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Every source behind the Indiana guide

5 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 26 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 Indiana 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

IC 29-1-8-1

Indiana General Assembly · Indiana Code 2025 · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • IN IC 29-1-8-1

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.

  • current threshold
  • waiting period
  • appointment disqualifier
  • section identity
  • edition signal
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

IC 29-1-10-13

Indiana General Assembly · Indiana Code 2025 · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • IN IC 29-1-10-13

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
  • additional compensation
  • section identity
  • edition signal
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

IC 29-1-14-1

Indiana General Assembly · Indiana Code 2025 · Verified August 9, 2026

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;

What was published from this source

  • IN IC 29-1-14-1

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.

  • publication deadline
  • outer bar
  • section identity
  • edition signal
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

IC 33-37-4-7

Indiana General Assembly · Indiana Code 2025 · Verified August 9, 2026

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).

What was published from this source

  • IN IC 33-37-4-7

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.

  • statutory probate base fee
  • additional fee direction
  • section identity
  • edition signal
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

Filing Fees/Costs for Probate Cases

Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana Office of Court Services · Indiana Trial Court Fee Manual Current through 2026 Legislative Session · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • IN Filing Fees/Costs for Probate Cases

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.

  • fee components
  • current total
  • optional sheriff service
  • document and edition identity
  • section identity

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Indiana source decision map

How the Indiana records fit together

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

QuestionRecorded Indiana answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Small-estate affidavit (dispensing with administration)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?$100,000 for deaths on or after July 1, 2022Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?45 days after death; Multiple distinct deadlines prevent an honest single days value. Ordinary claims are generally filed within three months after first publication, while claims barrable under subsection (a) face a nine-month-from-death outer bar, subject to statutory exceptions including specified governmental, lien, and tort claims. No separate actual-notice or appointment deadline was verified in this section.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?$177 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the Circuit/Superior Court with probate jurisdiction about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?The will controls unless renounced; otherwise the court allows compensation it deems just and reasonable. Additional compensation may be allowed for attorney services and services not required of a personal representative. 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 Indiana source set does not silently decide

The Indiana 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 Indiana amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Indiana ceiling is $100,000 for deaths on or after July 1, 2022, 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 Indiana 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 Indiana counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Indiana ceilingWhat it does not decide
$75,000Below $100,000 for deaths on or after July 1, 2022Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$125,000Above $100,000 for deaths on or after July 1, 2022Whether 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

Indiana probate jurisdiction is exercised by the Circuit or Superior Court identified for the county; use the judiciary directory.

Source trail

Records used by this Indiana map

What Indiana 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

  • Indiana probate jurisdiction is exercised by the Circuit or Superior Court identified for the county; use the judiciary directory.

Checking these Indiana 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 Indiana. 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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