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Every source behind the Oregon guide

6 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 Oregon 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

ORS 114.505 to 114.560

Oregon Legislature · 2025 EDITION · Verified August 9, 2026

Not more than $75,000 of the fair market value of the estate is attributable to personal property other than manufactured homes

What was published from this source

  • OR ORS 114.505 to 114.560

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.

  • personal property threshold
  • real property threshold
  • gross value basis
  • 30 day wait
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

ORS 116.173

Oregon Legislature · 2025 EDITION · Verified August 9, 2026

(A) Seven percent of any sum not exceeding $1,000. (B) Four percent of all above $1,000 and not exceeding $10,000. (C) Three percent of all above $10,000 and not exceeding $50,000. (D) Two percent of all above $50,000.

What was published from this source

  • OR ORS 116.173

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.

  • commission percentage schedule
  • one percent non-jurisdiction property component
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

ORS 21.170

Oregon Legislature · 2025 EDITION · Verified August 9, 2026

If the value of the estate is less than $50,000, $278. (b) If the value of the estate is $50,000 or more, but less than $1 million, $591.

What was published from this source

  • OR ORS 21.170

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.

  • probate filing fee bands
  • band 50k to 1m
  • band 1m to 10m
  • band 10m plus
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

ORS 21.145

Oregon Legislature · 2025 EDITION · Verified August 9, 2026

21.145 Simple proceeding filing fee. In the following proceedings, a circuit court shall collect a filing fee of $124

What was published from this source

  • OR ORS 21.145

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.

  • simple estate affidavit fee
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

ORS 115.005

Oregon Legislature · 2025 EDITION · Verified August 9, 2026

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a claim is barred from payment from the estate if not presented within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim and before the later of: (a) Four months after the date of publication of notice to interested persons; or (b) If the claim was one with respect to which the personal representative was required to deliver or mail a notice under ORS 115.003 (2), 45 days after a notice meeting the requirements of ORS 115.003 (3) is delivered or mailed to the last-known address of the person asserting the claim.

What was published from this source

  • OR ORS 115.005

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.

  • OR later-of publication and actual notice bar
  • OR bar tied to claim's own statute of limitations
  • OR 115.005 section identity
  • section identity

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Court and venue rule

ORS 111.075

Oregon Legislature · 2025 EDITION · Verified August 9, 2026

111.075 Probate jurisdiction vested. Jurisdiction of all probate matters, causes and proceedings is vested in the county courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties and in the circuit court for each other county and as provided in ORS 111.115.

What was published from this source

  • OR ORS 111.075

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.

  • OR county-court probate counties
  • OR 111.075 section identity
  • section identity

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Statutes read in full for Oregon

These are the Oregon 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 Oregon — 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
ORS 21.170 (probate filing fees and accounting fees)Oregon sets its probate filing fee by estate value, and charges a second fee every time an accounting is filed — court and filing cost note2026-09-17
ORS 114.510, 114.515Oregon splits its threshold in two, and counts manufactured homes with the real property — small estate route note2026-09-17
ORS 116.173Oregon pays a sliding commission — and adds 1% of property that never entered probate — representative pay note2026-09-17

Oregon source decision map

How the Oregon records fit together

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

QuestionRecorded Oregon answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Simple estate affidavitConfirm 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?$75,000Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut.
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; Oregon bars a claim under ORS 115.005(2) if it is not presented within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim and before the LATER of (a) four months after the date of publication of notice to interested persons, or (b) 45 days after actual notice is delivered or mailed to a known claimant under ORS 115.003. There is no independent nonclaim period measured from death: the underlying limitations period on each claim continues to apply, so the four-month/45-day bars are the estate-specific clocks and cannot be collapsed into one figure.Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number.
What does the cost record establish?1 published schedule; the proceeding and value basis control the total.Ask the Circuit Court (county court in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties) about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
What does compensation use?ORS 116.173 sets a percentage commission on the property subject to the jurisdiction of the court (property owned at death subject to administration, plus income received, gains, and certain other amounts): 7% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next amount up to $10,000; 3% of the next up to $50,000; and 2% of all above $50,000. A SEPARATE 1% applies to property not subject to the jurisdiction of the court but reportable for Oregon or federal estate-tax purposes, so the tiered schedule does NOT apply to a single accounting figure. Additional compensation is allowed for extraordinary/unusual services, and a will provision on compensation controls. 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 Oregon source set does not silently decide

The Oregon 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 Oregon amount screen without mistaking it for a result

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

Illustrative counted amountComparison to the Oregon 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

Oregon probate is generally handled by the Circuit Court in each county, EXCEPT that under ORS 111.075 jurisdiction of all probate matters is vested in the COUNTY COURTS of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties; ORS 111.115 lets an estate proceeding be transferred from a county court to the circuit court. The Oregon Judicial Department publishes a statewide estate/small-estate affidavit form set. (The previously listed /forms/Pages/probate.aspx and /courts/Pages/probate.aspx URLs return the OJD 404 page and were replaced with the working estate-forms and courts-directory pages.)

Source trail

Records used by this Oregon map

  • ORS 114.505 to 114.560ORS Chapter 114, Small Estates (Simple Estate Affidavit); reviewed August 9, 2026
  • ORS 116.173ORS 116.173 Compensation of personal representative; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • ORS 21.170ORS 21.170 Probate filing fees and accounting fees; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • ORS 21.145ORS 21.145 Simple proceeding filing fee; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • ORS 115.005ORS 115.005 Presentation of claims; time limitations; reviewed August 9, 2026
  • ORS 111.075ORS 111.075 Probate jurisdiction vested; reviewed August 9, 2026

What Oregon 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

  • Oregon probate is generally handled by the Circuit Court in each county, EXCEPT that under ORS 111.075 jurisdiction of all probate matters is vested in the COUNTY COURTS of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties; ORS 111.115 lets an estate proceeding be transferred from a county court to the circuit court. The Oregon Judicial Department publishes a statewide estate/small-estate affidavit form set. (The previously listed /forms/Pages/probate.aspx and /courts/Pages/probate.aspx URLs return the OJD 404 page and were replaced with the working estate-forms and courts-directory pages.)

Checking these Oregon 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 Oregon. 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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