thirty days after the appointment.",
    "note": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2483(a)",
    "keyword": "Nebraska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "oh-summary-release",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Summary Release From Administration",
    "authority": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "container-title": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.031(B)",
    "URL": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.031",
    "abstract": "(B)(1) If the value of the assets of the decedent's estate does not exceed the lesser of five thousand dollars or the amount of the decedent's funeral and burial expenses, any person who is not a surviving spouse and who has paid or is obligated in writing to pay the decedent's funeral and burial expenses, including a person described in section 2108.89 of the Revised Code, may apply to the probate court for an order granting a summary release from administration in accordance with this section.",
    "note": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.031(B)",
    "keyword": "Ohio, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "oh-creditor-2117",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Presentation of Creditor Claims",
    "authority": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "container-title": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06(B)",
    "URL": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2117.06",
    "abstract": "(B) Except as provided in section 2117.061 of the Revised Code, all claims shall be presented within six months after the death of the decedent, whether or not the estate is released from administration or an executor or administrator is appointed during that six-month period.",
    "note": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06(B)",
    "keyword": "Ohio, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nv-filing-additional",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Additional Probate Filing Fee",
    "authority": "Nevada Legislature",
    "container-title": "Nevada Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NRS 19.0302(1)(c)",
    "URL": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-019.html",
    "abstract": "(c) On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary or letters of administration, which fee does not include the court fee prescribed by NRS 19.020 , to be paid by the petitioner: (1) Where the stated value of the estate is $300,000 or more..................... $352 (2) Where the stated value of the estate is more than $20,000 but less than $300,000 $99 (3) Where the stated value of the estate is $20,000 or less, no fee may be charged or collected.",
    "note": "NRS 19.0302(1)(c)",
    "keyword": "Nevada, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "va-probate-tax-state",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Code of Virginia, State Probate Tax",
    "authority": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Va. Code § 58.1-1712",
    "URL": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/58.1-1712/",
    "abstract": "A tax is hereby imposed on the probate of every will or grant of administration not exempt by law. The tax shall be based on the value of the estate as determined in § 58.1-1713 . For every $100 of value, or fraction of $100, a tax of 10 cent(s) is imposed. However, the tax imposed by this section shall not apply to decedents' estates of $15,000 or less in value.",
    "note": "Va. Code § 58.1-1712",
    "keyword": "Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "va-probate-tax-local",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Code of Virginia, Optional Local Probate Tax",
    "authority": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Va. Code § 58.1-3805",
    "URL": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/58.1-3805/",
    "abstract": "In addition to the state tax and fee imposed by §§ 58.1-1712 and 58.1-1717.1 , the governing body of any county and the council of any city may (i) impose a city or county tax in an amount equal to one-third of the amount of the state tax on the probate of a will or grant of administration on the probate of every such will or grant of administration",
    "note": "Va. Code § 58.1-3805",
    "keyword": "Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "va-creditor-5081",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Code of Virginia, Notice to Creditors for Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Virginia General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Va. Code § 64.2-508.1(C)(4)",
    "URL": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-508.1/",
    "abstract": "4. A statement that all persons having a claim against the decedent shall present such claim to the personal representative in the manner specified in this section on or before the later of (i) at least six months from the date of the first publication of the notice or (ii) 90 days after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers a copy of the notice as published to the claimant; and",
    "note": "Va. Code § 64.2-508.1(C)(4)",
    "keyword": "Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wa-creditor-4020",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Notice to Creditors",
    "authority": "Washington State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Washington State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "RCW 11.40.020(1)",
    "URL": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.020",
    "abstract": "(b) The personal representative shall cause the notice to be published once each week for three successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the county in which the estate is being administered; (c) The personal representative may, at any time during the probate proceeding, give actual notice to creditors who become known to the personal representative by serving the notice on the creditor or mailing the notice to the creditor at the creditor's last known address, by regular first-class mail, postage prepaid;",
    "note": "RCW 11.40.020(1)",
    "keyword": "Washington, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wa-creditor-4051",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Claims Against Decedent - Time Limits",
    "authority": "Washington State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Washington State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "RCW 11.40.051(1)",
    "URL": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.40.051",
    "abstract": "(a) If the personal representative provided notice under RCW 11.40.020 and the creditor was given actual notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c), the creditor must present the claim within the later of: (i) Thirty days after the personal representative's service or mailing of notice to the creditor; and (ii) four months after the date of first publication of the notice; (b) If the personal representative provided notice under RCW 11.40.020 and the creditor was not given actual notice as provided in RCW 11.40.020 (1)(c): (i) If the creditor was not reasonably ascertainable, as defined in RCW 11.40.040 , the creditor must present the claim within four months after the date of first publication of notice; (ii) If the creditor was reasonably ascertainable, as defined in RCW 11.40.040 , the creditor must present the claim within twenty-four months after the decedent's date of death; and (c) If notice was not provided under this chapter or chapter 11.42 RCW, the creditor must present the claim within twenty-four months after the decedent's date of death.",
    "note": "RCW 11.40.051(1)",
    "keyword": "Washington, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          7
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ak-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "AS 13.16.680 - Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "Alaska State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Alaska State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "AS 13.16.680",
    "URL": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=13.16.680&secEnd=13.16.680",
    "abstract": "the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, consists only of not more than (A) vehicles subject to registration under AS 28.10.011 with a total value that does not exceed $100,000; and (B) personal property, other than vehicles described in (A) of this paragraph, that does not exceed $50,000; (2) 30 days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;",
    "note": "AS 13.16.680 — The akleg.gov print endpoint prints no edition/amendment stamp; currentness is a disclosed limitation.",
    "keyword": "Alaska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ak-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "AS 13.16.430 - Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "Alaska State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Alaska State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "AS 13.16.430",
    "URL": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=13.16.425&secEnd=13.16.435",
    "abstract": "Sec. 13.16.430. Compensation of personal representative. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services.",
    "note": "AS 13.16.430 — Print endpoint shows no edition stamp; currentness disclosed as a limitation. Will-fixed compensation may be renounced in favor of reasonable compensation.",
    "keyword": "Alaska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ak-creditor",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "AS 13.16.460 - Limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "Alaska State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Alaska State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "AS 13.16.460",
    "URL": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print&secStart=13.16.450&secEnd=13.16.470",
    "abstract": "(1) within four months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with AS 13.16.450 ; however, claims barred by the nonclaim statute at the decedent's domicile before the first publication for claims in this state are also barred in this state; (2) within three years after the decedent's death, if notice to creditors has not been published.",
    "note": "AS 13.16.460 — Publication bar is 4 months from first publication (notice published weekly for three successive weeks under AS 13.16.450); outer nonclaim bar is 3 years from death when no notice is published.",
    "keyword": "Alaska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ak-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Alaska Administrative Rule 9 - Fee Schedule (probate matters)",
    "authority": "Alaska Court System (Alaska Rules of Court)",
    "container-title": "Alaska Court System (Alaska Rules of Court)",
    "genre": "court-fee-schedule",
    "number": "Alaska R. Admin. 9 (Fee Schedule)",
    "URL": "https://courts.alaska.gov/rules/docs/adm.pdf",
    "abstract": "(2) For probate matters: (A) Upon filing a trust or estate action other than the registration or deposit of a will or trust document 250.00 (B) For depositing a will with the court for safekeeping 50.00",
    "note": "Alaska R. Admin. 9 (Fee Schedule) — PDF now extracts via the pdf.js fallback (318,492 chars). Rule 9 has been amended by successive Supreme Court Orders; it prints no single 'current through' stamp, so currentness is a disclosed limitation.",
    "keyword": "Alaska, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "al-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 43-2-692 — Petition for Summary Distribution",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 43-2-692",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2243-2-692%22%7D",
    "abstract": "At least 30 days have elapsed since the notice of the filing of the petition was published as provided in subsection",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 43-2-692 — Fetched via the ALISON GraphQL Section-by-displayId endpoint (returns clean JSON). Establishes the 30-day post-publication waiting period for summary distribution.",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "al-small-estate-def",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 43-2-691 — Definitions (small estate amount)",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 43-2-691",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2243-2-691%22%7D",
    "abstract": "SMALL ESTATE AMOUNT. The sum as adjusted from time to time based on the Consumer Price Index formula set forth in Section 43-8-116 of the homestead allowance under Section 43-8-110, exempt property under Section 43-8-111, and the family allowance under Sections 43-8-112 and 43-8-113",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 43-2-691 — Defines \"small estate amount\" as a CPI-indexed sum of allowances (not a fixed figure) and \"estate\" as personal property of a decedent who owns no real property — hence assetScope personal-only and threshold UNKNOWN (indexed).",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "al-allowance-index",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 43-8-116 — Adjustments to Exemption Values (CPI)",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 43-8-116",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2243-8-116%22%7D",
    "abstract": "the State Treasurer shall adjust each dollar amount in this article or, for each adjustment after July 1, 2017, each adjusted amount, by an amount determined by the State Treasurer to reflect the cumulative change in the consumer price index",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 43-8-116 — The indexing mechanism that makes the small-estate amount a moving, administratively-published figure. Sourced to explain WHY the threshold is UNKNOWN rather than a static number.",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "al-allowance-homestead",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 43-8-110 — Homestead Allowance",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 43-8-110",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2243-8-110%22%7D",
    "abstract": "{\"data\":{\"sections\":{\"data\":[{\"displayId\":\"43-8-110\",\"catchLine\":\"Homestead Allowance.\",\"effectiveDate\":null,\"supersessionDate\":null,\"content\":\" (a) A surviving spouse of a decedent who was domiciled in this state is entitled to a homestead allowance of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 43-8-110 — Statutory BASE homestead allowance of $15,000 — one of the components summed (and then CPI-adjusted) to form the small estate amount. The base figure is stated; the adjusted operative figure is not.",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
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  },
  {
    "id": "al-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 43-2-848 — Compensation of Personal Representative",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 43-2-848",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2243-2-848%22%7D",
    "abstract": "which shall not exceed two and one-half percent of the value of all property received and under the possession and control of the personal representative and two and one-half percent of all disbursements",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 43-2-848 — Ceiling of 2.5% of property received/controlled PLUS 2.5% of disbursements — the base is receipts-and-disbursements, NOT gross estate value. Critical not to apply this to whole-estate value.",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "al-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 12-19-90 — Judge of Probate; Schedule of Fees",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 12-19-90",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2212-19-90%22%7D",
    "abstract": "Grant of letters of administration with three certified copies of letters of administration and including final settlement when not more than 10 pages (when over 10 pages an additional charge of $3.00 per page) ..... 45.00",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 12-19-90 — Statewide $45.00 for grant of letters of administration; § 12-19-90(d) preserves local fee laws so counties may add charges on top.",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "al-creditor",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Ala. Code § 43-2-350 — Time and Manner of Filing Claims",
    "authority": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "container-title": "Alabama Legislature (Code of Alabama 1975)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Ala. Code § 43-2-350",
    "URL": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/graphql?query=query%20SectionByDisplayId%28%24displayId%3A%20String%21%29%20%7B%20sections%3A%20codesOfAlabama%28where%3A%20%7B%20displayId%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20%24displayId%20%7D%2C%20type%3A%20%7B%20eq%3A%20Section%20%7D%20%7D%2C%20versions%3A%20true%29%20%7B%20data%20%7B%20displayId%20catchLine%20effectiveDate%20supersessionDate%20content%20history%20%7D%20%7D%20%7D&variables=%7B%22displayId%22%3A%2243-2-350%22%7D",
    "abstract": "within six months after the grant of letters, or within five months from the date of the first publication of notice, whichever is the later to occur",
    "note": "Ala. Code § 43-2-350 — Six months from grant of letters or five months from first publication, whichever is later; actual-notice creditors get 30 days. Separates the appointment trigger (6 mo) from the publication trigger (5 mo).",
    "keyword": "Alabama, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ar-small-estate-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arkansas Act 289 of 2011 (88th General Assembly, Regular Session) — amending Ark. Code § 28-41-101",
    "authority": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "container-title": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Act 289, § 1, 2011 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(b)(1)(B))",
    "URL": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2011%2FPublic%2FACT289.pdf",
    "abstract": "He or she shall make a charge of twenty-five dollars28 ($25.00) for filing the affidavit and three dollars ($3.00) five dollars29 ($5.00) for each certified copy.",
    "note": "Act 289, § 1, 2011 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(b)(1)(B)) — Enacted session law (strikethrough convention: struck old text, then new text). The affidavit filing fee is $25.00 and the certified-copy fee is raised from $3.00 to $5.00. Substantiates the small-estate affidavit filing charge under § 28-41-101(b)(1)(B).",
    "keyword": "Arkansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ar-court-name-small-estate-bar",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arkansas Act 526 of 2015 (90th General Assembly, Regular Session) — amending Ark. Code § 28-41-101(b)(2)(B) (small-estate affidavit / notice)",
    "authority": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "container-title": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Act 526, § 1, 2015 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(b)(2)(B))",
    "URL": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2015%2FPublic%2FACT526.pdf",
    "abstract": "distributee or his or her attorney within three (3) months2 from the date of the first publication of this notice or they shall be3 forever barred and precluded from any benefit of the estate.",
    "note": "Act 526, § 1, 2015 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-41-101(b)(2)(B)) — Enacted session law. Supplies (a) the Arkansas court name for probate — the Circuit Court, Probate Division — in the statutory small-estate notice form, and (b) the small-estate creditor bar of three (3) months from first publication.",
    "keyword": "Arkansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ar-creditor-bar",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arkansas Act 217 of 2009 (87th General Assembly, Regular Session) — amending Ark. Code § 28-40-111 and § 28-50-101",
    "authority": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "container-title": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Act 217, §§ 1–2, 2009 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A) and § 28-50-101(c))",
    "URL": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2009%2FPublic%2FACT217.pdf",
    "abstract": "to him or her, within three (3) months six (6) months from33 the date of the first publication of the notice, or they shall be forever34 barred and precluded from any",
    "note": "Act 217, §§ 1–2, 2009 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-40-111(a)(1)(A) and § 28-50-101(c)) — Enacted session law (strikethrough: struck 'three (3) months', enacted 'six (6) months'). Sets the general publication-triggered creditor bar at 6 months from first publication of notice (§ 28-40-111(a)(1)(A)) and the non-claim/limitations interplay at 6 months (§ 28-50-101(c)).",
    "keyword": "Arkansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ar-nonclaim-2850-101",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Arkansas Act 217 of 2009 — Section 2 amending Ark. Code § 28-50-101(c) (statute of nonclaim)",
    "authority": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "container-title": "Arkansas General Assembly / Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Act 217, § 2, 2009 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-50-101(c))",
    "URL": "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2009%2FPublic%2FACT217.pdf",
    "abstract": "(c) When Statute of Nonclaim Not Affected by Statute of Limitations.17 No claim shall be barred by the statute of limitations which was not barred18 thereby at the time of the decedent's death, if the claim shall be presented19 to the personal representative or filed with the court within three (3) six20 (6) months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors.",
    "note": "Act 217, § 2, 2009 Ark. Acts (Reg. Sess.) (amending Ark. Code Ann. § 28-50-101(c)) — Companion section of Act 217/2009. Confirms the outer non-claim period runs 6 months after first publication of notice to creditors.",
    "keyword": "Arkansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Probate Code § 13100 - Affidavit collection of small estate",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Prob. Code § 13100",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=13100",
    "abstract": "Excluding the property described in Section 13050 and any property included in a petition filed under Section 13151, if the gross value of the decedent's real and personal property in this state does not exceed one hundred sixty-six thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($166,250),",
    "note": "Cal. Prob. Code § 13100 — The printed figure ($166,250) is the pre-2022 codified baseline. Section 13100 states it applies 'as adjusted periodically in accordance with Section 890', and the Judicial Council's mandatory-use form DE-300 (Rev. April 28, 2025) publishes the operative triennially adjusted amount: $208,850 for a decedent who died on or after April 1, 2025. The codified page trails the DE-300 adjustments; unlike this California baseline, Florida's 2026 codified small-estate section now incorporates its Chapter 2026-57 amendment.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-realproperty-13200",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Probate Code § 13200 - Affidavit re real property of small value",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Prob. Code § 13200",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=13200",
    "abstract": "the dollar amount for paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) is fifty-five thousand four hundred twenty-five dollars ($55,425).",
    "note": "Cal. Prob. Code § 13200 — $55,425 is the pre-April-1-2022 baseline; for deaths on or after April 1, 2022 the operative amount is the adjusted figure published by the Judicial Council under Section 890.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-succession-13151",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Probate Code § 13151 - Petition to determine succession to real property",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Prob. Code § 13151",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=13151",
    "abstract": "the gross value of that real property does not exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000),",
    "note": "Cal. Prob. Code § 13151 — $750,000 applies to a decedent's primary residence and is a baseline 'as adjusted periodically in accordance with Section 890'.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-adjustment-890",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Probate Code § 890 - Triennial adjustment of dollar amounts",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Prob. Code § 890",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=890",
    "abstract": "On April 1, 2022, and at each three-year interval ending on April 1 thereafter, the dollar amounts specified in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6600) of Part 3 of Division 6 and in Division 8 (commencing with Section 13000) in effect immediately before that date shall be adjusted as provided in subdivision (b).",
    "note": "Cal. Prob. Code § 890 — Substantiates that the small-estate dollar thresholds in Division 8 are adjusted every three years by the Judicial Council, which publishes the operative list; the codified figures are baselines.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-de300-adjusted-values",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Judicial Council of California form DE-300 - Maximum Values for Small Estate Set-Aside & Disposition of Estate Without Administration",
    "authority": "Judicial Council of California",
    "container-title": "Judicial Council of California",
    "genre": "agency-guidance",
    "number": "Judicial Council of California form DE-300 (Rev. April 28, 2025), implementing Prob. Code § 890",
    "URL": "https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/de300.pdf",
    "abstract": "The gross value of the decedent's real and personal property in California- excluding any property described in Probate Code section 13050 and any property included in a petition filed under Probate Code section 13151-must not exceed: $ 184,500 $ 208,850",
    "note": "Judicial Council of California form DE-300 (Rev. April 28, 2025), implementing Prob. Code § 890 — Judicial Council mandatory-use form implementing the Prob. Code § 890 triennial adjustment. It publishes the operative small-estate dollar limits by the decedent's date of death; for the §§ 13100-13101 personal-property affidavit the operative ceiling is $208,850 for deaths on or after April 1, 2025 (the codified § 13100 figure of $166,250 is a superseded pre-adjustment baseline). Next adjustment April 1, 2028.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Government Code § 70650 - Uniform filing fee, probate",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Gov. Code § 70650",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=70650",
    "abstract": "The uniform filing fee for the first petition for letters of administration or letters testamentary, or the first petition for special letters of administration with the powers of a general personal representative pursuant to Section 8545 of the Probate Code, is three hundred fifty-five dollars ($355).",
    "note": "Cal. Gov. Code § 70650",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Probate Code § 10800 - Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Prob. Code § 10800",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=10800",
    "abstract": "Four percent on the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (2) Three percent on the next one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (3) Two percent on the next eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000). (4) One percent on the next nine million dollars ($9,000,000). (5) One-half of one percent on the next fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).",
    "note": "Cal. Prob. Code § 10800 — Above $25,000,000, section 10800(a)(6) provides 'a reasonable amount to be determined by the court', so the schedule is not a fixed percentage at the top band. The base is 'the value of the estate accounted for' (10800(b)): appraisal value of inventory property, plus gains over appraisal on sales, plus receipts, less losses, without reference to encumbrances.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ca-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "California Probate Code § 9100 - Time for filing creditor claims",
    "authority": "California Legislature",
    "container-title": "California Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Cal. Prob. Code § 9100",
    "URL": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=9100",
    "abstract": "A creditor shall file a claim before expiration of the later of the following times: (1) Four months after the date letters are first issued to a general personal representative. (2) Sixty days after the date notice of administration is mailed or personally delivered to the creditor.",
    "note": "Cal. Prob. Code § 9100 — Two triggers combined by 'the later of', plus the one-year outer limit in Code Civ. Proc. § 366.2; expressed in months, so no single day count is published. creditorClaims is therefore reported as unknown with the framework named.",
    "keyword": "California, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.R.S. 15-12-1201 - Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "container-title": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.R.S. 15-12-1201",
    "URL": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-15.pdf",
    "abstract": "less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed twice the amount set forth in section 15-11-403, as adjusted by section 15-10-112; (b) At least ten days have elapsed since the death of the decedent; (c) No application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction;",
    "note": "C.R.S. 15-12-1201 — The codified figure is expressed as a formula (twice the 15-11-403 amount, CPI-adjusted per 15-10-112); the operative dollar cap is published per year of death by the Judiciary in JDF 998 (source co-small-estate-current).",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-small-estate-base-403",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.R.S. 15-11-403 - Exempt property (indexing base)",
    "authority": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "container-title": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.R.S. 15-11-403",
    "URL": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-15.pdf",
    "abstract": "On and after January 1, 2012, the decedent's surviving spouse is entitled to exempt property from the estate in the form of cash in the amount of or other property of the estate in the value of thirty thousand dollars",
    "note": "C.R.S. 15-11-403",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-small-estate-indexing",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.R.S. 15-10-112 - Cost of living adjustment of certain dollar amounts",
    "authority": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "container-title": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.R.S. 15-10-112",
    "URL": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-15.pdf",
    "abstract": "these dollar amounts must be increased or decreased if the CPI for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of death exceeds or is less than the reference base index.",
    "note": "C.R.S. 15-10-112 — Establishes the CPI-U indexing mechanism; the reference base index is the CPI for calendar year 2010 and the department of revenue publishes a cumulative list of the adjusted amounts before February 1 each year.",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-small-estate-current",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "JDF 998 - Guide to Collecting a Decedent's Personal Property (year-of-death cap)",
    "authority": "Colorado Judicial Branch",
    "container-title": "Colorado Judicial Branch",
    "genre": "agency-guidance",
    "number": "JDF 998; operative amount under C.R.S. 15-12-1201 / 15-10-112",
    "URL": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2026-03/JDF998.pdf",
    "abstract": "Year of Death Amount 2026 $88,000 2025 $86,000 2024 $82,000 2023 $80,000 2022 $74,000 2020 & 2021 $70,000",
    "note": "JDF 998; operative amount under C.R.S. 15-12-1201 / 15-10-112 — Judiciary-published operative figures; used because the statute states the cap only as an indexed formula. $88,000 is specific to 2026 deaths and must not be frozen as a timeless threshold.",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Colorado Judicial Branch - List of Fees (Probate Case Fees)",
    "authority": "Colorado Judicial Branch",
    "container-title": "Colorado Judicial Branch",
    "genre": "court-fee-schedule",
    "number": "Colorado Judicial Branch fee schedule; C.R.S. 13-32-102(1)(b),(7)",
    "URL": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help/list-fees",
    "abstract": "1st Filing for: Decedent's Estate (not small estates) Guardianship/Conservatorship Personal Injury Settlement Petition to Accept Transfer $229 13-32-102(1)(b), (7) Small Estate $113 13-32-102(1)(a), (7)",
    "note": "Colorado Judicial Branch fee schedule; C.R.S. 13-32-102(1)(b),(7) — Statewide judiciary fee list; the page states no edition or revision date, so currentness is a disclosed limitation.",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.R.S. 15-10-602 - Recovery of reasonable compensation and costs",
    "authority": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "container-title": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.R.S. 15-10-602",
    "URL": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-15.pdf",
    "abstract": "A fiduciary and his or her lawyer are entitled to reasonable compensation for services rendered on behalf of an estate.",
    "note": "C.R.S. 15-10-602 — The former percentage-schedule sections 15-12-719 and 15-12-721 are both repealed; compensation is now the reasonable-compensation standard under 15-10-602 subject to the court's determination of reasonableness.",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.R.S. 15-12-801 - Notice to creditors",
    "authority": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "container-title": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.R.S. 15-12-801",
    "URL": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-15.pdf",
    "abstract": "a date not earlier than four months from date of first publication or the date one year from date of death, whichever occurs first",
    "note": "C.R.S. 15-12-801",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "co-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.R.S. 15-12-803 - Limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "container-title": "Colorado General Assembly (Office of Legislative Legal Services)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.R.S. 15-12-803",
    "URL": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-15.pdf",
    "abstract": "(I) As to creditors barred by publication, within the time set in the published notice to creditors; (II) As to creditors barred by written notice, within the time set in the written notice; (III) As to all creditors, within one year after the decedent's death.",
    "note": "C.R.S. 15-12-803 — Three separate triggers: publication-notice time, written-notice time, and a one-year-from-death outer nonclaim limit. Post-death claims are barred four months after they arise.",
    "keyword": "Colorado, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
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    "id": "ct-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.G.S. Chapter 802b, Sec. 45a-273 Settlement of small estates",
    "authority": "Connecticut General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Connecticut General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.G.S. § 45a-273",
    "URL": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_802b.htm",
    "abstract": "If the aggregate value of a decedent's solely owned tangible and intangible personal property, excluding property that passes outside of probate by operation of law, does not exceed forty thousand dollars",
    "note": "C.G.S. § 45a-273",
    "keyword": "Connecticut, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ct-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "C.G.S. Chapter 801b, Sec. 45a-107 Fees and expenses for settlement of decedent's estate",
    "authority": "Connecticut General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Connecticut General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "C.G.S. § 45a-107",
    "URL": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_801b.htm",
    "abstract": "Basis for Computation Of Fees Total Fee 0 to $500 $25 $501 to $1,000 $50 $1,000 to $10,000 $50, plus 1% of all in excess of $1,000 $10,000 to $500,000 $150, plus .35% of all in excess of $10,000 $500,000 to $2,000,000 $1,865, plus .25% of all in excess of $500,000 $2,000,000 to $8,877,000 $5,615, plus .5% of all in excess of $2,000,000 $8,877,000 and over $40,000",
    "note": "C.G.S. § 45a-107 — Connecticut probate 'fees' under § 45a-107 are a graduated schedule computed on the basis for fees (greatest of the gross estate for succession/estate-tax and inventory figures) for decedents dying on or after July 1, 2016. It is a base-plus-marginal-rate schedule (each band adds a percentage of the amount in excess of the band floor), NOT a flat banded table, so it does not map cleanly to fixed/banded FilingFeeComponent kinds; the raw bands are captured for the integrator. Minimum fee $25 (or $150 where the basis is under $10,000 and a full estate is opened); statutory maximum $40,000.",
    "keyword": "Connecticut, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ct-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Connecticut Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39 Fiduciary and Attorney's Fees",
    "authority": "Connecticut Probate Court",
    "container-title": "Connecticut Probate Court",
    "genre": "regulation",
    "number": "Conn. Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39",
    "URL": "https://www.ctprobate.gov/Documents/Probate%20Court%20Rules%20of%20Procedure.pdf",
    "abstract": "Section 39.1 Fiduciary and attorney's fees (a) On motion of a fiduciary, the court may approve: (1) a proposed fee arrangement for the fiduciary or for the fiduciary's attorney before the fiduciary or attorney has rendered ser- vices; or (2) a proposed fee for services already rendered by the fiduciary or attorney.",
    "note": "Conn. Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39 — Connecticut has NO statutory percentage schedule for fiduciary (executor/administrator) compensation — verified absent from C.G.S. chapters 801b, 802, and 802b. Compensation is 'reasonable' and is governed by Rule 39 (Section 39.1, 'Fiduciary and attorney's fees') of the Probate Court Rules of Procedure. The substantive body of Rule 39 in the official PDF is embedded as page images and does not extract to text, so only the rule's table-of-contents caption ('Rule 39') and section number ('39.1') are available as verbatim substrings; the reasonable-compensation characterization is drawn from the rule's title/scope plus the confirmed absence of any statutory schedule.",
    "keyword": "Connecticut, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "de-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "12 Del. C. 2306 - Distribution of decedent's property without grant of letters where estate assets do not exceed $50,000",
    "authority": "State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)",
    "container-title": "State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "12 Del. C. 2306",
    "URL": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c023/sc01/index.html",
    "abstract": "(2) Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent. (3) The value of the personal estate of the decedent other than property described in § 1901(b) and (c) of this title and other than jointly owned property, does not exceed $50,000.",
    "note": "12 Del. C. 2306 — The delcode.delaware.gov page now decodes correctly (the false charset=utf-16 is overridden). Section-history parenthetical '85 Del. Laws, c. 281' shows a recent amendment. The affidavit does not transfer real estate (condition (6): 'Decedent did not own real estate in Delaware').",
    "keyword": "Delaware, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "de-compensation",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "12 Del. C. 2305 - Allowance of commissions and attorneys' fees",
    "authority": "State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)",
    "container-title": "State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "12 Del. C. 2305",
    "URL": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c023/sc01/index.html",
    "abstract": "§ 2305. Allowance of commissions and attorneys' fees. (a) Commissions and attorneys' fees shall be allowed as provided by rule of the Court of Chancery.",
    "note": "12 Del. C. 2305 — Compensation is delegated to Court of Chancery rule (Rule 192), not fixed by statute; the Court may reduce commissions for late accounts (2305(c)) and no commission is allowed absent Title 30 ch. 13 compliance (2305(b)).",
    "keyword": "Delaware, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "de-creditor",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "12 Del. C. 2102 - Limitations on claims against estate",
    "authority": "State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)",
    "container-title": "State of Delaware (Delaware Code Online)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "12 Del. C. 2102",
    "URL": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title12/c021/index.html",
    "abstract": "are barred against the estate, the personal representative and the heirs and devisees of the decedent unless presented as provided in § 2104 of this title within 8 months of the decedent's death whether or not the notice referred to in § 2101 of this title has been given.",
    "note": "12 Del. C. 2102 — 8-month nonclaim bar runs from death regardless of whether notice was given; post-death claims barred at 6 months (2102(b)).",
    "keyword": "Delaware, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "de-executor-rule192",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Rules of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, Rule 192 (Commissions and Fees)",
    "authority": "Delaware Judiciary (Court of Chancery)",
    "container-title": "Delaware Judiciary (Court of Chancery)",
    "genre": "regulation",
    "number": "Ct. Ch. R. 192",
    "URL": "https://courts.delaware.gov/forms/download.aspx?id=160908",
    "abstract": "Rule 192. Commissions and Fees (a) Commissions of personal representatives, and fees of the attorneys who represent them, shall be allowed in a reasonable amount. (b) In determining what constitutes reasonable commissions and fees, consideration may be given to the time spent, the risk and responsibility involved, the novelty and difficulty of the questions presented, the skill and experience of the personal representative and the attorney, any provisions of the will regarding compensation, comparable rates for similar services in the locality, the character and value of the estate assets, the character and value of assets which are not part of the probate estate but which must be valued and reported on any federal, state, local, or foreign death tax return, the time constraints imposed upon the personal representative and the attorney, the loss of other business necessitated by acceptance of the administration, and the benefits obtained for the estate by the administration.",
    "note": "Ct. Ch. R. 192",
    "keyword": "Delaware, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ga-no-administration-1996",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Georgia Laws 1996, Act No. 754 (HB 1030)",
    "authority": "Georgia General Assembly (Digital Library of Georgia official legislative collection)",
    "container-title": "Georgia General Assembly (Digital Library of Georgia official legislative collection)",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. §§ 53-2-40 to 53-2-42",
    "URL": "https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_571398770/fulltext.text",
    "abstract": "53-2-40. (a) When an individual has died intestate and there has been no administration in this state, any heir of the decedent may file a petition praying for an order that no administration is necessary. The petition shall be filed in the probate court of the county of the domicile of the Page 536 decedent, if the decedent was domiciled in this state, or in the county in which real property is located, if the decedent was not domiciled in this state.",
    "note": "Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. §§ 53-2-40 to 53-2-42",
    "keyword": "Georgia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ga-probate-2025-updates",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "HB 327 (2025), as passed House and Senate",
    "authority": "Georgia Governor",
    "container-title": "Georgia Governor",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "2025 HB 327, §§48, 55, 59",
    "URL": "https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2025-signed-legislation/hb-327/download",
    "abstract": "SECTION 59.1405 Said title is further amended by revising subsections (b) and (d) of Code Section 53-7-41,1406 relating to notice for creditors to render accounts, notification of creditors' claims,1407 requirement of reasonable additional proof or accounting, and failure of creditors to give1408 notice of claims, as follows:",
    "note": "2025 HB 327, §§48, 55, 59 — The signed act has no express effective-date clause in the harvested text. It amends the relevant current wording and is used with that limitation disclosed.",
    "keyword": "Georgia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ga-executor-compensation-1996",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Georgia Laws 1996, Act No. 754 (HB 1030)",
    "authority": "Georgia General Assembly (Digital Library of Georgia official legislative collection)",
    "container-title": "Georgia General Assembly (Digital Library of Georgia official legislative collection)",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. § 53-6-60(b)",
    "URL": "https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlgl_571398770/fulltext.text",
    "abstract": "If the personal representative's compensation is not specified in the will or any separate written agreement, the personal representative for services rendered shall be entitled to compensation equal to: (1) Two and one-half percent commission on all sums of money received by the personal representative on account of the estate, except on money loaned by and repaid to the personal representative, and 2 1/2 percent commission on all sums paid out by the personal representative, either for debts, legacies, or distributive shares; (2) Ten percent commission on the amount of interest made",
    "note": "Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. § 53-6-60(b) — HB 327 (2025) revised subsection (a) agreement language but did not restate subsection (b), which contains these default percentages; the 2025 signed act is separately cited.",
    "keyword": "Georgia, primary",
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          8,
          9
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          2026,
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          9
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    "id": "ga-probate-fee-2024",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "SB 232 (2024), as passed",
    "authority": "Georgia Governor",
    "container-title": "Georgia Governor",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "2024 SB 232, §§1, 3, 6; O.C.G.A. §§15-9-60(e), 15-21A-6(b)",
    "URL": "https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2024-signed-legislation/sb-232/download",
    "abstract": "For each estate filing, as provided in33 Title 53, the filing fees shall be as follows:34 (1) Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 $175.00",
    "note": "2024 SB 232, §§1, 3, 6; O.C.G.A. §§15-9-60(e), 15-21A-6(b)",
    "keyword": "Georgia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "HRS § 560:3-1201 — Collection of personal property by affidavit",
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    "number": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-1201",
    "URL": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-1201.htm",
    "abstract": "(1) The gross value of the decedent's estate in this State does not exceed $100,000",
    "note": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-1201 — Hawaii's UPC affidavit measures GROSS value (not net of liens) and states no 30-day waiting period, differing from Idaho/Montana/North/South Dakota.",
    "keyword": "Hawaii, primary",
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          2026,
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    "id": "hi-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "HRS § 560:3-719 — Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "Hawaii State Legislature",
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    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-719",
    "URL": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-0719.htm",
    "abstract": "§560:3-719 Compensation of personal representative. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for the personal representative's services.",
    "note": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-719 — Publisher page is short (single section); content is complete statutory text.",
    "keyword": "Hawaii, primary",
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      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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          2026,
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    "id": "hi-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "HRS § 607-5 — Costs; circuit courts",
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    "container-title": "Hawaii State Legislature",
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    "number": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 607-5(c)(14)",
    "URL": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol13_Ch0601-0676/HRS0607/HRS_0607-0005.htm",
    "abstract": "(14) Probate, administration, domiciliary foreign personal representative, or ancillary administration, this fee to be paid once only for each decedent's estate ...... $100",
    "note": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 607-5(c)(14) — The § 607-5 preamble excludes small estates whose amount is fixed by another statute, but schedule item (14) is itself the statute fixing the $100 probate/administration filing fee. Item (32) separately levies a $50 administrative cost on all civil filings except those brought by the State or its subdivisions; a probate filing is a civil filing, so the mandatory opening total is $150.",
    "keyword": "Hawaii, primary",
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
        [
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    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "HRS § 560:3-801 — Notice to creditors",
    "authority": "Hawaii State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Hawaii State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-801",
    "URL": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-0801.htm",
    "abstract": "notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims no later than four months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred",
    "note": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-801",
    "keyword": "Hawaii, primary",
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          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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    "id": "hi-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "HRS § 560:3-803 — Limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "Hawaii State Legislature",
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    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-803(a)(2)",
    "URL": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-0803.htm",
    "abstract": "Within eighteen months after the decedent's death, if notice to creditors has not been published as provided in section 560:3-801(a) or served as provided in section 560:3-801(b).",
    "note": "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-803(a)(2) — Hawaii's outer nonclaim bar is eighteen months from death where no notice to creditors is published or served — longer than the one-year bar most Uniform Probate Code states use (e.g., Montana, § 72-3-803(1)(a)).",
    "keyword": "Hawaii, primary",
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      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Iowa Code 635.1 - When applicable (small-estate threshold)",
    "authority": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "container-title": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Iowa Code 635.1 (2026)",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/635.1.pdf",
    "abstract": "When the gross value of the probate assets of a decedent subject to the jurisdiction of this state does not exceed two hundred thousand dollars",
    "note": "Iowa Code 635.1 (2026) — Threshold last set by 2018 Acts, ch 1140; the harvested PDF is the Iowa Code 2026 edition.",
    "keyword": "Iowa, primary",
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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    "id": "ia-small-estate-inventory",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Iowa Code 635.7 - Report and inventory; value and conversion",
    "authority": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "container-title": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Iowa Code 635.7 (2026)",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/635.7.pdf",
    "abstract": "If the gross value of probate assets subject to the jurisdiction of this state exceeds the amount permitted for a small estate under section 635.1, the estate shall be administered as provided in chapter 633.",
    "note": "Iowa Code 635.7 (2026) — Confirms the cap is measured on the gross value of probate assets and drives automatic conversion to/from full administration.",
    "keyword": "Iowa, primary",
    "issued": {
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        [
          2026,
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    "id": "ia-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Iowa Code 633.197 - Compensation; schedule of fees",
    "authority": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "container-title": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Iowa Code 633.197 (2026)",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/633.197.pdf",
    "abstract": "not in excess of the following commissions upon the gross assets of the estate listed in the probate inventory, which shall be received as full compensation for all ordinary services: a. For the first one thousand dollars, six percent. b. For the overplus between one and five thousand dollars, four percent. c. For all sums over five thousand dollars, two percent.",
    "note": "Iowa Code 633.197 (2026) — Value basis is the gross assets of the estate listed in the probate inventory, excluding life insurance proceeds unless payable to the decedent's estate (633.197(2)).",
    "keyword": "Iowa, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
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    "id": "ia-court-costs",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Iowa Code 633.31 - Calendar; court costs in probate",
    "authority": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "container-title": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Iowa Code 633.31(3)(a) (2026)",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/633.31.pdf",
    "abstract": "two-tenthsofonepercent of the value of the probate assets listed in the report and inventory.",
    "note": "Iowa Code 633.31(3)(a) (2026) — Statewide probate court-cost formula (0.2% of probate-inventory value). Non-probate assets are expressly excluded by 633.31(3)(b). 2025 Acts ch 148 amended the fixed short-form charge in subsection 2, not the 0.2% formula.",
    "keyword": "Iowa, primary",
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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    "id": "ia-creditor",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Iowa Code 633.410 - Limitation on filing claims against decedent's estate",
    "authority": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "container-title": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Iowa Code 633.410 (2026)",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/633.410.pdf",
    "abstract": "are forever barred against the estate, the personal representative, and the distributees of the estate, unless filed with the clerk within the later to occur of four months after the date of the second publication of the notice to creditors or, as to each claimant whose identity is reasonably ascertainable, one month after service of notice by ordinary mail to the claimant's last known address.",
    "note": "Iowa Code 633.410 (2026) — General nonclaim bar = later of (4 months from second publication) or (1 month from mailing to a known creditor). Medical-assistance claims: six months from electronic notice (633.410(2)).",
    "keyword": "Iowa, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
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    "id": "ia-small-estate-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Iowa Code 635.13 - Notice; claims (small estates)",
    "authority": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "container-title": "Iowa Legislature (Legislative Services Agency)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Iowa Code 635.13 (2026)",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/635.13.pdf",
    "abstract": "If a petition for administration of a small estate is granted, the notice as provided in section 633.237, and either sections 633.230 and 633.231 or sections 633.304 and 633.304A shall be given.",
    "note": "Iowa Code 635.13 (2026) — Small estates use the same creditor-notice sections as full ch. 633 administration, so the 633.410 nonclaim framework applies.",
    "keyword": "Iowa, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
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    "id": "id-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 — Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Idaho Code § 15-3-1201",
    "URL": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title15/T15CH3/SECT15-3-1201/",
    "abstract": "(1) The fair market value of the entire estate of the decedent which is subject to probate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); (2) Thirty (30) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent",
    "note": "Idaho Code § 15-3-1201",
    "keyword": "Idaho, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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    "id": "id-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Idaho Code § 15-3-719 — Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Idaho Code § 15-3-719",
    "URL": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title15/T15CH3/SECT15-3-719/",
    "abstract": "15-3-719. Compensation of personal representative. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.",
    "note": "Idaho Code § 15-3-719",
    "keyword": "Idaho, primary",
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    "id": "id-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Idaho Code § 31-3201A — Court fees (clerk of district court)",
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    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1)",
    "URL": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title31/T31CH32/SECT31-3201A/",
    "abstract": "A fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) for filing a civil case of any type in the district court, except for those cases to be assigned to the magistrate division of the district court for which the fee shall be one hundred twenty dollars ($120)",
    "note": "Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1) — The statute states $175 for a general district-court civil case and $120 for a case assigned to the magistrate division, where probate is heard. But § 31-3201A(1) charges that $120 \"in addition to\" the separate mandatory charges imposed by chapter 20, title 1 (§ 1-2003), by § 31-3201, and by chapter 2, title 73 (§ 73-213). The $120 is therefore only the magistrate-division BASE fee, which this section itself makes additional to at least three other required charges — so it is NOT the operative opening cost, and the true cost of opening a decedent's estate is higher. This site does not publish a single operative Idaho opening fee: the filing fee is presented as a reasoned unknown for exactly this reason.",
    "keyword": "Idaho, primary",
    "issued": {
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    "id": "id-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Idaho Code § 15-3-801 — Notice to creditors",
    "authority": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Idaho Code § 15-3-801",
    "URL": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title15/T15CH3/SECT15-3-801/",
    "abstract": "notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. (b) A personal representative may give written notice by mail or other delivery to any creditor, notifying the creditor to present his claim within four (4) months after the published notice if given as provided in subsection (a) of this section or within sixty (60) days after the mailing or delivery of the notice, whichever is later, or be forever barred.",
    "note": "Idaho Code § 15-3-801 — Subsection (a) sets the four-month publication bar; subsection (b) adds a separate actual-notice period for a creditor served written notice, running to the later of four months after publication or sixty days after mailing/delivery.",
    "keyword": "Idaho, primary",
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          2026,
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    "id": "id-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Idaho Code § 15-3-803 — Limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Idaho State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Idaho Code § 15-3-803(a)",
    "URL": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title15/T15CH3/SECT15-3-803/",
    "abstract": "three (3) years after the decedent's death; or (2) within the time provided in section 15-3-801 (b), Idaho Code, for creditors who are given actual notice, and within the time provided in section 15-3-801 (a), Idaho Code, for all creditors barred by publication.",
    "note": "Idaho Code § 15-3-803(a)",
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      "date-parts": [
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    "id": "il-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "755 ILCS 5/25-1 - Small estate affidavit",
    "authority": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "755 ILCS 5/25-1",
    "URL": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/075500050K25-1.htm",
    "abstract": "the decedent's personal estate passing to any party by intestacy or under a will is limited to: (A) excluding motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State, tangible and intangible personal property not exceeding $150,000; and (B) motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State.",
    "note": "755 ILCS 5/25-1 — The $150,000 ceiling is measured on personal property excluding motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State; the affidavit does not transfer real property.",
    "keyword": "Illinois, primary",
    "issued": {
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          2026,
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      "date-parts": [
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    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "755 ILCS 5/27-1 - Fees of representative",
    "authority": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "755 ILCS 5/27-1",
    "URL": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/075500050K27-1.htm",
    "abstract": "Sec. 27-1. Fees of representative. A representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services,",
    "note": "755 ILCS 5/27-1",
    "keyword": "Illinois, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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    "id": "il-creditor-18-3",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "755 ILCS 5/18-3 - Notice - Publication",
    "authority": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "755 ILCS 5/18-3",
    "URL": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/075500050K18-3.htm",
    "abstract": "claims may be filed on or before the date stated in the notice, which date shall be not less than 6 months from the date of the first publication or 3 months from the date of mailing",
    "note": "755 ILCS 5/18-3 — Sets the claim-bar date stated in the published/mailed notice: at least 6 months from first publication (or 3 months from mailing). Part of a multi-trigger framework, so creditorClaims is reported unknown.",
    "keyword": "Illinois, primary",
    "issued": {
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    "accessed": {
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    "title": "755 ILCS 5/18-12 - Limitations on payment of claims",
    "authority": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Illinois General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "755 ILCS 5/18-12",
    "URL": "https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/075500050K18-12.htm",
    "abstract": "all claims which could have been barred under this Section are, in any event, barred 2 years after decedent's death",
    "note": "755 ILCS 5/18-12 — Outer nonclaim bar: all claims are barred 2 years after death, independent of the notice date under 18-3. Two independent triggers, so creditorClaims is reported unknown.",
    "keyword": "Illinois, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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    "id": "in-small-estate-2025",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Indiana Code 2025, Chapter 29-1-8",
    "authority": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "IC 29-1-8-1",
    "URL": "https://iga.in.gov/ic/2025/Title_29/Article_1/Chapter_8.pdf?_escaped_fragment_=",
    "abstract": "one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), for the estate of an individual who dies after June 30, 2022. (2) That forty-five (45) days have elapsed since the death of the decedent. (3) That no application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction.",
    "note": "IC 29-1-8-1",
    "keyword": "Indiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "in-executor-fee-2025",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Indiana Code 2025, Chapter 29-1-10",
    "authority": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "IC 29-1-10-13",
    "URL": "https://iga.in.gov/ic/2025/Title_29/Article_1/Chapter_10.pdf?_escaped_fragment_=",
    "abstract": "The personal representative, when no compensation is provided in the will, or when he renounces all claim to the compensation provided in the will, shall be allowed such compensation for his services as the court shall deem just and reasonable. Additional compensation may be allowed for his services as attorney and for other services not required of a personal representative.",
    "note": "IC 29-1-10-13",
    "keyword": "Indiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "in-creditor-claims-2025",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Indiana Code 2025, Chapter 29-1-14",
    "authority": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "IC 29-1-14-1",
    "URL": "https://iga.in.gov/ic/2025/Title_29/Article_1/Chapter_14.pdf?_escaped_fragment_=",
    "abstract": "all claims against a decedent's estate, other than expenses of administration and claims of the United States, the state, or a subdivision of the state, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract or otherwise, shall be forever barred against the estate, the personal representative, the heirs, devisees, and legatees of the decedent, unless filed with the court in which such estate is being administered within: (1) three (3) months after the date of the first published notice to creditors;",
    "note": "IC 29-1-14-1",
    "keyword": "Indiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "in-probate-base-fee-2025",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Indiana Code 2025, Chapter 33-37-4",
    "authority": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Indiana General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "IC 33-37-4-7",
    "URL": "https://iga.in.gov/ic/2025/Title_33/Article_37/Chapter_4.pdf?_escaped_fragment_=",
    "abstract": "Except as provided under subsection (c), the clerk shall collect from the party filing the action a probate costs fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120) for each action filed under any of the following: (1) IC 29 (probate). (2) IC 30 (trusts and fiduciaries).",
    "note": "IC 33-37-4-7",
    "keyword": "Indiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "in-probate-total-fee-2026",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Indiana Trial Court Fee Manual",
    "authority": "Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana Office of Court Services",
    "container-title": "Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana Office of Court Services",
    "genre": "court-fee-schedule",
    "number": "Filing Fees/Costs for Probate Cases",
    "URL": "https://www.in.gov/courts/iocs/files/courtmgmt-pubs-trial-court-fee-manual.pdf",
    "abstract": "Probate Costs Fee IC 33-37-4-7(a) $120.00 Document Storage Fee IC 33-37-5-20 $5.00 Automated Record Keeping Fee IC 33-37-5-21 $20.00 The automated record keeping fee increased to $20 on July 1, 2017 for all actions other than pretrial diversion programs and deferral programs.",
    "note": "Filing Fees/Costs for Probate Cases",
    "keyword": "Indiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-1507b Small estate affidavit",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-1507b",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_015_0007b.html",
    "abstract": "(a) When a resident of the state dies, whether testate or intestate, if the total assets of the estate of the decedent subject to probate do not exceed $75,000 in value",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-1507b",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-creditor-2239",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-2239 Claims against estate; time for filing; when barred",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-2239",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_022_0039.html",
    "abstract": "shall be forever barred from payment unless the demand is presented within the later of: (a) four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 , and amendments thereto; or (b) if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-2239",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-creditor-2236",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-2236 Notice to creditors",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-2236",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_022_0036.html",
    "abstract": "59-2236. Notice to creditors. (a) The publication notice to creditors shall be to all persons concerned. It shall state the date of the filing of the petition for administration or petition for probate of a will and shall notify the creditors of the decedent to exhibit their demands against the estate within four months from the date of the first published notice as provided by law and that, if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-2236",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-simplified-3201",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-3201 Citation of act (Kansas Simplified Estates Act)",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-3201",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_032_0001.html",
    "abstract": "59-3201. Citation of act. K.S.A. 59-3201 to 59-3206 , inclusive, shall be named and may be cited as the Kansas simplified estates act.",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-3201",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-simplified-3202",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-3202 Administration as simplified estate or supervised estate; determination by court",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-3202",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_032_0002.html",
    "abstract": "59-3202. Administration as simplified estate or supervised estate; determination by court. On the hearing of a petition for the appointment of an administrator or for the probate of a will where administration is sought under the Kansas simplified estates act, the court shall determine whether the estate shall be administered as a simplified estate or as a supervised estate. In making such determination, the court may consider the size of the estate; the degree of kinship of the heirs, devisees and persons seeking appointment; the solvency of the estate; the nature of the estate; the wishes of the heirs and devisees; the probable cost of estate administration and settlement; and any other pertinent matters.",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-3202",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-1717 Compensation and expenses of fiduciaries",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-1717",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_017_0017.html",
    "abstract": "just and reasonable. At any time during administration the fiduciary may apply to the court for an allowance upon his or her compensation and upon attorneys' fees.",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-1717",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ks-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "K.S.A. 59-104 Docket fee",
    "authority": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "K.S.A. 59-104",
    "URL": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch59/059_001_0004.html",
    "abstract": "59-213 , and amendments thereto 23.50 Decrees in probate from another state 173.00 Probate of an estate or of a will 109.50 Civil commitment under K.S.A.",
    "note": "K.S.A. 59-104",
    "keyword": "Kansas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ky-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "KRS 395.455 — Transfer of assets without administration",
    "authority": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "container-title": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "KRS 395.455",
    "URL": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57684",
    "abstract": "the c o urt may orde r that a dmi n ist ra ti on of the e stat e be disp e nse d with",
    "note": "KRS 395.455 — Harvested text has per-letter spacing (the aspx renderer inserts spaces between glyphs); quotes are exact substrings including those spaces. Effective July 15, 2026 (Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 134) — current.",
    "keyword": "Kentucky, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ky-descent-391",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "KRS 391.030 — Descent of personal property; exemption",
    "authority": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "container-title": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "KRS 391.030",
    "URL": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49987",
    "abstract": "P e rsona l prope rty or money on ha nd or in a ba nk or other de posi tory to t he a mount of thi rty thous a nd doll a rs ($30, 000) sha ll be e x e mpt",
    "note": "KRS 391.030 — Sets the surviving-spouse/children personal-property exemption at thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) — the figure KRS 395.455 uses to decide whether administration can be dispensed with. Letter-spaced text; quote is an exact substring. Effective July 15, 2020.",
    "keyword": "Kentucky, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ky-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "KRS 395.150 — Compensation of representatives",
    "authority": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "container-title": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "KRS 395.150",
    "URL": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36328",
    "abstract": "sha ll not e x c e e d five pe rc e nt (5% ) of the va lue of the pe rsona l e state of the de c e de nt, plus five pe rc e nt (5% ) of the income c oll e c ted",
    "note": "KRS 395.150 — 5% ceiling on the value of the personal estate PLUS 5% of income collected — base is personal estate, not real property. Letter-spaced text; quote is an exact substring.",
    "keyword": "Kentucky, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ky-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "KRS 64.012 — Fees of county clerks",
    "authority": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "container-title": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "KRS 64.012",
    "URL": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57720",
    "abstract": "five (5) pa g e s ................................ ................................ ......... $33.00",
    "note": "KRS 64.012 — This is the county-CLERK RECORDING fee schedule ($33.00 to record a will or other probate document of ≤5 pages), NOT the District Court estate-opening cost. Included to be explicit about what the $33 does and does not represent. Letter-spaced text; quote is an exact substring. Effective July 15, 2026 (current).",
    "keyword": "Kentucky, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ky-creditor-396",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "KRS 396.011 — Presentation of claims against estate; time limitations; exceptions",
    "authority": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "container-title": "Kentucky Legislature (Kentucky Revised Statutes)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "KRS 396.011",
    "URL": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=51057",
    "abstract": "unless pre se nted withi n six (6) mont hs a fte r the a ppoint ment of the pe rsona l re pre se ntative, or whe re no pe rsona l re pre se ntative ha s be e n a ppoint e d, withi n two ( 2) y e a rs a fte r the de c e de nt' s de a th.",
    "note": "KRS 396.011 — Kentucky's official statute pages render with per-character spacing; the quote and assertions are verbatim substrings of that spacing, and assertion regexes tolerate the whitespace with \\s+ between tokens, matching the neighboring KY sources.",
    "keyword": "Kentucky, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-small-succession-definition",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Small Successions Defined",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3421",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111765",
    "abstract": "Art. 3421. Small successions defined A small succession, within the meaning of this Title, is any of the following: (1) The succession of a person who died domiciled in Louisiana and who died leaving property with a gross value of two hundred thousand dollars or less valued as of the date of death. (2) The ancillary succession of a person who died domiciled outside of Louisiana and who died leaving property in Louisiana with a gross value of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars or less valued as of the date of death. (3) The succession of a person whose date of death occurred at least twenty years prior to the execution of a small succession affidavit and who died leaving property in Louisiana of any value. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 187, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1977; Acts 1979, No. 71, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 582, §1; Acts 2009, No. 81, §1, eff.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3421 — Acts 2026, No. 293 raised the art. 3421(1) ceiling for a decedent domiciled in Louisiana from $125,000 to $200,000. Re-verified against the live text on 2026-08-11: the ancillary ceiling in (2) remains $125,000 and the twenty-year route in (3) is unchanged. The prior assertion matched clause (2)'s unchanged figure, so the text check passed while the published number had gone stale; it is now pinned to clause (1) by its domiciliary wording.",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-small-succession",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Judicial Opening Unnecessary",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3431",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111767",
    "abstract": "Art. 3431. Small successions; judicial opening unnecessary A. It shall not be necessary to open judicially the small succession of any of the following persons: (1) A person domiciled in Louisiana who died intestate. (2) A person domiciled in Louisiana who died testate leaving no immovable property in Louisiana, if the surviving spouse, all persons who would inherit under the testament, and all other persons who would inherit in the absence of a testament agree to waive probate of the testament. (3) A person domiciled outside of Louisiana who died intestate or whose testament has been probated by court order of another state. B.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3431",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-small-succession-affidavit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Small Succession Affidavit Contents",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3432",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111768",
    "abstract": "Art. 3432. Affidavit for small succession for a person who died intestate; contents A. When it is not necessary in accordance with the provisions of Article 3431 to open judicially a small succession, at least two persons, including the surviving spouse, if any, and one or more heirs of the deceased, may execute one or more multiple originals of an affidavit, duly sworn before any officer or person authorized to administer oaths in the place where the affidavit is executed, setting forth all of the following: (1) The date of death of the deceased, and his domicile at the time thereof. (2) The fact that the deceased died intestate. (3) The marital status of the deceased, the location of the last residence of the deceased, and the name of the surviving spouse, if any, and the surviving spouse's address, domicile, and location of last residence.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3432",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-small-succession-costs",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Small Succession Costs and Compensation",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3422",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111766",
    "abstract": "Art. 3422. Court costs; compensation In judicial proceedings under this Title, the following schedule of costs, compensation, and fees shall prevail: (1) Court costs shall be one-half of the court costs in similar proceedings in successions that are not small successions. (2) The compensation of the succession representative shall be not more than five percent of the gross assets of the succession. Acts 2017, No. 96, §1; Acts 2018, No. 422, §1; Acts 2024, No. 90, §1.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3422",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Succession Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3351",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111725",
    "abstract": "Art. 3351. Amount of compensation; when due An executor shall be allowed as compensation for his services such reasonable amount as is provided in the testament in which he is appointed. An administrator for his services in administering a succession shall be allowed such reasonable amount as is provided by the agreement between the administrator and the surviving spouse, and all competent heirs or legatees of the deceased. In the absence of a provision in the testament or an agreement between the parties, the administrator or executor shall be allowed a sum equal to two and one-half percent of the amount of the inventory as compensation for his services in administering the succession. The court may increase the compensation upon a proper showing that the usual commission is inadequate.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3351",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-clerk-fees",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Revised Statutes, District Court Clerk Fees",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. R.S. 13:841",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78097",
    "abstract": "§841. Enumeration of fees in civil matters; miscellaneous A. The clerks of the several district courts may be entitled to demand and receive fees of office, which fees may be less than, but shall not exceed, the amounts set forth in this Section. Any clerk of court that establishes procedures for the filing, receipt, or issuance of any of the following documents by electronic means shall establish fees for the filing, receipt, or issuance of electronic documents that shall not exceed the fee that would apply if the document was received, filed, or issued in paper. (1) Initialization fee, twenty dollars. (2) Filing document: (a) First page, six dollars. (b) Each subsequent page, four dollars. (c) Exhibits up to eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, including but not limited to attachments, transcripts, and depositions, two dollars per page.",
    "note": "La. R.S. 13:841",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Response to Submitted Claim",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3242",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111665",
    "abstract": "Art. 3242. Acknowledgment or rejection of claim by representative The succession representative to whom a claim against the succession has been submitted, within thirty days thereof, shall either acknowledge or reject the claim, in whole or in part. This acknowledgment or express rejection shall be in writing, dated, and signed by the succession representative, who shall notify the claimant of his action. Failure of the succession representative either to acknowledge or reject a claim within thirty days of the date it was submitted to him shall be considered a rejection thereof.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3242",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-claim-presentation",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Presenting Claim Against Succession",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3241",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111664",
    "abstract": "Art. 3241. Presenting claim against succession A creditor of a succession under administration may submit his claim to the succession representative for acknowledgment and payment in due course of administration. Except for the purposes of Article 3245, no particular form is required for the submission of a claim by a creditor of the succession other than that it be in writing.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3241",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-claim-prescription",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Formal Proof and Prescription",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3245",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111668",
    "abstract": "Art. 3245. Submission of formal proof of claim to suspend prescription A. A creditor may suspend the running of prescription against his claim for up to ten years: (1) By delivering personally or by certified or registered mail to the succession representative, or his attorney of record, a formal written proof of the claim. (2) By filing a formal written proof of the claim in the record of the succession proceeding, if the succession has been opened and no person has been appointed or confirmed as succession representative and no judgment of possession has been signed. (3) By filing a formal written proof of the claim in the mortgage records of the appropriate parish as provided in Article 2811, in the absence of a proceeding to open the succession. B.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3245",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "la-independent-admin",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Independent Administration Definitions",
    "authority": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "container-title": "Louisiana State Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "La. C.C.P. art. 3396",
    "URL": "https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=111739",
    "abstract": "Art. 3396. Definitions In this Chapter: (1) \"Independent administration\" means the administration of an estate in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. (2) \"Independent administrator\" means the succession representative authorized by the court to administer a succession in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The term \"independent administrator\" means and includes \"independent executor\". (3) \"Independent executor\" means and includes an independent administrator. (4) \"Letters of independent administration\" means letters testamentary or letters of administration that signify that the administration of a succession by the designated succession representative is authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.",
    "note": "La. C.C.P. art. 3396",
    "keyword": "Louisiana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ma-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Massachusetts General Laws, Voluntary Administration",
    "authority": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "container-title": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "G.L. c. 190B, § 3-1201",
    "URL": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section3-1201",
    "abstract": "If a person domiciled in the commonwealth dies leaving an estate consisting entirely of personal property the total value of which may include a motor vehicle of which the decedent was the owner, and other personal property not exceeding $25,000 in value, any interested person",
    "note": "G.L. c. 190B, § 3-1201",
    "keyword": "Massachusetts, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ma-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Massachusetts General Laws, Probate and Family Court Fees",
    "authority": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "container-title": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "G.L. c. 262, § 40",
    "URL": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleVI/Chapter262/Section40",
    "abstract": "for the filing of a petition for public administration, for formal removal of personal representative, for statement of voluntary administration, $100;",
    "note": "G.L. c. 262, § 40",
    "keyword": "Massachusetts, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ma-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Massachusetts General Laws, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "container-title": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "G.L. c. 190B, § 3-719",
    "URL": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section3-719",
    "abstract": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, the personal representative may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation.",
    "note": "G.L. c. 190B, § 3-719",
    "keyword": "Massachusetts, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ma-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Massachusetts General Laws, Limitations on Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "container-title": "Massachusetts Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "G.L. c. 190B, § 3-803",
    "URL": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter190B/Section3-803",
    "abstract": "a personal representative shall not be held to answer to an action by a creditor of the deceased unless such action is commenced within 1 year after the date of death of the deceased",
    "note": "G.L. c. 190B, § 3-803",
    "keyword": "Massachusetts, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Small Estate Thresholds",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-601",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=5-601&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "§5-601. (a) If the property of the decedent subject to administration in Maryland is established to have a value of $50,000 or less as of the date of the death of the decedent, the estate may be administered in accordance with the provisions of §§ 5-602 through 5-607 of this subtitle. (b) If, before the filing of an initial account in administration proceedings instituted under Subtitle 3 or Subtitle 4 of this title, the property of the decedent subject to administration in Maryland is established to have a value of $50,000 or less as of the date of the death of the decedent, the estate thereafter may be administered in accordance with the provisions of §§ 5-602 through 5-607 of this subtitle.",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-601",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-small-estate-admin",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Small Estate Petition",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-602",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=5-602&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "§5-602. A petition for administration of a small estate may be filed by any person entitled to administration pursuant to § 5-104 of this title and shall contain, in addition to the information required by §§ 5-201 and 5-202 of this title: (1) A statement that the petitioner has made a diligent search to discover all property and debts of the decedent; (2) A list of the known property and its value; (3) A list of the known creditors of the decedent, with the amount of each claim, including contingent and disputed claims; and (4) A statement of any legal proceedings pending in which the decedent was a party.",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-602",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-modified-admin-eligibility",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Modified Administration Eligibility",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-702",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=5-702&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "§5-702. An election for modified administration may be filed by a personal representative of an estate within 3 months from the date of appointment, if: (1) All residuary legatees of a testate decedent and the heirs at law of an intestate decedent are limited to: (i) The decedent's personal representative; (ii) Individuals or entities exempt from inheritance tax in the decedent's estate under § 7-203(b), (e), and (f) of the Tax - General Article; and (iii) Trusts under which each person who has a current interest in the trust is an individual or entity exempt from inheritance tax in the decedent's estate under § 7-203(b), (e), and (f) of the Tax - General Article; (2) The estate is solvent and sufficient assets exist to satisfy all testamentary gifts; (3) A verified final report under modified administration is filed within 10 months from the date of appointment; (4) Final distribution",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 5-702",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 7-601",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=7-601&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "§7-601. (a) (1) A personal representative or special administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation for services. (2) If a will provides a stated compensation for the personal representative, additional compensation shall be allowed if the provision is insufficient in the judgment of the court. (3) The personal representative or special administrator may renounce at any time all or a part of the right to compensation. (b) (1) Unless the will provides a larger measure of compensation, on petition filed in reasonable detail by the personal representative or special administrator the court may allow the commissions it considers appropriate.",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 7-601",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Register of Wills Probate Fees",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 2-206",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=2-206&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "Probate fees shall be assessed on the value of the probate estate at the following rates: If the Value of the Probate But Less The Fee Estate Is Than Is At Least (i) ��� -- $50,000 $0 (ii) ��� $50,000 $100,000 $100 (iii) ��� $100,000 $500,000 $200 (iv) ��� $500,000 $1,000,000 $1,000 (v) ��� $1,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,000 (vi) ��� $2,500,000 $5,000,000 $5,000 (vii) ��� $5,000,000 $7,500,000 $7,500 (viii) ��� $7,500,000 $10,000,000 $10,000 (ix) ��� $10,000,000 -- $10,000 plus .02% of excess over $10,000,000 (3) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, for purposes of determinations under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the value of a probate estate is the amount, as reflected in the administration accounts filed in the proceedings, that equals: (i) The sum of: 1. The value of all inventories filed in the proceedings; 2. All principal and income receipts; and 3.",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 2-206",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Notice of Appointment",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 7-103",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=7-103&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "§7-103. (a) (1) After the appointment of a personal representative, the register shall have a notice of the appointment published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of appointment once a week in 3 successive weeks, announcing the appointment and address of the personal representative, and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims. (2) The personal representative shall file or have filed with the register a certification that a notice has been published. (b) The notice of appointment shall be substantially in the following form: \"To all persons interested in the estate of.......................: This is to give notice that the undersigned, ......... whose address is ......... was, on ........., appointed personal representative of the estate of ......... who died on ...... (with) (without) a will.",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 7-103",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "md-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Maryland Estates and Trusts, Limitation on Claims",
    "authority": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Maryland General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 8-103",
    "URL": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=get&section=8-103&enactments=false",
    "abstract": "§8-103. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute with respect to claims of the United States or the State, a claim against an estate of a decedent, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract, tort, or other legal basis, is forever barred against the estate, the personal representative, and the heirs and legatees, unless presented within the earlier of the following dates: (1) 6 months after the date of the decedent's death; or (2) 2 months after the personal representative mails or otherwise delivers to the creditor a copy of a notice in the form required by § 7-103 of this article or other written notice, notifying the creditor that the claim will be barred unless the creditor presents the claim within 2 months after the mailing or other delivery of the notice.",
    "note": "Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 8-103",
    "keyword": "Maryland, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "me-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-1201, collection by affidavit",
    "authority": "Maine Legislature",
    "container-title": "Maine Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-1201",
    "URL": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec3-1201.html",
    "abstract": "1. Affidavit; duty to deliver property. Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action belonging to the decedent shall make payment of the indebtedness or deliver the personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent upon being presented an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor stating that: A. The value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $40,000, adjusted for inflation pursuant to section 1‑108 ; [PL 2025, c. 76, §1 (AMD).] B. Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent; [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] C.",
    "note": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-1201",
    "keyword": "Maine, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "me-inflation-adjustment",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "18-C M.R.S. § 1-108, inflation adjustment",
    "authority": "Maine Legislature",
    "container-title": "Maine Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "18-C M.R.S. § 1-108",
    "URL": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec1-108.html",
    "abstract": "2. Automatic adjustment of amounts for inflation. The dollar amounts stated in sections 2‑102 , 2‑402 , 2‑403 , 2‑405 and 3‑1201 apply to the estate of a decedent who died in or after 2017, but for the estate of a decedent who died after 2018, these dollar amounts must be increased or decreased if the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of death exceeds or is less than the reference base index. For a wrongful death action brought with respect to a person who died after 2023, the dollar amount stated in section 2‑807, subsection 2 for loss of comfort, society and companionship must be adjusted if the Consumer Price Index for the calendar year immediately preceding the year of death exceeds or is less than the reference base index.",
    "note": "18-C M.R.S. § 1-108",
    "keyword": "Maine, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "me-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-719, personal-representative compensation",
    "authority": "Maine Legislature",
    "container-title": "Maine Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-719",
    "URL": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec3-719.html",
    "abstract": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for the personal representative's services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, the personal representative may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation. A personal representative also may renounce the personal representative's right to all or any part of the compensation. A written renunciation of fee may be filed with the court.",
    "note": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-719",
    "keyword": "Maine, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "me-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-801, notice to creditors",
    "authority": "Maine Legislature",
    "container-title": "Maine Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-801",
    "URL": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec3-801.html",
    "abstract": "1. Notice by publication. Unless notice has already been given under this section, a personal representative upon appointment shall publish a notice to creditors announcing the appointment and the personal representative's address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within 4 months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. The notice to creditors must be published once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the decedent was domiciled at the time of death. [PL 2019, c. 598, §4 (AMD).] 2. Notice by mail.",
    "note": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-801",
    "keyword": "Maine, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "me-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-803, limitations on claims",
    "authority": "Maine Legislature",
    "container-title": "Maine Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-803",
    "URL": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec3-803.html",
    "abstract": "1. Claims arising before death. All claims against a decedent's estate that arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the State and any subdivision of the State, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract, tort or other legal basis, if not barred earlier by another statute of limitations or nonclaim statute, are barred against the estate, the personal representative and the heirs and devisees and nonprobate transferees of the decedent, unless presented within the earlier of the following: A. Nine months after the decedent's death; or [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] B. The time provided by section 3‑801, subsection 2 for creditors who are given actual notice, and the time provided in section 3‑801, subsection 1 for all creditors barred by publication.",
    "note": "18-C M.R.S. § 3-803",
    "keyword": "Maine, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "me-court-jurisdiction",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "18-C M.R.S. § 1-302, probate subject-matter jurisdiction",
    "authority": "Maine Legislature",
    "container-title": "Maine Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "18-C M.R.S. § 1-302",
    "URL": "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec1-302.html",
    "abstract": "1. Subject matter jurisdiction. To the full extent permitted by the laws of the State, the court has jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to: A. The estates of decedents, including the construction of wills and determination of heirs and successors of decedents, and estates of protected persons; [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] B. The protection of minors and incapacitated persons; and [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] C. Trusts.",
    "note": "18-C M.R.S. § 1-302",
    "keyword": "Maine, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-small-estate-3982",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Court Order Distributing Small Estates",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 700.3982",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-3982",
    "abstract": "On a showing of evidence, satisfactory to the court, of payment of the expenses for the decedent's funeral and burial and if the balance of a decedent's gross estate consists of property of the value of $50,000.00 or less, the court may order that the property be turned over to the surviving spouse or, if there is not a spouse, to the decedent's heirs.",
    "note": "MCL 700.3982 — The displayed $50,000 is a statutory base amount, not the current calendar-year ceiling; MCL 700.1210 requires an annual published adjustment.",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-small-estate-3983",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Collection by Sworn Statement",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 700.3983",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-3983",
    "abstract": "After 28 days after a decedent's death, a person indebted to the decedent or having possession of tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action belonging to the decedent shall pay the indebtedness or deliver the tangible personal property or the instrument to a person claiming to be the decedent's successor",
    "note": "MCL 700.3983 — The displayed $50,000 is adjusted under MCL 700.1210; this dossier does not publish it as the current threshold.",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-adjustment",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Cost-of-Living Adjustment",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 700.1210",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-1210",
    "abstract": "Beginning January 1, 2024, those specific dollar amounts must be multiplied by the 2023 cost-of-living adjustment factor for the calendar year in which the decedent dies.",
    "note": "MCL 700.1210",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-filing-fee-880",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Probate Court Filing Fees",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 600.880",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-880",
    "abstract": "Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 880a, at the time of commencing a civil action or proceeding in the probate court, the party commencing the civil action or proceeding shall pay a $150.00 filing fee to the probate court register.",
    "note": "MCL 600.880",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-inventory-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Decedent Estate Value Fee",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 600.871",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-871",
    "abstract": "In all decedents' estates in which proceedings are instituted for probate, the probate court shall charge and collect the following fees as an expense of administration on the value of all assets, as of the date of death of the decedent",
    "note": "MCL 600.871",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 700.3719",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-3719",
    "abstract": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services performed. A personal representative may pay the personal representative's own compensation periodically as earned without prior court approval.",
    "note": "MCL 700.3719",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Notice to Creditors",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 700.3801",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-3801",
    "abstract": "upon appointment a personal representative shall publish, and a special personal representative may publish, a notice as provided by supreme court rule notifying estate creditors to present their claims within 4 months after the date of the notice's publication or be forever barred.",
    "note": "MCL 700.3801",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Compiled Laws, Limitations on Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "Michigan Legislature",
    "container-title": "Michigan Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "MCL 700.3803",
    "URL": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-3803",
    "abstract": "If the notice requirements of section 3801 or 7608 have not been met, within 3 years after the decedent's death.",
    "note": "MCL 700.3803",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mi-cola-2025",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Michigan Department of Treasury — Estates and Protected Individuals Code Cost-of-Living Adjustments to Specific Dollar Amounts (certified January 31, 2025)",
    "authority": "Michigan Department of Treasury (State Treasurer)",
    "container-title": "Michigan Department of Treasury (State Treasurer)",
    "genre": "agency-guidance",
    "number": "Mich. Dep't of Treasury, EPIC Cost-of-Living Adjustments (MCL 700.1210), Table B, calendar year 2025 (certified Jan. 31, 2025)",
    "URL": "https://www.michigan.gov/treasury/-/media/Project/Websites/treasury/ORTA/Economic-Reports-Notices/FY-2025/Notice_01312025_EstatesAndOtherProtectedIndividuals_Posted.pdf",
    "abstract": "the 2023 cost-of-living adjustment factor for the 2025 calendar year is 1.029",
    "note": "Mich. Dep't of Treasury, EPIC Cost-of-Living Adjustments (MCL 700.1210), Table B, calendar year 2025 (certified Jan. 31, 2025) — This is the official annual Treasury publication that MCL 700.1210(3) requires. Table B lists the operative adjusted dollar amounts for MCL 700.3982(1)&(2) and MCL 700.3983 as $51,000 for decedents dying in calendar year 2025 (base $50,000 as amended by 2024 PA 1, × the 2023 cost-of-living adjustment factor of 1.029, rounded to the nearest $1,000). Reached only after the Treasury search endpoint's HTTP 403 was bypassed by locating the notice PDF through the Treasury 'reports-archive/archived-economic-reports/estates' page.",
    "keyword": "Michigan, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mn-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Minnesota Statutes, Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit",
    "authority": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-1201",
    "URL": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/524.3-1201",
    "abstract": "524.3-1201 COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT. (a) Thirty days after the death of a decedent, (i) any person indebted to the decedent, (ii) any person having possession of tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action belonging to the decedent, or (iii) any safe deposit company, as defined in section 55.01 , controlling the right of access to decedent's safe deposit box shall make payment of the indebtedness or deliver the tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action or deliver the entire contents of the safe deposit box to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent, or a state or county agency with a claim authorized by section 256B.15 , upon being presented a certified death record of the decedent and an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor",
    "note": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-1201",
    "keyword": "Minnesota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mn-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Minnesota Statutes, District Court Fees",
    "authority": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Minn. Stat. § 357.021, subd. 2(1)",
    "URL": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/357.021",
    "abstract": "Subd. 2. Fee amounts. The fees to be charged and collected by the court administrator shall be as follows: (1) In every civil action or proceeding in said court, including any case arising under the tax laws of the state that could be transferred or appealed to the Tax Court, the plaintiff, petitioner, or other moving party shall pay, when the first paper is filed for that party in said action, a fee of $310, except in marriage dissolution actions the fee is $340.",
    "note": "Minn. Stat. § 357.021, subd. 2(1) — The page flags a 2026 amendment to subdivision 1a. The quoted opening-fee rule is in subdivision 2.",
    "keyword": "Minnesota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mn-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Minnesota Statutes, Compensation of Personal Representative",
    "authority": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719",
    "URL": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/524.3-719",
    "abstract": "524.3-719 COMPENSATION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. (a) A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, the personal representative may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation. A personal representative also may renounce the right to all or any part of the compensation. A written renunciation of fee may be filed with the court. (b) In determining what is reasonable compensation, the court shall give consideration to the following factors: (1) the time and labor required; (2) the complexity and novelty of problems involved; and (3) the extent of the responsibilities assumed and the results obtained.",
    "note": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719",
    "keyword": "Minnesota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mn-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Minnesota Statutes, Notice to Creditors",
    "authority": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801",
    "URL": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/524.3-801",
    "abstract": "524.3-801 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. (a) Unless notice has already been given under this section, upon appointment of a general personal representative in informal proceedings or upon the filing of a petition for formal appointment of a general personal representative, notice thereof, in the form prescribed by court rule, shall be given under the direction of the court administrator by publication once a week for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the county wherein the proceedings are pending giving the name and address of the general personal representative and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four months after the date of the court administrator's notice which is subsequently published or be forever barred, unless they are entitled to further service of notice under paragraph (b) or (c).",
    "note": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801",
    "keyword": "Minnesota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mn-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Minnesota Statutes, Limitations on Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "container-title": "Minnesota Revisor of Statutes",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-803",
    "URL": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/524.3-803",
    "abstract": "524.3-803 LIMITATIONS ON PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS. (a) All claims as defined in section 524.1-201(8) , against a decedent's estate which arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the state and any subdivision thereof, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, if not barred earlier by other statute of limitations, are barred against the estate, the personal representative, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless presented as follows: (1) in the case of a creditor who is only entitled, under the United States Constitution and under the Minnesota Constitution, to notice by publication under section 524.3-801 , within four months after the date of the court administrator's notice to creditors which is subsequently published pursuant to section 524.3-801 ; (2) in the case of a creditor who was served with notice under section",
    "note": "Minn. Stat. § 524.3-803",
    "keyword": "Minnesota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ms-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Mississippi Senate Bill 2850 (2020 Regular Session) — amending Miss. Code § 91-7-322 (small-estate affidavit)",
    "authority": "Mississippi Legislature",
    "container-title": "Mississippi Legislature",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322)",
    "URL": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/SB/2800-2899/SB2850SG.pdf",
    "abstract": "does not exceed * * * Seventy - five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) ; (b) That at least thirty (30) days have elaps ed since the death of the decedent",
    "note": "S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322) — Enacted (approved by the Governor). The Mississippi bill uses '* * *' to mark deleted text and restates § 91-7-322 in full. Threshold revised to $75,000.00; the affidavit is available at least thirty (30) days after death. Digit/word spacing artifacts ('Seventy - five', 'elaps ed') are consistent in the source PDF and match verbatim.",
    "keyword": "Mississippi, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ms-chancery-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Mississippi Senate Bill 2792 (2024 Regular Session) — amending Miss. Code § 25-7-9 (chancery-clerk fees)",
    "authority": "Mississippi Legislature",
    "container-title": "Mississippi Legislature",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "S.B. 2792, § 1, 2024 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9(2))",
    "URL": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2792SG.pdf",
    "abstract": "The clerk or his successor in office shall per form a ll duties set forth witho ut additional compensation or f e e ............ $ 8 5.00",
    "note": "S.B. 2792, § 1, 2024 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9(2)) — Enacted (as sent to Governor / signed). § 25-7-9(2) fixes a single chancery-clerk service fee of $85.00 for any chancery civil case that 'includes, but is not limited to ... estate of deceased', accruing on filing; § 25-7-9(3) adds, for every civil case filed, two mandatory per-case assessments - $10.00 to the Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund (§ 9-21-14) and $40.00 to the Judicial System Operation Fund (§ 9-21-45) - for a $135.00 total. Digit spacing ('$ 8 5.00', 'per form', 'f e e') is consistent in the source PDF.",
    "keyword": "Mississippi, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mt-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "MCA § 72-3-1101 — Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "container-title": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-1101",
    "URL": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0110/section_0010/0720-0030-0110-0010.html",
    "abstract": "(a) the value of the probate estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000, except as provided in subsection (2); (b) 30 days have elapsed since the death of the decedent",
    "note": "Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-1101",
    "keyword": "Montana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mt-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "MCA § 72-3-631 — Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "container-title": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-631",
    "URL": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0060/section_0310/0720-0030-0060-0310.html",
    "abstract": "72-3-631 . Compensation of personal representative. (1) A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services.",
    "note": "Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-631 — The cohort brief speculated Montana had a 3%/2% statutory percentage schedule; the harvested primary text refutes that — § 72-3-631 sets only a reasonable-compensation standard. Primary text governs.",
    "keyword": "Montana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mt-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "MCA § 25-1-201 — Fees of clerk of district court",
    "authority": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "container-title": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mont. Code Ann. § 25-1-201(1)(m)",
    "URL": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0010/part_0020/section_0010/0250-0010-0020-0010.html",
    "abstract": "on the filing of an application for informal, formal, or supervised probate or for the appointment of a personal representative or the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian or conservator, from the applicant or petitioner, $70, which includes the fee for filing a will for probate",
    "note": "Mont. Code Ann. § 25-1-201(1)(m) — The prior draft cited the general $90 civil-commencement fee in § 25-1-201(1)(a). Subsection (1)(m) is probate-specific and controls: it fixes a $70 fee on the filing of an application for informal, formal, or supervised probate or for the appointment of a personal representative, and states the fee includes filing a will for probate. The specific provision governs over the general.",
    "keyword": "Montana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "mt-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "MCA § 72-3-803 — Nonclaim; limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "container-title": "Montana Legislature (Legislative Services Division)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-803(1)(a)",
    "URL": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0080/section_0030/0720-0030-0080-0030.html",
    "abstract": "within 1 year after the decedent's death; or (b) within the time provided by 72-3-801 (2) for creditors who are given actual notice and within the time provided in 72-3-801 (1) for all creditors barred by publication.",
    "note": "Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-803(1)(a)",
    "keyword": "Montana, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nd-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-23-01 (3-1201) — Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "container-title": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-23-01",
    "URL": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t30-1c23.pdf",
    "abstract": "The value of the entire estate subject to distribution or succession under chapters 30.1-01 through 30.1-23, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. b. Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent.",
    "note": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-23-01 — Section body served by the ndlegis.gov chapter-level PDF for N.D.C.C. ch. 30.1-23 (collection by affidavit / small estates). The section heading carries the Uniform Probate Code cross-reference '(3-1201) Collection of personal property by affidavit'.",
    "keyword": "North Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nd-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-18-19 (3-719) — Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "container-title": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-18-19",
    "URL": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t30-1c18.pdf",
    "abstract": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for the personal representative's services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, the personal representative may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation.",
    "note": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-18-19 — Section body served by the ndlegis.gov chapter-level PDF for N.D.C.C. ch. 30.1-18 (powers and duties of personal representatives). The section heading carries the Uniform Probate Code cross-reference '(3-719) Compensation of personal representative'.",
    "keyword": "North Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nd-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "N.D.C.C. § 27-05.2-03 — Fees to be charged by the clerk of the district court",
    "authority": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "container-title": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.D.C.C. § 27-05.2-03(1)(a)",
    "URL": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t27c05-2.pdf",
    "abstract": "A clerk of the district court shall charge and collect the following fees in civil cases: a. For filing a case for decision that is not under subdivision b or e, one hundred sixty dollars.",
    "note": "N.D.C.C. § 27-05.2-03(1)(a) — Served by the ndlegis.gov chapter-level PDF for N.D.C.C. ch. 27-05.2 (district court fees). $160 is the general civil case commencement fee under 27-05.2-03(1)(a); a formal or informal probate proceeding is filed as a case for decision. The statute lists fees by case type and does not use the word 'probate', so this maps the case-for-decision figure onto a probate filing.",
    "keyword": "North Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nd-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-19-03 (3-803) — Limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "container-title": "North Dakota Legislative Branch (Century Code)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-19-03(1)",
    "URL": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t30-1c19.pdf",
    "abstract": "unless presented as follows: a. Within three months after the date of the first publication and mailing of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with section 30.1-19-01; provided, claims barred by the nonclaim statute at the decedent's domicile before the first publication for claims in this state are also barred in this state. b. Within three years after the decedent's death, if notice to creditors has not been published and mailed.",
    "note": "N.D.C.C. § 30.1-19-03(1) — Section body served by the ndlegis.gov chapter-level PDF for N.D.C.C. ch. 30.1-19 (creditors' claims). The section heading carries the Uniform Probate Code cross-reference '(3-803) Limitations on presentation of claims'.",
    "keyword": "North Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nh-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "RSA 553:32-:33, waiver and summary administration",
    "authority": "New Hampshire Legislature",
    "container-title": "New Hampshire Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 553:32-:33",
    "URL": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/553/553-mrg.htm",
    "abstract": "Section 553:33 553:33 Summary Administration. – I. This section shall apply to all estates, testate and intestate, other than those estates governed by RSA 553:32. II. Summary administration is available to expedite the closing of an estate when further court supervision of the administration of the estate is no longer necessary. The approval of a motion for summary administration by the court will eliminate the requirement of filing a final account and receipts for the balance of the estate. All other documents required by statute shall be filed. In those estates in which there is federal estate tax liability, the court shall not require the administrator to file a closing letter from the Internal Revenue Service. An administrator may file a motion for summary administration to close an estate not less than 6 months after the date of appointment of the administrator.",
    "note": "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 553:32-:33",
    "keyword": "New Hampshire, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nh-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "New Hampshire Circuit Court Filing Fees — Probate Division",
    "authority": "New Hampshire Judicial Branch",
    "container-title": "New Hampshire Judicial Branch",
    "genre": "court-fee-schedule",
    "number": "N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a",
    "URL": "https://www.courts.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt471/files/documents/2021-06/filing_fees.pdf",
    "abstract": "Petition for Estate Administration with a value of $10,000 or less ..................... $150.00 Petition for Estate Administration with a value of $10,001 to $25,000 ............ $205.00 Petition for Estate Administration with a value more than $25,000 ................. $305.00",
    "note": "N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a — The statewide estate-administration filing fee is set by the New Hampshire Supreme Court's fee schedule (Probate Division Rule 169) under RSA 490:26-a, not by a dollar figure in the RSA text. The HTML fee pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official PDF schedule returns the fee table verbatim and is the pinned source. Fees are tiered by estate value: $150 / $205 / $305.",
    "keyword": "New Hampshire, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nh-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "RSA chapter 556, claims and suits against administrators",
    "authority": "New Hampshire Legislature",
    "container-title": "New Hampshire Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 556:1-:7",
    "URL": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LVI/556/556-mrg.htm",
    "abstract": "556:1 No Action Within Six Months, Etc. – No action shall be sustained against an administrator if begun within six months after the original grant of administration, nor unless the demand has been exhibited to the administrator and payment has been demanded. Source. RS 161:1. CS 170:1. GS 179:1. GL 198:1. PS 191:1. PL 302:1. RL 355:1. RSA 556:1. 1959, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1960. Section 556:2 556:2 Notice of Claim. – A notice sent to the administrator or his agent by registered mail, setting forth the nature and amount of the claim and a demand for payment, shall be deemed a sufficient exhibition and demand. Source. 1919, 69:1. PL 302:2. RL 355:2. Section 556:3 556:3 Exhibition of Demand; Time.",
    "note": "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 556:1-:7",
    "keyword": "New Hampshire, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nh-court-structure",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "RSA 490-F:3-:4, Circuit Court Probate Division",
    "authority": "New Hampshire Legislature",
    "container-title": "New Hampshire Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 490-F:3-:4",
    "URL": "https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LI/490-F/490-F-mrg.htm",
    "abstract": "490-F:3 490-F:3 Circuit Court Divisions. – The circuit court shall consist of 3 divisions: a probate division, a district division, and a family division. The circuit court shall have the jurisdiction, powers, and duties conferred upon the former probate and district courts and upon the former judicial branch family division by RSA 547, RSA 502-A, and RSA 490-D. Source. 2011, 88:1, eff. July 1, 2011. Section 490-F:3-a 490-F:3-a District Division; Criminal Cases. – Notwithstanding the jurisdictional provisions of RSA 592-B:1, the circuit court - district division shall have jurisdiction to arraign defendants charged with felony offenses and to hold a preliminary examination to determine whether probable cause exists to believe the offense was committed and the defendant committed the offense, and if so, to be bound over to the superior court for further proceedings.",
    "note": "N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 490-F:3-:4",
    "keyword": "New Hampshire, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nj-small-estate-2015",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "P.L.2015, c.232",
    "authority": "New Jersey Legislature",
    "container-title": "New Jersey Legislature",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "P.L.2015, c.232; N.J.S.A. 3B:10-3 and 3B:10-4",
    "URL": "https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2014/PL15/232_.HTM",
    "abstract": "Where the total value of the real and personal assets of the estate of an intestate will not exceed $50,000, the surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner upon the execution of an affidavit before the Surrogate of the county where the intestate resided at his death, or, if then nonresident in this State, where any of the assets are located, or before the Superior Court, shall be entitled absolutely to all the real and personal assets without administration, and the assets of the estate up to $10,000 shall be free from all debts of the intestate.",
    "note": "P.L.2015, c.232; N.J.S.A. 3B:10-3 and 3B:10-4",
    "keyword": "New Jersey, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nj-executor-corpus-2000",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "P.L.2000, c.29",
    "authority": "New Jersey Legislature",
    "container-title": "New Jersey Legislature",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "P.L.2000, c.29; N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14",
    "URL": "https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2000/PL00/29_.HTM",
    "abstract": "Commissions on all corpus received by the fiduciary may be taken as follows: 5% on the first $200,000 of all corpus received by the fiduciary; 3.5% on the excess over $200,000 up to $1,000,000; 2% on the excess over $1,000,000; and 1% of all corpus for each additional fiduciary provided that no one fiduciary shall be entitled to any greater commission than that which would be allowed if there were but one fiduciary involved.",
    "note": "P.L.2000, c.29; N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14",
    "keyword": "New Jersey, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nj-creditor-claims-2004",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "P.L.2004, c.132",
    "authority": "New Jersey Legislature",
    "container-title": "New Jersey Legislature",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "P.L.2004, c.132, §84; N.J.S.A. 3B:22-4",
    "URL": "https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2004/PL04/132_.HTM",
    "abstract": "Creditors of the decedent shall present their claims to the personal representative of the decedent's estate in writing and under oath, specifying the amount claimed and the particulars of the claim, within nine months from the date of the decedent's death.",
    "note": "P.L.2004, c.132, §84; N.J.S.A. 3B:22-4",
    "keyword": "New Jersey, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nm-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "NMSA 1978 § 45-3-1201, collection by affidavit",
    "authority": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "container-title": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NMSA 1978 § 45-3-1201",
    "URL": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4393/1/document.do",
    "abstract": "45-3-1201. Collection of personal property by affidavit. A. Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action belonging to the decedent shall make payment of the indebtedness or deliver the tangible personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent upon being presented an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor stating that: (1) the value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); (2) thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;",
    "note": "NMSA 1978 § 45-3-1201",
    "keyword": "New Mexico, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nm-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "NMSA 1978 § 45-3-719, personal-representative compensation",
    "authority": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "container-title": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NMSA 1978 § 45-3-719",
    "URL": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4393/1/document.do",
    "abstract": "45-3-719. Compensation for personal representatives. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services. If a will provides for compensation of the personal representative and there is no contract with the decedent regarding compensation, he may renounce the provision before qualifying and be entitled to reasonable compensation. A personal representative also may renounce his right to all or any part of the compensation. A written renunciation of the fee may be filed with the court.",
    "note": "NMSA 1978 § 45-3-719",
    "keyword": "New Mexico, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nm-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "NMSA 1978 §§ 45-3-801 and 45-3-803, creditor claims",
    "authority": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "container-title": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NMSA 1978 §§ 45-3-801, -803",
    "URL": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4393/1/document.do",
    "abstract": "45-3-801. Notice to creditors. A. A personal representative upon appointment may publish a notice to creditors once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the probate proceeding is pending, announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. B. A personal representative may give written notice by mail or other delivery to a creditor, announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying the creditor to present the creditor's claim within four months after the published notice, if given as provided in Subsection A of this section, or within sixty days after the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is later,",
    "note": "NMSA 1978 §§ 45-3-801, -803",
    "keyword": "New Mexico, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nm-probate-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "NMSA 1978 § 34-7-14 — Fees of probate court",
    "authority": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "container-title": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NMSA 1978 § 34-7-14",
    "URL": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4399/1/document.do",
    "abstract": "34-7-14. Fees of probate court. Clerks of the probate courts shall receive a filing fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each probate case.",
    "note": "NMSA 1978 § 34-7-14 — The $30 probate-court filing fee is a single statewide statutory amount, not a locally-set charge. The section was repealed and reenacted by Laws 2023, ch. 44, § 11 (effective July 1, 2023); the reenactment preserved the $30 figure the 1993 amendment set.",
    "keyword": "New Mexico, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "nm-district-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "NMSA 1978 § 34-6-40 — Finance; fees (district court docket fee)",
    "authority": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "container-title": "New Mexico Compilation Commission / NMOneSource",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "NMSA 1978 § 34-6-40",
    "URL": "https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4399/1/document.do",
    "abstract": "district court clerks shall collect in civil matters docketing any cause, whether original or reopened or by appeal or transfer from any inferior court, a fee of one hundred seventeen dollars ($117)",
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    "abstract": "45-1-302. Subject matter jurisdiction of district and probate courts. A. The district court has exclusive original jurisdiction over all subject matter relating to: (1) formal proceedings with respect to the estates of decedents, including determinations of testacy, appointment of personal representatives, constructions of wills, administration and expenditure of funds of estates, determination of heirs and successors of decedents and distribution and closing of estates;",
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    "abstract": "No waiting period after the death of the decedent is required.",
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    "abstract": "Less than $10,000 ....................................... $ 45.00 10,000 but under 20,000 ................................. 75.00 20,000 but under 50,000 ................................. 215.00 50,000 but under 100,000 ................................ 280.00 100,000 but under 250,000 ............................... 420.00 250,000 but under 500,000 ............................... 625.00 500,000 and over ........................................ 1,250.00",
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    "abstract": "(a) For receiving and paying out all sums of money not exceeding $100,000 at the rate of 5 percent. (b) For receiving and paying out any additional sums not exceeding $200,000 at the rate of 4 percent. (c) For receiving and paying out any additional sums not exceeding $700,000 at the rate of 3 percent. (d) For receiving and paying out any additional sums not exceeding $4,000,000 at the rate of 2 1/2 percent. (e) For receiving and paying out all sums above $5,000,000 at the rate of 2 percent.",
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    "number": "58 O.S. § 393",
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    "abstract": "1. The fair market value of property located in this state owned by the decedent and subject to disposition by will or intestate succession at the time of the decedent's death, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);",
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    "title": "58 O.S. § 241 - Dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000",
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    "number": "58 O.S. § 241",
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    "abstract": "it appears that the value of the real and personal property in the estate does not exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), the court shall order the personal representative to make an inventory of the estate, and the court shall appoint appraisers unless the court determines that appraisement is not necessary.",
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    "title": "58 O.S. § 245 - Petition for summary administration - Conditions - Requirements",
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    "number": "58 O.S. § 245",
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    "abstract": "§58-245. Petition for summary administration - Conditions - Requirements. A. A petition for summary administration may be filed by any person interested in an estate that meets one of the following conditions: 1. The value of the estate is less than or equal to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00); 2. The decedent has been deceased for more than five (5) years; or 3. The decedent resided in another jurisdiction at the time of death.",
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    "title": "58 O.S. § 527 - Fees and commissions",
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    "abstract": "For the first thousand dollars, at the rate of five percent (5%); 2. For the next Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), at the rate of four percent (4%); and 3. For all amounts above Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), at the rate of two and one-half percent (2 1/2%); and the same commission must be allowed administrators.",
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    "title": "28 O.S. § 152 - Flat fee schedule - In forma pauperis",
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    "title": "ORS Chapter 114, Small Estates (Simple Estate Affidavit)",
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    "abstract": "Not more than $75,000 of the fair market value of the estate is attributable to personal property other than manufactured homes",
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    "title": "ORS 116.173 Compensation of personal representative",
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    "number": "ORS 116.173",
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    "abstract": "(A) Seven percent of any sum not exceeding $1,000. (B) Four percent of all above $1,000 and not exceeding $10,000. (C) Three percent of all above $10,000 and not exceeding $50,000. (D) Two percent of all above $50,000.",
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    "title": "ORS 21.170 Probate filing fees and accounting fees",
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    "abstract": "If the value of the estate is less than $50,000, $278. (b) If the value of the estate is $50,000 or more, but less than $1 million, $591.",
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    "title": "ORS 21.145 Simple proceeding filing fee",
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    "abstract": "21.145 Simple proceeding filing fee. In the following proceedings, a circuit court shall collect a filing fee of $124",
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    "title": "ORS 115.005 Presentation of claims; time limitations",
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    "number": "ORS 115.005",
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    "abstract": "(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a claim is barred from payment from the estate if not presented within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim and before the later of: (a) Four months after the date of publication of notice to interested persons; or (b) If the claim was one with respect to which the personal representative was required to deliver or mail a notice under ORS 115.003 (2), 45 days after a notice meeting the requirements of ORS 115.003 (3) is delivered or mailed to the last-known address of the person asserting the claim.",
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    "title": "ORS 111.075 Probate jurisdiction vested",
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    "abstract": "111.075 Probate jurisdiction vested. Jurisdiction of all probate matters, causes and proceedings is vested in the county courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties and in the circuit court for each other county and as provided in ORS 111.115.",
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    "title": "20 Pa.C.S. § 3102 - Settlement of small estates on petition",
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    "number": "20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3102",
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    "abstract": "owning property (exclusive of real estate and of property payable under section 3101 (relating to payments to family and funeral directors), but including personal property claimed as the family exemption) of a gross value not exceeding $50,000, the orphans' court division",
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    "title": "20 Pa.C.S. § 3537 - Compensation",
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    "abstract": "The court shall allow such compensation to the personal representative as shall in the circumstances be reasonable and just, and may calculate such compensation on a graduated percentage.",
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    "abstract": "unless the claim of such claimant is known to the personal representative within one year after the first complete advertisement of the grant of letters",
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    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-24-1, voluntary informal administration",
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    "abstract": "(a) If a resident of Rhode Island dies leaving an estate consisting entirely of personal property the total value of which otherwise subject to being listed on a probate inventory pursuant to § 33-9-1, exclusive of tangible personal property of which the decedent was owner, does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in value, his or her surviving spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle, or any interested party, if of full age and legal capacity and a resident of this state, may, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the death of the decedent, provided no petition for letters testamentary or letters of administration has been filed with the probate court of the city or town in which the decedent resided, file with said probate court upon a form prescribed by the court a statement, verified by oath or affirmation containing: (1) The",
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    },
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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    "id": "ri-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-14-8, executor compensation",
    "authority": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-14-8",
    "URL": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-14/33-14-8.htm",
    "abstract": "Executors and administrators shall, also, be allowed in their accounts such compensation for their services as the probate court shall consider just.",
    "note": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-14-8",
    "keyword": "Rhode Island, primary",
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      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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    "id": "ri-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5, time for claims",
    "authority": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5",
    "URL": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-11/33-11-5.htm",
    "abstract": "(a) Claims shall be presented within six (6) months from the first publication or be forever barred, subject to extensions granted pursuant to subsection 33-11-5(b). (b) A creditor who, by reason of accident, mistake, excusable neglect or lack of adequate notice of decedent's estate, failed to present a claim within six (6) months from the first publication, may before distribution of the estate, petition the probate court for leave to present a claim out of time. For purposes of this section, notice of commencement of probate pursuant to § 33-11-5.1 at least sixty (60) days before the expiration of the six (6) months claim period shall be deemed adequate.",
    "note": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5",
    "keyword": "Rhode Island, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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    "id": "ri-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-22-21 — Fees enumerated",
    "authority": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-22-21(a)",
    "URL": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-22/33-22-21.htm",
    "abstract": "The fees in probate courts shall be as follows: for every petition for the appointment of a custodian, administrator, guardian, or conservator, or for the probate of a will, one percent (1.0%) of the personal property of the decedent or ward over which the court has jurisdiction, but in no event shall the fee be less than thirty dollars ($30.00) nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);",
    "note": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-22-21(a) — This is the statewide statutory probate fee, missed by the prior draft (which treated formal fees as purely municipal). It was amended by the same 2014 acts (P.L. 2014, ch. 351/398) that repealed the older § 33-22-19 fee section. The fee is value-based: 1% of the decedent's personal property, floored at $30 and capped at $1,500.",
    "keyword": "Rhode Island, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
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          9
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    "id": "ri-will-executor",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-24-2 — Small estates where executor named in will",
    "authority": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-24-2",
    "URL": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-24/33-24-2.htm",
    "abstract": "§ 33-24-2. Administration of small estates where executor named in will - Voluntary executors. (a) If a resident of Rhode Island dies leaving an estate that would otherwise be subject to being listed on a probate inventory pursuant to § 33-9-1, consisting entirely of personal property, the total value, exclusive of tangible personal property of which the decedent was owner, does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in value, and he or she leaves a will naming a person as executor, the named person, if of full age and legal capacity, may,",
    "note": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-24-2 — The will-named-executor counterpart to § 33-24-1: where the decedent left a will naming an executor, that executor (or an alternate/relative if unable) may use the same $15,000 personal-property voluntary route. Omitted from the prior draft.",
    "keyword": "Rhode Island, primary",
    "issued": {
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
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          8,
          9
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    "id": "ri-creditor-notice-duty",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5.1 — Duty to notify known or reasonably ascertainable creditors",
    "authority": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5.1",
    "URL": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-11/33-11-5.1.htm",
    "abstract": "§ 33-11-5.1. Duty to notify known or reasonably ascertainable creditors. (a) If the identity of a creditor of the decedent's is known to or reasonably ascertainable by the personal representative, the personal representative shall, within a reasonable period of time after qualification, take such steps as are reasonably necessary to ensure that such creditor receives or has received notice of the commencement of the decedent's estate.",
    "note": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-5.1 — Completes the creditor framework: § 33-11-5.1 is the actual-notice duty that § 33-11-5(b)'s 'adequate notice' extension mechanism refers to, requiring the personal representative to notify known or reasonably ascertainable creditors of the commencement of the estate.",
    "keyword": "Rhode Island, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
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          8,
          9
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  },
  {
    "id": "ri-court-structure",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-9-9, municipal probate jurisdiction",
    "authority": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Rhode Island General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-9-9",
    "URL": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE8/8-9/8-9-9.htm",
    "abstract": "Every probate court shall have jurisdiction in the town or city in which it is established of the probate of wills; the granting of administration, the appointment of custodians, of administrators, of guardians of persons and estates, or of persons only or of estates only, and of conservators; the accepting and allowing of bonds, inventories, and accounts of executors, administrators, and guardians; the granting of leave to sell at public or private sale, or to mortgage property, as hereinafter provided; of the making of partition of the real estate of deceased persons; of the adoption of persons eighteen (18) years of age or older; of change of names of persons; of the removal or filling of a vacancy of a trustee of any trust established under a will, or the termination of such trust; of setting off and allowing real estate and personal property to widows and surviving husbands; and of",
    "note": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-9-9",
    "keyword": "Rhode Island, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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    "id": "sc-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "S.C. Code § 62-3-1201 — Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "container-title": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.C. Code § 62-3-1201",
    "URL": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c003.php",
    "abstract": "state that the value of the entire probate estate (the decedent's property passing under the decedent's will plus the decedent's property passing by intestacy), wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed forty-five thousand dollars",
    "note": "S.C. Code § 62-3-1201 — Threshold $45,000 measured on the entire probate estate less liens and encumbrances (net-of-liens). 2025 Act No. 26 confirms current text — no stale session-law trap.",
    "keyword": "South Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
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          2026,
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  },
  {
    "id": "sc-summary-admin",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "S.C. Code § 62-3-1203 — Small estates; summary administrative procedure",
    "authority": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "container-title": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.C. Code § 62-3-1203",
    "URL": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c003.php",
    "abstract": "SECTION 62-3-1203. Small estates; summary administrative procedure. (a) If it appears from the inventory and appraisal that the value of the entire probate estate (the decedent's property passing under the decedent's will plus the decedent's property passing by intestacy), less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed forty-five thousand dollars and exempt property, costs and expenses of administration, reasonable funeral expenses, and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of the decedent, the personal representative, after publishing notice to creditors pursuant to Section 62-3-801, but without giving additional notice to creditors, may immediately disburse and distribute the estate to the persons entitled thereto",
    "note": "S.C. Code § 62-3-1203 — Summary administration is a distinct procedure from the § 62-3-1201 affidavit: it runs inside an opened estate after a personal representative is appointed and after inventory/appraisal, and is closed by sworn statement under § 62-3-1204. Same $45,000 net-of-liens cap, raised by 2025 Act No. 26.",
    "keyword": "South Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
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    "id": "sc-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "S.C. Code § 62-3-719 — Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "container-title": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.C. Code § 62-3-719",
    "URL": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c003.php",
    "abstract": "not to exceed five percent of the appraised value of the personal property of the probate estate plus the sales proceeds of real property of the probate estate received on sales directed or authorized by will or by proper court order",
    "note": "S.C. Code § 62-3-719 — 5% ceiling applies to appraised personalty PLUS realty-sale proceeds (not unsold realty); minimum $50; separate 5% cap on income earned.",
    "keyword": "South Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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  },
  {
    "id": "sc-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "S.C. Code § 8-21-770 — Probate Court schedule of fees and costs",
    "authority": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 8)",
    "container-title": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 8)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.C. Code § 8-21-770",
    "URL": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t08c021.php",
    "abstract": "the fee shall be based upon the gross value of the decedent's probate estate or the protected person's estate as shown on the inventory and appraisement as follows: (1) Property valuation less than $5,000.00 $25.00 (2) Property valuation of $5,000.00 but less than $20,000.00 $45.00 (3) Property valuation of $20,000.00 but less than $60,000.00 $67.50 (4) Property valuation of $60,000.00 but less than $100,000.00 $95.00 (5) Property valuation of $100,000.00 but less than $600,000.00 $95.00 plus .15 percent of the property valuation between $100,000.00 and $600,000.00 (6) Property valuation of $600,000.00 or higher amount set forth in (5) above plus one-fourth of one percent of the property valuation above $600,000.00.",
    "note": "S.C. Code § 8-21-770 — Graduated statewide schedule keyed to GROSS value of the probate estate. The marginal 0.15%/0.25% pieces apply only to value within their bands, added to the $95 base.",
    "keyword": "South Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          8,
          9
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  },
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    "id": "sc-creditor",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "S.C. Code § 62-3-801 / § 62-3-803 — Notice to creditors; limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "container-title": "South Carolina Legislature (S.C. Code Title 62, SCPC)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.C. Code §§ 62-3-801, 62-3-803",
    "URL": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t62c003.php",
    "abstract": "to present their claims within eight months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred",
    "note": "S.C. Code §§ 62-3-801, 62-3-803 — No HISTORY line is emitted for § 62-3-801 in the chapter dump, so currentnessSignal is null; the same file is confirmed current at chapter level by the 2025 Act No. 26 signal on § 62-3-1201. Publication bar (8 months) is kept separate from the actual-notice bar and the § 62-3-803 one-year outer non-claim limit.",
    "keyword": "South Carolina, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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      ]
    },
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      "date-parts": [
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          8,
          9
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    "id": "sd-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "SDCL § 29A-3-1201 — Collection of personal property by affidavit",
    "authority": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "container-title": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-1201",
    "URL": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/29A-3-1201?all=true",
    "abstract": "(1) The value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000; (2) Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent",
    "note": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-1201 — Section body served by the South Dakota Legislature's official statutes API (JSON), which returns the codified section text in its 'Html' field because sdlegislature.gov renders statute pages client-side.",
    "keyword": "South Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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          9
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      ]
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    "id": "sd-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "SDCL § 29A-3-719 — Compensation of personal representative",
    "authority": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "container-title": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-719",
    "URL": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/29A-3-719?all=true",
    "abstract": "29A-3-719 . Compensation of personal representative. (a) Personal representatives, attorneys, accountants, appraisers, and other agents of the personal representative are entitled to reasonable compensation for services.",
    "note": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-719",
    "keyword": "South Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
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          9
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      ]
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    "id": "sd-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "SDCL § 16-2-29 — Fees charged by clerk of courts",
    "authority": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "container-title": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-29(1)",
    "URL": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/16-2-29?all=true",
    "abstract": "16-2-29 . Fees charged by clerk of courts--Exemptions. The clerk of courts shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) For the probate of an estate, seventy-five dollars",
    "note": "S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-29(1) — The cohort brief pointed to SDCL 16-2-29.4 for filing fees; that section is a fee-waiver provision. The operative probate filing fee is in § 16-2-29(1), which remained $75 through the most recent amendment (SL 2026, ch 92).",
    "keyword": "South Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
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    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
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    "id": "sd-real-property",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "SDCL § 29A-3-1203 — Succession to real property by affidavit",
    "authority": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "container-title": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-1203",
    "URL": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/29A-3-1203?all=true",
    "abstract": "29A-3-1203 . Succession to real property by affidavit. Sixty days after the death of a decedent, any person claiming to be a successor to the decedent's interest in real property in this state may file, or cause to be filed on their behalf, an affidavit describing the real property owned by the decedent and the interest of the decedent in the property.",
    "note": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-1203 — A route the personal-property affidavit (§ 29A-3-1201) does not cover: title to a decedent's South Dakota real property (interest of $50,000 or less) is perfected by an affidavit filed with the register of deeds sixty days after death, rather than by any court filing. Enacted SL 2022, ch 89.",
    "keyword": "South Dakota, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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    "id": "sd-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "SDCL § 29A-3-803 — Limitations on presentation of claims",
    "authority": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "container-title": "South Dakota Legislature (LRC Statutes API)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-803(a)(3)",
    "URL": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/29A-3-803?all=true",
    "abstract": "(3) As to all creditors, within three years after the decedent's death.",
    "note": "S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-803(a)(3)",
    "keyword": "South Dakota, primary",
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          9
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    "id": "tn-small-estate-threshold",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Public Chapter 829 (2014) — amendment of Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-102",
    "authority": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "container-title": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 829 (2014) (amending Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-102(4)–(5))",
    "URL": "https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/108/pub/pc0829.pdf",
    "abstract": "Section 30-4-102(5), is amended by deleting the language \"twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)\" and substituting the language \"fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)\".",
    "note": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 829 (2014) (amending Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-102(4)–(5)) — Enacted session law (primary). Historically set the small-estate limit at $50,000 by amending Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-102(5). SUPERSEDED IN FORM by 2023 Pub. Ch. 297, which deleted Title 30, Chapter 4 in full and substituted 'The Small Estate Probate Act'; the $50,000 ceiling survives, restated in new § 30-4-102(9) (see source tn-small-estate-2023). Retained here as the enacted origin of the $50,000 figure.",
    "keyword": "Tennessee, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
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    "id": "tn-small-estate-2023",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Public Chapter 297 (2023) — The Small Estate Probate Act (deletes and substitutes Tenn. Code Ann. tit. 30, ch. 4)",
    "authority": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "container-title": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 297 (2023) (HB 337; Tenn. Code Ann. tit. 30, ch. 4)",
    "URL": "https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0297.pdf",
    "abstract": "Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 30, Chapter 4, is amended by deleting the chapter and substituting: 30-4-101. This chapter is known and may be cited as \"The Small Estate Probate Act.\"",
    "note": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 297 (2023) (HB 337; Tenn. Code Ann. tit. 30, ch. 4) — Enacted session law (primary), obtained free from the Tennessee Secretary of State. This 2023 act deleted Title 30, Chapter 4 in full and substituted 'The Small Estate Probate Act,' replacing the former clerk-certified affidavit route (2022 Pub. Ch. 665) with a court-petition/limited-letters procedure. It restates the $50,000 small-estate ceiling (new § 30-4-102(9)) and the 45-day wait (new § 30-4-103), and provides a good-cause waiver of the 45-day wait. The full codified chapter is otherwise behind the LexisNexis-contracted Tennessee Code, but the enacted public chapter is the controlling primary text.",
    "keyword": "Tennessee, primary",
    "issued": {
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          2026,
          8,
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    "id": "tn-small-estate-procedure",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Public Chapter 665 (2022) — The Small Estate Affidavit Limited Letter of Authority Act (Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-103)",
    "authority": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "container-title": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 665 (2022) (Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-103)",
    "URL": "https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/pub/pc0665.pdf",
    "abstract": "After the expiration of forty-five (45) days from the date of the decedent's death, as evidenced by the death certificate, provided no petition for the appointment of a personal representative of the decedent has been filed in that period of time and the decedent's estate, one (1) or more of the decedent's competent adult heirs or next of kin, or any creditor proving that the creditor's debt on oath before the court, shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit, along with a copy of the death certificate, which shall set forth the following: (i) That the decedent left no will requiring administration by the court having probate jurisdiction in the county where the decedent was domiciled; (ii) That the decedent had no interest in real property; (iii) An itemized description and the value of all the decedent",
    "note": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 665 (2022) (Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-103) — Enacted session law rewriting Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-4-103 (the affidavit + limited-letter-of-authority route). SUPERSEDED by 2023 Pub. Ch. 297, which deleted Title 30, Chapter 4 in full and replaced the affidavit mechanism with a court petition for limited letters (see source tn-small-estate-2023). Retained here to document the 45-day wait's origin and the pre-2023 affidavit procedure; it does not describe current law and does not state the dollar threshold.",
    "keyword": "Tennessee, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
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    "id": "tn-creditor-tenncare",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Public Chapter 102 (2021) — time limits on Bureau of TennCare claims (Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-310)",
    "authority": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "container-title": "Tennessee Secretary of State",
    "genre": "session-law",
    "number": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 102 (2021) (Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-310)",
    "URL": "https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/pub/pc0102.pdf",
    "abstract": "Twelve (12) months from the decedent's date of death; or (B) Four (4) months from the date when the bureau received the notice to creditors",
    "note": "Tenn. Pub. Ch. 102 (2021) (Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-310) — Enacted session law. Sets only the TennCare-specific outer limit; the general publication/actual-notice bar (§ 30-2-307) is not restated here.",
    "keyword": "Tennessee, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "tx-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Texas Estates Code § 205.001 - Small estate affidavit entitlement",
    "authority": "Texas Legislature (statutes content host)",
    "container-title": "Texas Legislature (statutes content host)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Tex. Est. Code § 205.001",
    "URL": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/ES/htm/ES.205.htm",
    "abstract": "The distributees of the estate of a decedent who dies intestate are entitled to the decedent's estate without waiting for the appointment of a personal representative of the estate to the extent the estate assets, excluding homestead and exempt property, exceed the known liabilities of the estate, excluding any liabilities secured by homestead and exempt property, if: (1) 30 days have elapsed since the date of the decedent's death; (2) no petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted; (3) the value of the estate assets on the date of the affidavit described by Subdivision (4), excluding homestead and exempt property, does not exceed $75,000;",
    "note": "Tex. Est. Code § 205.001 — Fetched from tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources, the Texas Legislature's own statutes content host that backs statutes.capitol.texas.gov (which now serves a client-rendered app shell with no server-side statute text).",
    "keyword": "Texas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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    }
  },
  {
    "id": "tx-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Texas Estates Code § 352.002 - Standard compensation",
    "authority": "Texas Legislature (statutes content host)",
    "container-title": "Texas Legislature (statutes content host)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Tex. Est. Code § 352.002",
    "URL": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/ES/htm/ES.352.htm",
    "abstract": "is entitled to receive a five percent commission on all amounts that the executor or administrator actually receives or pays out in cash in the administration of the estate.",
    "note": "Tex. Est. Code § 352.002 — Section 352.002(b) caps the commission in the aggregate at 5% of the gross fair market value of the estate and excludes cash on hand/in accounts at death, life-insurance proceeds, and cash paid to heirs/legatees. Section 352.003 allows alternate reasonable compensation for unusual efforts.",
    "keyword": "Texas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "tx-filing-fee-lg",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Texas Local Government Code § 118.052 - County clerk fee schedule (probate)",
    "authority": "Texas Legislature (statutes content host)",
    "container-title": "Texas Legislature (statutes content host)",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 118.052",
    "URL": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/LG/htm/LG.118.htm",
    "abstract": "(2) PROBATE COURT ACTIONS (A) Services in Pending Probate Action (Sec. 118.056 ): (i) Filing an inventory and appraisement as provided by Section 118.056 (d) . . . $25.00;",
    "note": "Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 118.052 — This statewide schedule fixes only specific per-service probate fees (e.g., $25 to file an inventory, $10 for a claim against the estate). It does NOT set a single statewide fee to open a probate: the opening filing fee is a consolidated charge set by each county under Government Code / commissioners-court authority, so the opening amount is county-variable.",
    "keyword": "Texas, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ut-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Utah Code § 75-3-1201, collection by affidavit",
    "authority": "Utah Legislature",
    "container-title": "Utah Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Utah Code § 75-3-1201",
    "URL": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S1201_2025050720250507.pdf",
    "abstract": "(1) Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of tangible personal property, including an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action, belonging to the decedent shall pay the indebtedness or deliver the tangible personal property, or instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in action to a person claiming to be the successor of the decedent, upon being presented with an affidavit made by or on behalf of the successor stating that: (a) the value of the entire estate subject to administration, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000; (b) 30 days have elapsed since the death of the decedent; (c) no application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction; and (d) the claiming successor is entitled",
    "note": "Utah Code § 75-3-1201 — Source bound to the Utah Legislature's official versioned PDF (le.utah.gov xcode PDF export) rather than the HTML page, which now serves a client-side JavaScript shell that no longer returns statute text to a machine fetch; the PDF returns the codified section body verbatim.",
    "keyword": "Utah, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ut-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Utah Code § 78A-2-301, civil filing fees",
    "authority": "Utah Legislature",
    "container-title": "Utah Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a)",
    "URL": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title78A/Chapter2/C78A-2-S301_2026050620260506.pdf",
    "abstract": "(1) (a) The fee for filing any civil complaint or petition invoking the jurisdiction of a court of record not governed by another subsection is $375.",
    "note": "Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a) — Source bound to the Utah Legislature's official versioned PDF export rather than the HTML page, which now serves a JavaScript shell; the PDF returns the section body verbatim. The page also states “Superseded 1/1/2027”; $375 is operative on the 2026-08-09 review date and requires re-review before 2027.",
    "keyword": "Utah, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ut-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Utah Code § 75-3-718, personal-representative compensation",
    "authority": "Utah Legislature",
    "container-title": "Utah Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Utah Code § 75-3-718",
    "URL": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S718_1800010118000101.pdf",
    "abstract": "(1) A personal representative and an attorney are entitled to reasonable compensation for their services. If a petition is filed which either directly or indirectly seeks approval of the personal representative's compensation or the attorney's compensation and if no objection is filed by an interested person to the compensation requested, reasonable compensation shall be the compensation sought in the petition. When an interested person objects to the personal representative's compensation, the court shall determine reasonable compensation for the personal representative based on the quality, quantity, and value of the services rendered to the estate and the circumstances under which those services were rendered, including the practice for other fiduciaries who are in similar circumstances to the personal representative in question.",
    "note": "Utah Code § 75-3-718 — Source bound to the Utah Legislature's official versioned PDF export rather than the HTML page, which now serves a JavaScript shell; the PDF returns the section body verbatim.",
    "keyword": "Utah, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ut-creditor-notice",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Utah Code § 75-3-801, notice to creditors",
    "authority": "Utah Legislature",
    "container-title": "Utah Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Utah Code § 75-3-801",
    "URL": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S801_1800010118000101.pdf",
    "abstract": "(1) (a) A personal representative, upon appointment, may publish a notice to creditors announcing the personal representative's appointment and address and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication of the notice or be forever barred. (b) The notice described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be published: (i) once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and (ii) in accordance with Section 45-1-101 for three weeks. (2) A personal representative may give written notice by mail or other delivery to any creditor, notifying the creditor to present his claim within 90 days from the published notice if given as provided in Subsection (1) above or within 60 days from the mailing or other delivery of the notice, whichever is later, or be forever barred.",
    "note": "Utah Code § 75-3-801 — Source bound to the Utah Legislature's official versioned PDF export rather than the HTML page, which now serves a JavaScript shell; the PDF returns the section body verbatim.",
    "keyword": "Utah, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "ut-creditor-limit",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Utah Code § 75-3-803, limitations on claims",
    "authority": "Utah Legislature",
    "container-title": "Utah Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Utah Code § 75-3-803",
    "URL": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title75/Chapter3/C75-3-S803_2025050720250507.pdf",
    "abstract": "(1) All claims against a decedent's estate which arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the state and any subdivision of it, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, founded on contract, tort, or other legal basis, if not barred earlier by other statute of limitations, are barred against the estate, the personal representative, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless presented within the earlier of the following dates: (a) one year after the decedent's death; or (b) within the time provided by Subsection 75-3-801(2) for creditors who are given actual notice, and where notice is published, within the time provided in Subsection 75-3-801(1) for all claims barred by publication.",
    "note": "Utah Code § 75-3-803 — Source bound to the Utah Legislature's official versioned PDF export rather than the HTML page, which now serves a JavaScript shell; the PDF returns the section body verbatim.",
    "keyword": "Utah, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "vt-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Vermont Statutes, Commencement of Small Estate",
    "authority": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "14 V.S.A. § 1901",
    "URL": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/081/01901",
    "abstract": "§ 1901. Commencement of small estate (a) When a decedent's estate has a fair market value of not more than $45,000.00 and consists entirely of personal property, provided that the estate may include a time-share estate as defined by 32 V.S.A. § 3619(a), an estate may be commenced by filing: (1) a petition to open a probate estate; (2) a list of interested persons; (3) the filing fee; (4) an original death certificate; (5) an inventory of the estate, including information or estimates available at the time of filing; (6) an affidavit of paid and outstanding funeral expenses and any other known or reasonably ascertainable debts of the decedent; (7) a bond without surety in the amount of the fair market value of the estate; and (8) the will, if any.",
    "note": "14 V.S.A. § 1901",
    "keyword": "Vermont, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "vt-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Vermont Statutes, Probate Cases Entry Fees",
    "authority": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "32 V.S.A. § 1434",
    "URL": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/32/017/01434",
    "abstract": "§ 1434. Probate cases (a) The following entry fees shall be paid to the Probate Division of the Superior Court for the benefit of the State, except for subdivisions (18) and (19) of this subsection, which shall be for the benefit of the county in which the fee was collected: (1) Estates of $10,000.00 or less $50.00 (2) Estates of more than $10,000.00 to not more than $50,000.00 $110.00 (3) Estates of more than $50,000.00 to not more than $150,000.00 $265.00 (4) Estates of more than $150,000.00 to not more than $500,000.00 $500.00 (5) Estates of more than $500,000.00 to not more than $1,000,000.00 $1,000.00 (6) Estates of more than $1,000,000.00 to not more than $5,000,000.00 $1,750.00 (7) Estates of more than $5,000,000.00 to not more than $10,000,000.00 $2,500.00 (8) Estates of more than $10,000,000.00 $3,250.00",
    "note": "32 V.S.A. § 1434",
    "keyword": "Vermont, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "vt-affidavit-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Vermont Statutes, Small-Estate Affidavit Entry Fee",
    "authority": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "32 V.S.A. § 1434(a)(30)",
    "URL": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/32/017/01434",
    "abstract": "(30) Affidavit procedure for small estates pursuant to Rule 80.3(h) of the Vermont Rules of Probate Procedure $50.00",
    "note": "32 V.S.A. § 1434(a)(30)",
    "keyword": "Vermont, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "vt-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Vermont Statutes, Notice to Creditors",
    "authority": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "14 V.S.A. § 1201",
    "URL": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/066/01201",
    "abstract": "§ 1201. Notice to creditors (a) The Probate Division of the Superior Court may issue an order excusing the executor or administrator from complying with the notice to creditors provisions of the Rules of Probate Procedure when it appears to the court that: (1) there are no debts existing against the decedent; or (2) that the debts against the decedent are all known to the executor or administrator and there are funds to pay them; or (3) the value of the estate does not exceed the sum of $2,500.00 and is assigned for the support of the surviving spouse.",
    "note": "14 V.S.A. § 1201",
    "keyword": "Vermont, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "vt-executor-comp",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Vermont Statutes, Compensation of Appointees",
    "authority": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "32 V.S.A. § 1143",
    "URL": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/32/015/01143",
    "abstract": "§ 1143. Compensation of appointees Persons acting under the authority of the Probate Division of the Superior Court shall be paid as follows: (1) for each day's attendance by executor, administrator, trustee, agent, or guardian, on the business of their appointment, $4.00; (2) for each day's attendance of commissioners, appraisers, or committee, $4.00; and (3) the Probate Division of the Superior Court may allow in cases of unusual difficulty or responsibility such further sum as it judges reasonable.",
    "note": "32 V.S.A. § 1143",
    "keyword": "Vermont, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "vt-creditor-1203",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Vermont Statutes, Limitations on Presentation of Claims",
    "authority": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "container-title": "Vermont General Assembly",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "14 V.S.A. § 1203",
    "URL": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/14/066/01203",
    "abstract": "(1) within four months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with the Rules of Probate Procedure; provided, however, that claims barred by the nonclaim statute of the decedent's domicile before the first publication for claims in this State are also barred in this State; (2) within one year after the decedent's death if notice to creditors has not been published or otherwise given as provided by the Rules of Probate Procedure.",
    "note": "14 V.S.A. § 1203",
    "keyword": "Vermont, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wi-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wisconsin Statutes, Transfer by Affidavit",
    "authority": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "container-title": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wis. Stat. § 867.03",
    "URL": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/867/03",
    "abstract": "867.03 Transfer by affidavit. 867.03(1c) (1c) Definition. In this section, \"guardian\" has the meaning given in s. 54.01 (10) or s. 880.01 (3) , 2003 stats. 867.03(1g) (1g) Generally. Except as provided in sub. (1h) and subject to subs. (1j) and (1p) , when a decedent leaves property subject to administration in this state that does not exceed $50,000 in gross value, any heir of the decedent, trustee of a revocable trust created by the decedent, a person named in the will to act as personal representative, or person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of the decedent's death may collect any money due the decedent, receive the property of the decedent, and have any evidence of interest, obligation to, or right of the decedent transferred to the affiant if the heir, trustee, person named in the will to act as personal representative, or guardian provides to the person owing the",
    "note": "Wis. Stat. § 867.03",
    "keyword": "Wisconsin, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wi-summary-settlement",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wisconsin Statutes, Summary Settlement of Small Estates",
    "authority": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "container-title": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wis. Stat. § 867.01",
    "URL": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/867/01",
    "abstract": "867.01 Summary settlement of small estates. 867.02 Summary assignment of small estates subject to claims of creditors. 867.03 Transfer by affidavit. 867.04 Termination of joint tenancy and life estate. 867.045 Administrative joint tenancy or life estate termination for certain property. 867.046 Summary confirmation of interest in property. 867.05 Determination of descent of property. 867.07 Grounds for appointment of special administrator. 867.09 Who may petition for appointment of special administrator. 867.11 Notice of hearing on petition for appointment of special administrator. 867.13 Bond of special administrator. 867.15 Letters of special administration; no appeal. 867.17 Powers, duties and liabilities of special administrator. 867.19 Compensation of special administrator. 867.21 Termination of authority and discharge of special administrator. Ch.",
    "note": "Wis. Stat. § 867.01",
    "keyword": "Wisconsin, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wi-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wisconsin Statutes, Fees of Register in Probate",
    "authority": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "container-title": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wis. Stat. § 814.66(1)(a)2",
    "URL": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/814/ii/66",
    "abstract": "814.66 Fees of register in probate. 814.66(1) (1) The register in probate shall collect the following fees: 814.66(1)(a) (a) 814.66(1)(a)2. 2. For filing a petition whereby any proceeding in estates of deceased persons is commenced, if the value of the property subject to administration, less encumbrances, liens, or charges, is $18,500 or less, a fee of $36 and, if more than $18,500, a fee of 0.2 percent of the value of the property subject to administration, less encumbrances, liens, or charges. The register in probate may not base a fee under this subdivision upon the value of property that is not subject to administration.",
    "note": "Wis. Stat. § 814.66(1)(a)2 — The page leads with text effective November 1, 2026 and separately prints the currently operative pre-November text. As of the dossier date, the $20 minimum / 0.2% schedule is operative.",
    "keyword": "Wisconsin, primary",
    "issued": {
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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  {
    "id": "wi-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wisconsin Statutes, Personal Representative Expenses and Services",
    "authority": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "container-title": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wis. Stat. § 857.05",
    "URL": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/857/05",
    "abstract": "857.05 Allowances to personal representative for expenses and services. 857.05(1) (1) Expenses. The personal representative shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management and settlement of the estate. 857.05(2) (2) Services. Subject to the approval of the court the personal representative shall be allowed for his or her services commissions computed on the inventory value of the property for which the personal representative is accountable less any mortgages or liens plus net principal gains in the estate proceedings at a rate of 2 percent or a rate that the decedent and the personal representative, or the persons who receive the majority interest in the estate and the personal representative, agree to in writing; and such further sums in cases of unusual difficulty or extraordinary services as the court determines reasonable.",
    "note": "Wis. Stat. § 857.05",
    "keyword": "Wisconsin, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
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      "date-parts": [
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  },
  {
    "id": "wi-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wisconsin Statutes, Time for Filing Claims",
    "authority": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "container-title": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wis. Stat. §§ 859.01-.02",
    "URL": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/859/01",
    "abstract": "859.01 Time for filing claims. When an application for administration is filed, the court, or the probate registrar under informal administration proceedings, shall by order set a date as the deadline for filing a claim against the decedent's estate. The date shall be not less than 3 nor more than 4 months from the date of the order. If a claim is not filed by the deadline, the consequences provided in s. 859.02 apply. 859.01 History History: 1989 a. 96 ; 2005 a. 216 . 859.01 Annotation The statute of limitations concerning claims filed against an estate in probate may not be waived. Estate of Palmer, 68 Wis. 2d 101 , 227 N.W.2d 680 (1975). 859.02 859.02 Limitation on claims. 859.02(1) (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) and s.",
    "note": "Wis. Stat. §§ 859.01-.02",
    "keyword": "Wisconsin, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          9
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  },
  {
    "id": "wi-creditor-outer",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wisconsin Statutes, Claims of Creditors Without Notice",
    "authority": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "container-title": "Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wis. Stat. § 859.48",
    "URL": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/859/48",
    "abstract": "859.48 Claims of creditors without notice. 859.48(1) (1) A claim not barred by s. 859.02 (1) because of the operation of s. 859.02 (2) (b) may be enforced only as provided in this section. 859.48(2) (2) The claimant shall file the claim in the court in which the estate is administered within one year after the decedent's death and within 30 days after the earlier of the following: 859.48(2)(a) (a) The date that the personal representative gives notice to the potential claimant of the deadline for filing a claim against the estate under s. 859.01 or this section and of the court in which the estate is administered. 859.48(2)(b) (b) The date that the claimant first acquires actual knowledge that the estate is being or was administered and of the court in which the estate is administered.",
    "note": "Wis. Stat. § 859.48",
    "keyword": "Wisconsin, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
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          8,
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  },
  {
    "id": "wv-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "West Virginia Small Estate Act",
    "authority": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "container-title": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "W. Va. Code § 44-1A-2",
    "URL": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44-1A-2/",
    "abstract": "§44-1A-2. Administration of a small estate upon affidavit and without appointment. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this code to the contrary, the small estate of a decedent who dies domiciled in this state, without owning any probate real property or without owning any interest in probate real property, may be administered upon affidavit and without the appointment of a personal representative, and the small assets of the decedent may be paid or delivered to the authorized successor as provided in this article.",
    "note": "W. Va. Code § 44-1A-2",
    "keyword": "West Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wv-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "West Virginia County Commission Clerk Fees",
    "authority": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "container-title": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "W. Va. Code § 59-1-10(a)",
    "URL": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-1-10/",
    "abstract": "§59-1-10. Fees to be charged by clerk of county commission. For the purpose of this section, the word \"page\" is defined as being a paper or electronic writing of not more than legal size, 8 1/2\" x 14\". (a) When a writing is admitted to the record, for receiving proof of acknowledgment of the writing, entering an order in connection with the writing, endorsing clerk's certificate of recordation on the writing and indexing in a proper index, the clerk of the county commission shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) Thirty dollars for a deed of conveyance (with or without a plat), trust deed, fixture filing, or security agreement concerning real estate lease. (2) Forty dollars for a trustee's report of sale for any property for which additional information and filing requirements are required by §38-1-8a of this code.",
    "note": "W. Va. Code § 59-1-10(a)",
    "keyword": "West Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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  },
  {
    "id": "wv-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "West Virginia Personal Representative Compensation",
    "authority": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "container-title": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "W. Va. Code § 44-4-12a",
    "URL": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44-4-12a/",
    "abstract": "§44-4-12a. Compensation and expenses of personal representatives. (a) Personal representatives, as defined in section one, article one, chapter forty-two of this code, shall be allowed any reasonable expenses incurred by the personal representative as such and commissions upon the amount of all the personal estate which is subject to administration, including the income from the personal estate, that is received and accounted for by them and upon the proceeds of real estate that is sold, as follows: (1) For the first $100,000, at the rate of five percent; (2) All above $100,000 and not exceeding $400,000, at the rate of four percent; (3) All above $400,000 and not exceeding $800,000, at the rate of three percent; and (4) All above $800,000, at the rate of two percent.",
    "note": "W. Va. Code § 44-4-12a",
    "keyword": "West Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wv-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "West Virginia Bar for Claims Not Presented",
    "authority": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "container-title": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "W. Va. Code § 44-2-26",
    "URL": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44-2-26/",
    "abstract": "§44-2-26. When claims not presented and proved barred of recovery from personal representative. Every person including the State Tax Commissioner, having a claim against a deceased person, whether due or not, who has not, after notice to creditors has been published as prescribed in this article, presented his claim on or before the time fixed in such notice, or before that time has not instituted a civil action or suit thereon, shall, notwithstanding the same be not barred by some other statute of limitations that is applicable thereto, be barred from recovering such claim of or from the personal representative, or from thereafter setting off the same against the personal representative in any action or suit whatever; except that if a surplus remain after providing for all claims presented in due time, or on which action or suit shall have been commenced in due time, and such surplus",
    "note": "W. Va. Code § 44-2-26",
    "keyword": "West Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
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  },
  {
    "id": "wv-creditor-notice-14a",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "West Virginia Code, Notice of Administration of Estate",
    "authority": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "container-title": "West Virginia Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "W. Va. Code § 44-1-14a(a)(7)",
    "URL": "https://code.wvlegislature.gov/44-1-14a/",
    "abstract": "The date of first publication; (7) A statement that claims against the estate must be filed within sixty days of the date of first publication in accordance with article two or article three-a of this chapter",
    "note": "W. Va. Code § 44-1-14a(a)(7)",
    "keyword": "West Virginia, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wy-small-estate",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wyoming Statutes Title 2 — Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code",
    "authority": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "container-title": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205",
    "URL": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title02.pdf",
    "abstract": "2-1-205. Summary procedure for distribution of personal or real property; application for decree; notice by publication; presumptive evidence of title; effect of false statements. (a) If any person dies who is the owner of personal or real property, including mineral interests, but whose entire estate including personal property does not exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00), less liens and encumbrances, the person or persons claiming to be the distributee or distributees of the decedent may file, not earlier than thirty (30) days after the decedent's death, an application for a decree of summary distribution of property. (b) The application shall be sworn to and signed by any person claiming to be a distributee and shall state the facts required by W.S. 2-1-201(a)(i) through (v).",
    "note": "Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205",
    "keyword": "Wyoming, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "wy-executor-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wyoming Statutes Title 2 — Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code",
    "authority": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "container-title": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-803",
    "URL": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title02.pdf",
    "abstract": "The fees shall be computed on the basis of the amount of the decedent's probate estate accounted for as follows: (i) For the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of the basis, ten percent (10%); (ii) For all sums over one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) of the basis, five percent (5%); (iii) For all sums over five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) but not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, three percent (3%); (iv) For all sums over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) of the basis, two percent (2%).",
    "note": "Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-803",
    "keyword": "Wyoming, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
        ]
      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
          8,
          9
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  },
  {
    "id": "wy-creditor-claims",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wyoming Statutes Title 2 — Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code",
    "authority": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "container-title": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-703",
    "URL": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title02.pdf",
    "abstract": "2-7-703. Filing required; failure to do so constitutes bar; exceptions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all claims whether due, not due or contingent, shall be filed in duplicate with the clerk within the time limited in the notice to creditors and any claim not so filed is barred forever. Any claimant to whom the personal representative has mailed a notice pursuant to W.S. 2-7-205(a)(ii) shall file his claim within three (3) months after the date of first publication of the notice in the newspaper, or before the expiration of thirty (30) days after the mailing, whichever date is later, and any claim not so filed is barred forever. If only one (1) copy of a claim is filed, the clerk shall make a duplicate and shall charge the claimant a reasonable fee not to exceed two dollars ($2.00) per page.",
    "note": "Wyo. Stat. §§ 2-7-201, 2-7-703",
    "keyword": "Wyoming, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
    "accessed": {
      "date-parts": [
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          8,
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  },
  {
    "id": "wy-filing-fee",
    "type": "legislation",
    "title": "Wyoming Statutes Title 5 — District Court Clerk Fees",
    "authority": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "container-title": "Wyoming Legislature",
    "genre": "statute",
    "number": "Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-206(a)(i)",
    "URL": "https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title05.pdf",
    "abstract": "5-3-206. Fees. (a) For all civil matters filed or commenced, the clerk of each district court shall charge the following fees: (i) For filing instruments or documents in each civil action and certifying one (1) copy of any order, decree or judgment at the time of its filing for each party, an original filing fee of one hundred sixty dollars ($160.00), which shall be paid by the plaintiff. This fee shall apply to original actions commenced and to actions that are reopened after a final decree previously has been entered. Forty dollars ($40.00) of the filing fee shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5-3-205;",
    "note": "Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-206(a)(i)",
    "keyword": "Wyoming, primary",
    "issued": {
      "date-parts": [
        [
          2026,
          8,
          9
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      ]
    },
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      "date-parts": [
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          2026,
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