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  "name": "Estate Settlement Cost legal source catalog",
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      "code": "NV",
      "name": "Nevada",
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        "nv-small-estate",
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      "code": "NE",
      "name": "Nebraska",
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      "id": "fl-small-estate",
      "title": "Florida Statutes, Summary Administration",
      "publisher": "Florida Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0735/Sections/0735.201.html",
      "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 735.201",
      "quote": "(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 $75,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.",
      "editorialNote": "Florida codifies its statutes once a year, so this page still serves the 2025 edition and its $75,000 figure is out of date. The limit is $150,000 under Chapter 2026-57. This section is cited here for the conditions the act did not change: the two-year alternate route, and the requirement that a will must not direct administration under chapter 733.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fl-small-estate-2026",
      "title": "Chapter 2026-57, Laws of Florida (CS/HB 1337, enrolled), amending the summary administration limit",
      "publisher": "Florida Senate",
      "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1337/BillText/er/PDF",
      "citation": "Ch. 2026-57, § 7, Laws of Fla. (amending Fla. Stat. § 735.201(2))",
      "quote": "(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.",
      "editorialNote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fl-filing-fee",
      "title": "Florida Statutes, Probate Filing Charges",
      "publisher": "Florida Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0000-0099/0028/Sections/0028.2401.html",
      "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 28.2401(1)",
      "quote": "(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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fl-executor-fee",
      "title": "Florida Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
      "publisher": "Florida Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0733/Sections/0733.617.html",
      "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 733.617",
      "quote": "(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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "oh-small-estate",
      "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Release from Administration",
      "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
      "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.03",
      "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A)",
      "quote": "(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:",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "oh-filing-fee",
      "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Probate Court Fees",
      "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
      "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2101.16",
      "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16",
      "quote": "(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:",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "oh-executor-fee",
      "title": "Ohio Revised Code, Executor and Administrator Fees",
      "publisher": "Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules",
      "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.35",
      "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35",
      "quote": "(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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "nc-small-estate",
      "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Collection by Affidavit",
      "publisher": "North Carolina General Assembly",
      "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-25-1.html",
      "citation": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-25-1",
      "quote": "(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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "nc-filing-fee",
      "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Costs in Estate Administration",
      "publisher": "North Carolina General Assembly",
      "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_7A/GS_7A-307.html",
      "citation": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-307",
      "quote": "(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).",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "nc-executor-fee",
      "title": "North Carolina General Statutes, Commissions",
      "publisher": "North Carolina General Assembly",
      "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_28A/GS_28A-23-3.html",
      "citation": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-23-3",
      "quote": "(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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "va-small-estate",
      "title": "Code of Virginia, Small Asset Affidavit",
      "publisher": "Virginia General Assembly",
      "url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-601/",
      "citation": "Va. Code § 64.2-601",
      "quote": "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;",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "va-filing-fee",
      "title": "Code of Virginia, Clerk Fees",
      "publisher": "Virginia General Assembly",
      "url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/17.1-275/",
      "citation": "Va. Code § 17.1-275(A)(3)",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "va-executor-fee",
      "title": "Code of Virginia, Fiduciary Compensation",
      "publisher": "Virginia General Assembly",
      "url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/64.2-1208/",
      "citation": "Va. Code § 64.2-1208(A)",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "wa-small-estate",
      "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Small Estates",
      "publisher": "Washington State Legislature",
      "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.62.010",
      "citation": "RCW 11.62.010",
      "quote": "(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;",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "wa-filing-fee",
      "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Superior Court Fees",
      "publisher": "Washington State Legislature",
      "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=36.18.020",
      "citation": "RCW 36.18.020(2)(f)",
      "quote": "(f) In probate proceedings, the party instituting such proceedings, shall pay at the time of filing the first document therein, a fee of $200.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "wa-executor-fee",
      "title": "Revised Code of Washington, Personal Representative Compensation",
      "publisher": "Washington State Legislature",
      "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=11.48.210",
      "citation": "RCW 11.48.210",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "az-small-estate",
      "title": "Arizona Revised Statutes, Small Estates",
      "publisher": "Arizona State Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/03971.htm",
      "citation": "A.R.S. § 14-3971",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "az-filing-fee",
      "title": "Arizona Revised Statutes, Superior Court Fees",
      "publisher": "Arizona State Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/00284.htm",
      "citation": "A.R.S. § 12-284",
      "quote": "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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "az-executor-fee",
      "title": "Arizona Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
      "publisher": "Arizona State Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/14/03719.htm",
      "citation": "A.R.S. § 14-3719",
      "quote": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "mo-small-estate",
      "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Small Estate Affidavit",
      "publisher": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
      "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.097",
      "citation": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.097",
      "quote": "(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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "mo-filing-fee",
      "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Probate Fees",
      "publisher": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
      "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=488.012",
      "citation": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.012(16)",
      "quote": "(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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "mo-executor-fee",
      "title": "Revised Statutes of Missouri, Personal Representative Compensation",
      "publisher": "Missouri Revisor of Statutes",
      "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=473.153",
      "citation": "Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.153.1",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "nv-small-estate",
      "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Estates Not Exceeding $150,000",
      "publisher": "Nevada Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-146.html",
      "citation": "NRS 146.070 and 146.080",
      "quote": "(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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "nv-filing-fee",
      "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Probate Filing Fee",
      "publisher": "Nevada Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-019.html",
      "citation": "NRS 19.013(1)",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "nv-executor-fee",
      "title": "Nevada Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
      "publisher": "Nevada Legislature",
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-150.html",
      "citation": "NRS 150.020(1)",
      "quote": "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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "ne-small-estate",
      "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, Collection of Personal Property",
      "publisher": "Nebraska Legislature",
      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-24,125",
      "citation": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-24,125",
      "quote": "(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",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "ne-filing-fee",
      "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, County Court Fees",
      "publisher": "Nebraska Legislature",
      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=33-125",
      "citation": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i)",
      "quote": "(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.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
    },
    {
      "id": "ne-executor-fee",
      "title": "Nebraska Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation",
      "publisher": "Nebraska Legislature",
      "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=30-2480",
      "citation": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2480",
      "quote": "A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.",
      "lastVerified": "2026-08-07",
      "sourceClass": "primary"
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