Simplified route
$100,000
Collection of personal property by affidavit; usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsUtah estate administration
Utah probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $100,000
In Utah, estates up to $100,000 can use the small-estate route; executor pay is whatever the court finds reasonable (Utah Code § 75-3-718); and claims are due three months after first publication; a creditor mailed notice has 90 days after publication or 60 days after the notice, if later; all but medical-assistance recovery and restitution claims close a year after death at most. Utah uses a 30-day successor affidavit for a net estate capped at $100,000 and handles probate petitions in District Court. The affidavit transfers personal property, while the threshold counts the entire estate subject to administration.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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Utah simplified probate route
Up to $100,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: Utah Code § 75-3-1201.
Collection of personal property by affidavitNo combined Utah probate total
The District Court filing charge is statewide: $375 (Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a)). Executor pay is reasonable compensation (Utah Code § 75-3-718), not a rate. Each side in full: Utah probate filing cost and Utah executor fees.
Screen a specific Utah estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
$375
1 published schedule, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: Utah Code § 75-3-718.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
Utah Code § 75-3-801 (Utah Legislature; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsUtah decision map
The four facts that change the Utah route
Each Utah answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Utah answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Collection of personal property by affidavit |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $100,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | $375 is the recorded statewide amount. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- The $375 filing fee is the version in force through December 31, 2026; the statute marks it superseded on January 1, 2027, so ask the court for the fee if you file on or after that date.
- The affidavit does not transfer real property, although real property subject to administration counts toward the cap.
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What Utah courts publish
Each link goes to the court’s own page and is checked before every release.
- Self-help centreUtah Judiciary probate self-helpUtah State Courts
Statewide probate entry point. It links a dedicated Small estates page and a downloadable motor-vehicle small-estate affidavit form.
- Self-help centreUtah Judiciary Small estatesUtah State Courts
- Official formAffidavit for small estate matters (motor vehicle) (PDF)Utah State Courts
Statewide Utah Judiciary form for transferring a decedent's motor vehicle under the small-estate affidavit procedure. It is offered on the Small estates page in both PDF and Word.
Limits on court material
- The Utah Judiciary publishes a statewide probate self-help section with a dedicated Small estates page and a downloadable motor-vehicle small-estate affidavit form (both linked above). The general Utah Code § 75-3-1201 collection-by-affidavit route is driven by statutory content rather than a single universal blank, so the successor's own sworn affidavit meets the statute; the District Court clerk in the county of residence confirms local filing requirements.
Utah primary sources
Each rule on the Utah pages comes from one of these 5 sources; the citation opens the publisher’s own text. All were last rechecked October 3, 2026.
Simplified-procedure rule
Utah Code § 75-3-1201, collection by affidavit.
Court cost rule
Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a), Utah Code § 78A-2-301, civil filing fees.
Executor compensation rule
Utah Code § 75-3-718, personal-representative compensation.
- When a petition asks the court to approve the personal representative’s or the attorney’s pay and no interested person objects, the amount asked for is the reasonable amount.
- If someone objects to the personal representative’s pay, the court sets it from the quality, quantity and value of the work, the circumstances it was done in, and what other fiduciaries in a similar position are paid.
- Whoever files a petition to approve or object to either fee must send a copy to every interested person at least 10 days before the hearing, by certified, registered or first-class mail or by hand.
- A representative whose will names a fee, with no contract with the decedent about pay, can give that fee up before qualifying and take reasonable pay instead, and can waive all or part of any fee in writing filed with the court.
Creditor deadline rule
Utah Code § 75-3-801, notice to creditors.
Creditor deadline rule
Utah Code § 75-3-803, limitations on claims.
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