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Every source behind the Ohio 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 Ohio 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

Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A)

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Effective: January 13, 2012 · Verified August 7, 2026

(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:

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 35000
  • smallEstate.spouseThreshold = 100000

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.

  • $35,000 general ceiling
  • $100,000 surviving-spouse ceiling
  • surviving-spouse condition
  • release conditions are value-based, with no waiting period stated

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Court cost rule

Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Effective: September 30, 2025 · Verified August 7, 2026

(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:

What was published from this source

  • filingFee.amount = unknown (statutory base plus local additions)

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 schedule is statutory
  • county-level variation is contemplated

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Simplified-procedure rule

Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.031(B)

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Effective: October 12, 2006 · Verified August 7, 2026

(B)(1) If the value of the assets of the decedent's estate does not exceed the lesser of five thousand dollars or the amount of the decedent's funeral and burial expenses, any person who is not a surviving spouse and who has paid or is obligated in writing to pay the decedent's funeral and burial expenses, including a person described in section 2108.89 of the Revised Code, may apply to the probate court for an order granting a summary release from administration in accordance with this section.

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate: summary release from administration for the lesser of $5,000 or funeral and burial expenses

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.

  • lesser of $5,000 or funeral and burial expenses
  • surviving-spouse track adds up to $5,000 for funeral and burial
  • summary release from administration procedure

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Executor compensation rule

Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Effective: September 29, 2015 · Verified August 7, 2026

(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. (B) Executors and administrators shall be allowed a fee of one per cent on the value of real property that is not sold. Executors and administrators also shall be allowed a fee of one per cent on the value of all property that is not subject to administration and that would have been includable for purposes of computing the Ohio estate tax, except joint and survivorship property, had the decedent died on December 31, 2012, so that section 5731.02 of the Revised Code applied to the estate.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.tiers = 4% to $100k, 3% to $400k, 2% above
  • executorCompensation adds a 1% fee on real property not sold under subsection (B)

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.

  • 4 percent first $100,000
  • 3 percent to $400,000
  • 2 percent above $400,000
  • 1 percent on real property not sold

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Creditor deadline rule

Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06(B)

Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules · Effective: April 3, 2023 · Verified August 7, 2026

(B) Except as provided in section 2117.061 of the Revised Code, all claims shall be presented within six months after the death of the decedent, whether or not the estate is released from administration or an executor or administrator is appointed during that six-month period.

What was published from this source

  • creditorClaims.outerLimit = six months after death, regardless of appointment

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.

  • six months after death
  • runs regardless of appointment
  • claim not presented in six months forever barred

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Statutes read in full for Ohio

These are the Ohio 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 Ohio — 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
Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35 (commissions), eff. Sept. 29, 2015Ohio pays its executors on four different bases, and only one of them is the probate estate — representative pay note2026-09-17
Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06 (presentation and allowance of creditor claims)Ohio runs its creditor bar from the death itself, not from a notice, and appointing nobody does not pause it — creditor deadline note2026-09-17

Ohio source decision map

How the Ohio records fit together

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

QuestionRecorded Ohio answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Release from 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 for this route.Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately.
What is the amount screen?$35,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?No universal waiting period stated; Ohio bars creditor claims six months after the decedent's death (O.R.C. 2117.06(B), (C)). The period runs from death, not from publication, actual notice, or appointment of the executor or administrator.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 Probate Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?Ohio applies a percentage schedule — 4% of the first $100,000, 3% of the next $300,000, and 2% above $400,000 — to personal property and the proceeds of real property that is sold (O.R.C. 2113.35(A)). Section 2113.35(B) then allows a separate 1% fee on the value of real property that is not sold, and a further 1% on certain non-probate property that would have been includable for Ohio estate tax (excluding joint-and-survivorship property). Because that 1% real-property component rests on a base the asset list does not supply on its own, the schedule above is not applied to a single combined figure. 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 Ohio source set does not silently decide

The Ohio 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 Ohio amount screen without mistaking it for a result

The recorded Ohio ceiling is $35,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as gross value for this route. Counted that way, $26,300 sits below the Ohio figure and $43,800 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 Ohio counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Ohio ceilingWhat it does not decide
$26,300Below $35,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$43,800Above $35,000Whether 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

Ohio adopts statewide standard probate forms, but each county probate court sets its own filing charges and local rules.

Source trail

Records used by this Ohio map

What Ohio 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

  • Ohio adopts statewide standard probate forms, but each county probate court sets its own filing charges and local rules.

Checking these Ohio 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 Ohio. 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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