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Every source behind the Idaho guide

5 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 16 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 Idaho 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 the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

Idaho Code § 15-3-1201

Idaho State Legislature · Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. · Verified August 9, 2026

(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

What was published from this source

  • ID Idaho Code § 15-3-1201

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.

  • threshold $100,000 net of liens, 30 days
  • section identity 15-3-1201
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1)

Idaho State Legislature · Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. · Verified August 9, 2026

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)

What this means: 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.

What was published from this source

  • ID Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1)

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.

  • magistrate division civil filing fee $120
  • section identity 31-3201A
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

Idaho Code § 15-3-719

Idaho State Legislature · Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. · Verified August 9, 2026

15-3-719. Compensation of personal representative. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.

What was published from this source

  • ID Idaho Code § 15-3-719

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.

  • reasonable compensation standard
  • section identity 15-3-719
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

Idaho Code § 15-3-801

Idaho State Legislature · Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What this means: 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.

What was published from this source

  • ID Idaho Code § 15-3-801

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.

  • publication 4-month bar
  • actual-notice later-of 60 days
  • section identity 15-3-801
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

Idaho Code § 15-3-803(a)

Idaho State Legislature · Idaho Statutes are updated to the website July 1 following the legislative session. · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • ID Idaho Code § 15-3-803(a)

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.

  • outer nonclaim 3 years
  • section identity 15-3-803
  • section identity

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Statutes read in full for Idaho

These are the Idaho 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 Idaho — 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
Idaho Code § 15-3-803Idaho carves state taxes out of the claims bar entirely — creditor deadline note2026-09-17
Idaho Code § 15-3-1201Idaho measures fair market value, and names the state as a successor for Medicaid recovery — small estate route note2026-09-17
Idaho Code §§ 15-3-719, 15-3-721Idaho’s fee review provision has not been amended since 1971 — representative pay note2026-09-17

Idaho source decision map

How the Idaho records fit together

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

QuestionRecorded Idaho answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201)Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route.
What property and basis count?personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$100,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; Idaho runs multiple independently-triggered claim deadlines that cannot honestly collapse into one number: a four-month bar running from first publication of the notice to creditors (§ 15-3-801(a)); a separate actual-notice period for a creditor given written notice by mail, running to the later of four months after publication or sixty (60) days after the mailing/delivery of the notice (§ 15-3-801(b)); and an outer nonclaim bar of three years after death (§ 15-3-803(a)(1)). Publishing a single figure would mislead.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?No single statewide amount is published here; confirm the receiving court's current schedule.Ask the Magistrate Division of the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Idaho Code § 15-3-719 entitles a personal representative to "reasonable compensation for his services." There is no statutory percentage schedule. A will may fix compensation, but the personal representative may renounce that provision before qualifying and take reasonable compensation instead, and may also renounce any part of the fee. 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 Idaho source set does not silently decide

The Idaho 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 Idaho amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Idaho ceiling is $100,000, and it is tested against personal probate property only, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $75,000 sits below the Idaho figure and $125,000 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 Idaho counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Idaho ceilingWhat it does not decide
$75,000Below $100,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$125,000Above $100,000Whether 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

Idaho probate is administered in the Magistrate Division of the District Court. Idaho publishes statewide self-help resources through the Idaho Court Self-Help Center; forms and the operative filing fee for a magistrate-division civil case are set statewide by Idaho Code § 31-3201A. The § 15-3-1201 affidavit is a private demand instrument, not a court filing, so no statewide affidavit form is required to be filed with the court.

Source trail

Records used by this Idaho map

What Idaho 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

  • Idaho probate is administered in the Magistrate Division of the District Court. Idaho publishes statewide self-help resources through the Idaho Court Self-Help Center; forms and the operative filing fee for a magistrate-division civil case are set statewide by Idaho Code § 31-3201A. The § 15-3-1201 affidavit is a private demand instrument, not a court filing, so no statewide affidavit form is required to be filed with the court.

Checking these Idaho 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 Idaho. 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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