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Every source behind the Florida guide

4 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 19 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch September 15, 2026

What each source establishes

The Florida guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and any statutory creditor-deadline gaps the related guide names rather than guesses through.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

Fla. Stat. § 735.201 (F.S. 735.201)

Florida Legislature · The 2026 Florida Statutes · Verified August 7, 2026

(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.

What this means: 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.

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.alternateNoCapAfterYears = 2

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • codified $150,000 ceiling
  • two-year alternate route
  • subsection (1) will condition
  • complete condition list states no waiting period

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Simplified-procedure rule

Ch. 2026-57, § 7, Laws of Fla. (amending Fla. Stat. § 735.201(2))

Florida Senate · This act shall take effect July 1, 2026 · Verified August 7, 2026

(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.

What this means: 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.

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 150000

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $150,000 ceiling enacted for subsection (2)
  • section 7 amends 735.201(2)
  • effective July 1, 2026
  • does not amend the clerk fee or personal representative compensation sections

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Court cost rule

Fla. Stat. § 28.2401(1) (F.S. 28.2401(1))

Florida Legislature · The 2026 Florida Statutes · Verified August 7, 2026

(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

What was published from this source

  • summary administration = 230 below $1,000, 340 at $1,000 or more, plus a $4 service charge
  • formal administration = 395 plus a $4 service charge

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $340 summary administration at $1,000 or more
  • $230 summary administration below $1,000
  • $395 formal administration
  • $4 additional service charge on these petitions
  • these are maximums the clerk may impose

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Executor compensation rule

Fla. Stat. § 733.617 (F.S. 733.617)

Florida Legislature · The 2026 Florida Statutes · Verified August 7, 2026

(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.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.tiers = 3% to $1M, 2.5% to $5M, 2% to $10M, 1.5% above
  • executorCompensation.valueBasis = compensable value (inventory value plus estate income)

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • 3 percent first $1 million
  • 2.5 percent above $1M to $5M
  • 2 percent above $5M to $10M
  • 1.5 percent above $10 million
  • presumed-reasonable framing
  • compensable value definition

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Statutes read in full for Florida

These are the Florida provisions read end to end on the enacting state’s own site, rather than summarised from a secondary source. The middle column is what reading each one actually established for Florida — not a restatement of the topic — and the last column records the date the wording was read, so a later amendment can be spotted by comparing dates.

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
Fla. Stat. § 733.702Florida’s claim bar runs from publication or from service, whichever falls later — creditor deadline note2026-09-17
Fla. Stat. § 733.617Florida’s presumed commission, and the base it is computed on — representative pay note2026-09-17

Florida source decision map

How the Florida records fit together

The source record is most useful when each citation has a job. This map links the Florida procedure, cost, compensation, and deadline records to the decision each one can and cannot answer.

QuestionRecorded Florida answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Summary administrationConfirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value with statutory exemptions not classified by this worksheet.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$150,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?No universal waiting period stated; No deadline is recorded here: The creditor-notice and claim-bar deadlines have not been verified to this site's primary-source standard, so no number is published.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?2 published schedules; the proceeding and value basis control the total.Ask the Circuit Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Florida presumes a percentage schedule is reasonable. The base is the compensable value of the estate, meaning the inventory value of the probate assets plus income the estate earned during administration, so it is not the same as the gross probate estate. A court may adjust compensation, and extraordinary services are paid separately. The relevant base is the estate accounting.Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate.

Decision boundary

What the Florida source set does not silently decide

The Florida records establish the rules listed above, but they do not turn a source citation into advice about title, family priority, tax filing, contested proceedings, or the exact clerk practice in every county. Those questions stay with the official court or a qualified adviser. The useful next step is to match the question to the citation rather than treating the longest quote as the answer to every estate problem.

Arithmetic illustration

See the Florida amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Florida ceiling is $150,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as gross value with statutory exemptions not classified by this worksheet. Counted that way, $112,500 sits below the Florida figure and $187,500 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Florida counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Florida ceilingWhat it does not decide
$112,500Below $150,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$187,500Above $150,000Whether another statutory route or court process applies

Next evidence to collect

Open the quoted record for the row you rely on and check the publisher's current text before filing.

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

Official material

Florida publishes no statewide summary-administration form. The petition is prepared for the circuit court in the county where the decedent lived, and requirements differ by circuit.

The statewide court system publishes one probate page; county clerk sites carry the operative local instructions.

Source trail

Records used by this Florida map

What Florida courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

Limits on court material

  • Florida publishes no statewide summary-administration form. The petition is prepared for the circuit court in the county where the decedent lived, and requirements differ by circuit.
  • The statewide court system publishes one probate page; county clerk sites carry the operative local instructions.

Checking these Florida records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the254 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Florida. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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