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Every source behind the Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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

Minn. Stat. § 524.3-1201

Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524 .3-1201; 1976 c 161 s 13 ; 1977 c 159 s 1 ; 1978 c 741 s 9 ; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 74 ; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 151 ; 1991 c 11 s 1 ; 1992 c 461 art 1 s 2 ; 1995 c 130 s 18 ; 1997 c 217 art 2 s 18 ; 3Sp1997 c 3 s 13 ; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32 ; 2002 c 347 s 3 ; 2009 c 117 art 1 s 3 ; 2016 c 135 art 2 s 31 · Verified August 9, 2026

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

What was published from this source

  • MN Minn. Stat. § 524.3-1201

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.

  • affidavit threshold and wait
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

Minn. Stat. § 357.021, subd. 2(1)

Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · This section has been affected by law enacted during the 2026 Regular Session. · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What this means: The page flags a 2026 amendment to subdivision 1a. The quoted opening-fee rule is in subdivision 2.

What was published from this source

  • MN Minn. Stat. § 357.021, subd. 2(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.

  • first-paper filing fee
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719

Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · History: 1974 c 442 art 3 s 524 .3-719; 1979 c 137 s 3 ; 1986 c 444 · Verified August 9, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • MN Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719

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
  • will and reasonableness factors
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801

Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · History: 1975 c 347 s 58 ; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82 ; 1989 c 163 s 1 ; 1996 c 451 art 2 s 55 ; 1997 c 217 art 2 s 16 ; 2000 c 400 s 6 ; 2008 c 341 art 4 s 3 ; 2024 c 79 art 9 s 20 ; 2024 c 127 art 55 s 15 · Verified August 9, 2026

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).

What was published from this source

  • MN Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801

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 and known-creditor service
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

Minn. Stat. § 524.3-803

Minnesota Revisor of Statutes · History: 1975 c 347 s 58 ; 1976 c 161 s 7 ; 1986 c 444 ; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82 ; 1989 c 163 s 3 ; 2006 c 221 s 22 ; 2008 c 326 art 1 s 41 ; 2008 c 341 art 4 s 4 ; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 83 · Verified August 9, 2026

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

What was published from this source

  • MN Minn. Stat. § 524.3-803

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.

  • claim-bar triggers
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Statutes read in full for Minnesota

These are the Minnesota 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 Minnesota — 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
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-803 (limitations on presentation of claims)Minnesota sets a different deadline for each kind of creditor, and how the creditor was told decides which one applies — creditor deadline note2026-09-17
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719Minnesota tells the court which three things it must consider — representative pay note2026-09-17

Minnesota source decision map

How the Minnesota records fit together

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

QuestionRecorded Minnesota answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Collection of personal property by affidavitConfirm 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?$75,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; Multiple independent deadlines run from first publication, individual service, claim accrual, and death, so one days value 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?$310 is the recorded statewide amount.Ask the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation. A will provision may be renounced before qualifying; the court considers time and labor, complexity and novelty, responsibilities, and results. The section states no percentage schedule or separate extraordinary-services rate. 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 Minnesota source set does not silently decide

The Minnesota 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 Minnesota amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Minnesota ceiling is $75,000, 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, $56,300 sits below the Minnesota figure and $93,800 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 Minnesota counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Minnesota ceilingWhat it does not decide
$56,300Below $75,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$93,800Above $75,000Whether 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

Minnesota publishes no court artifact in this registry. The Minnesota Judicial Branch mncourts.gov probate, forms, fee, and Find Courts pages returned HTTP 403 to automated verification on 2026-08-09, so they are not listed as verified resources.

The Minnesota Judicial Branch mncourts.gov probate, forms, fee, and Find Courts pages returned HTTP 403 to automated verification on 2026-08-09, so they are not listed as verified resources.

The Minnesota State Law Library’s official probate guide and forms guide returned HTTP 200.

Source trail

Records used by this Minnesota map

What Minnesota 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.

No Minnesota court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.

Limits on court material

  • The Minnesota Judicial Branch mncourts.gov probate, forms, fee, and Find Courts pages returned HTTP 403 to automated verification on 2026-08-09, so they are not listed as verified resources.
  • The Minnesota State Law Library’s official probate guide and forms guide returned HTTP 200.
  • Minnesota's official court forms and probate help live at mncourts.gov, which refuses automated requests, so no Minnesota court link is published here rather than substituting a copy hosted by a third party. Search mncourts.gov directly for probate forms.

Checking these Minnesota 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 Minnesota. 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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