{
 "dataset": "small-estate",
 "title": "Small estate affidavit limits by state",
 "description": "The dollar limit for a small estate affidavit in each state and DC, the waiting period, notary rule, where it is filed and spouse amounts, as a free CSV and JSON download.",
 "url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/small-estate",
 "publisher": "MCC Solutions",
 "license": {
  "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Credit \"MCC Solutions\" and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/small-estate"
 },
 "checked": "2026-11",
 "row_count": 51,
 "accuracy": "Facts come from official government pages as they read on the checked date. Anything not confirmed there is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list. General information, not legal or tax advice; MCC Solutions is not a law firm and we are not lawyers.",
 "fields": [
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction_code",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Two-letter postal code of the state or DC."
  },
  {
   "name": "jurisdiction",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "State name (or District of Columbia)."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.amount",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Maximum estate value for the affidavit or summary procedure."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.compare",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "How the limit is applied (lte: up to and including; lt: less than)."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.effective",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "Date the current limit took effect, when stated."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.spouse_amount",
   "type": "number (US dollars)",
   "meaning": "Higher limit for a surviving spouse, where the state sets one."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.real_property",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Whether real estate is allowed or bars the procedure."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.vehicles_excluded",
   "type": "boolean",
   "meaning": "Whether vehicles are left out of the value."
  },
  {
   "name": "limit.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The limit in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "wait.days",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Days after the death before the affidavit can be used."
  },
  {
   "name": "wait.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The waiting period in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notary.rule",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "How the affidavit is signed (notary, oath, court)."
  },
  {
   "name": "notary.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The signing rule in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "filing.where",
   "type": "string (code)",
   "meaning": "Where the affidavit goes (holder of the property, court, surrogate)."
  },
  {
   "name": "filing.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Where it is filed, in plain English. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "form.name",
   "type": "string",
   "meaning": "Name of the official form. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "form.url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "Link to the official form. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "spouse.text",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "The surviving-spouse procedure. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "notes",
   "type": "string (free text)",
   "meaning": "Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site."
  },
  {
   "name": "unconfirmed",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null."
  },
  {
   "name": "source_urls",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "Links to the sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others)."
  },
  {
   "name": "source_kinds",
   "type": "array of strings",
   "meaning": "What each link in source_urls is, in the same order: \"official\" (a government page: state agency, legislature, court, county or city) or \"secondary\" (a vetted secondary source, used only where no official page could be read: Cornell LII, Justia (statute text only), FindLaw Codes, Casetext, NCSL, the Uniform Law Commission, the American Bar Association and state bar associations, legal aid networks (LawHelp.org and the state legal help sites), Nolo, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Center for State Courts, the Eviction Lab, the Tax Foundation, the Sales Tax Institute, the American Payroll Association, SHRM, ADP, Paychex, Bloomberg Tax, Thomson Reuters, Avalara and Sovos). A fact backed only by a secondary source is shown on the site as \"<publisher> (secondary source)\"."
  },
  {
   "name": "checked",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD)",
   "meaning": "When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none."
  },
  {
   "name": "page_url",
   "type": "string (URL)",
   "meaning": "The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row."
  }
 ],
 "rows": [
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AL",
   "jurisdiction": "Alabama",
   "limit.amount": 37075,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": "2025-03-01",
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": null,
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": null,
   "notary.rule": "oath",
   "filing.where": "court",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "wait",
    "form"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://probate.mobilecountyal.gov/judicial/alabama-small-estates-act"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AK",
   "jurisdiction": "Alaska",
   "limit.amount": 50000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "bars",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": true,
   "limit.text": "Personal property other than vehicles worth $50,000 or less after debts and liens; vehicles registered in the state have their own $100,000 cap. Owning real estate rules the affidavit out unless it passed automatically (tenancy by the entirety or a transfer on death deed).",
   "wait.days": 30,
   "wait.text": "At least 30 days after the death.",
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "notary.text": "Signed under oath before a notary or a court clerk; court locations notarize for free.",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "filing.text": "Nothing is filed with the court; the successor gives a copy to each person or business holding the property.",
   "form.name": "Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent (P-110)",
   "form.url": "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/p-110.pdf",
   "spouse.text": null,
   "notes": "Vehicles get a separate, higher cap: Alaska-registered vehicles up to $100,000 total after debts and liens, in addition to $50,000 of other personal property.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/probate/affidavit.htm",
    "https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/p-110.pdf",
    "https://courts.alaska.gov/shc/probate/small-estates.htm"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official",
    "official",
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-alaska"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AZ",
   "jurisdiction": "Arizona",
   "limit.amount": 200000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "separate",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": false,
   "limit.text": "Personal property up to $200,000, less liens and encumbrances, valued at the date of death. Real property has its own affidavit (up to $300,000, six months after death, filed with the court). The limits were $75,000 and $100,000 before Laws 2025, chapter 24, approved March 31, 2025.",
   "wait.days": 30,
   "wait.text": "Thirty days after the death for personal property; six months for the real property affidavit.",
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "notary.text": "County court forms for this affidavit carry a notary block (\"subscribed and sworn to before me\").",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "filing.text": "The personal property affidavit isn't filed in court; it is presented to whoever holds the property. The real property affidavit is filed with the court and a certified copy is recorded.",
   "form.name": "Affidavit of Collection of Personal Property (Pima County form PR-130)",
   "form.url": "https://www.sc.pima.gov/judges-courts/probate-court/procedures-and-instructions/probate-guardianships-and-conservatorships/affidavit-for-collection-of-personal-property-ars-14-3971-b",
   "spouse.text": "An employer may pay wages and other compensation owed to the person who died, up to $5,000, to the surviving spouse on the spouse's affidavit.",
   "notes": "Vehicles aren't excluded from the value: the Motor Vehicle Division transfers title to the successor when presented with the personal property affidavit and the fees are paid. The Laws 2025 chapter doesn't print an effective date; ask the court which limit applies to a given date of death.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://azleg.gov/ars/14/03971.htm",
    "https://azleg.gov/legtext/57Leg/1R/laws/0024.pdf",
    "https://www.sc.pima.gov/judges-courts/probate-court/procedures-and-instructions/probate-guardianships-and-conservatorships/affidavit-for-collection-of-personal-property-ars-14-3971-b",
    "https://www.mohavecourts.az.gov/sites/default/files/Mohave%20Courts/Forms%20and%20Form%20Kits/Docs/PRAffCollectPersProp-sc.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official",
    "official",
    "official",
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-arizona"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "AR",
   "jurisdiction": "Arkansas",
   "limit.amount": 100000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "included",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": 45,
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "filing.where": "court",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/files-list/Form%2023.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CA",
   "jurisdiction": "California",
   "limit.amount": 208850,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": "2025-04-01",
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "excluded",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "limit.text": "$208,850 of real and personal property in the state (leaving out what Probate Code 13050 excludes) for deaths on or after April 1, 2025; $184,500 for April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025; $166,250 before. The affidavit itself can't transfer real property. The next adjustment is April 1, 2028.",
   "wait.days": 40,
   "wait.text": "At least 40 days after the death.",
   "notary.rule": "varies",
   "notary.text": "The statewide self-help guide says notarizing isn't legally required, but the courts' sample affidavit has a notary acknowledgment and Riverside's instructions say to notarize every signature. Banks often expect it.",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "filing.text": "Not filed with the court; give it, with a certified death certificate, to the person, company or bank holding the property.",
   "form.name": "Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property (Probate Code 13100-13106)",
   "form.url": "https://www.selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/small-estate-transfer-personal-property",
   "spouse.text": null,
   "notes": "The statewide self-help page we read still shows the $184,500 figure; the Judicial Council's adjusted-amounts table and Riverside's instructions give $208,850 for deaths on or after April 1, 2025. The Riverside guide also notes a salary exclusion under Probate Code 13050(c) of $20,875 for deaths on or after April 1, 2025.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://courts.ca.gov/system/files/file/probate-code-890-adjusted-amounts.pdf",
    "https://www.selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/small-estate-transfer-personal-property",
    "https://riverside.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filings/declaration-collection-personal-property-instformde300.pdf",
    "https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/Affidavit_personal_property.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official",
    "official",
    "official",
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-california"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CO",
   "jurisdiction": "Colorado",
   "limit.amount": 82000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": "2024-01-01",
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "excluded",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "limit.text": "Fair market value of everything the person owned, less liens and encumbrances, by year of death: $82,000 for 2024, $80,000 for 2023, $74,000 for 2022, $70,000 for 2020 and 2021, $68,000 for 2019, $66,000 for 2017 and 2018. The form we read stops at 2024. It can't transfer real estate.",
   "wait.days": 10,
   "wait.text": "At least 10 days after the death.",
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "notary.text": "Sworn before a notary public or a deputy clerk.",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "filing.text": "Presented to whoever is paying or delivering the property, who is then discharged as if dealing with a personal representative.",
   "form.name": "JDF 999, Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit",
   "form.url": "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help-and-forms/self-help-forms/collection-personal-property-affidavit",
   "spouse.text": null,
   "notes": "For deaths in 2025 or 2026, the form we read gives no figure; check the current JDF 999 for the year of death before relying on a number.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/JDF999.pdf",
    "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help-and-forms/self-help-forms/collection-personal-property-affidavit",
    "https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/1998"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official",
    "official",
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-colorado"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "CT",
   "jurisdiction": "Connecticut",
   "limit.amount": 40000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "bars",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "limit.text": "Personal property in the person's name alone up to $40,000. Solely owned real estate in the state rules the procedure out; survivorship real estate doesn't, and survivorship assets over $40,000 don't count against the limit.",
   "wait.days": 0,
   "wait.text": "No waiting period: the Probate Courts' form PC-212 asks for the date of death and that no estate petition is pending, and sets no minimum time before filing.",
   "notary.rule": "not_required",
   "notary.text": "Signed under penalty of false statement; the form has no notary block.",
   "filing.where": "court",
   "filing.text": "Filed with the probate court for the district where the person lived, with a copy of the death certificate; the judge authorizes the transfers.",
   "form.name": "PC-212, Affidavit in Lieu of Probate of Will/Administration",
   "form.url": "https://www.ctprobate.gov/Forms/PC-212.pdf",
   "spouse.text": "The surviving spouse can be the petitioner; if there is none, a next of kin.",
   "notes": "The probate courts' guide says a Connecticut estate tax return is required for a small estate too.",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.ctprobate.gov/Forms/PC-212.pdf",
    "https://www.ctprobate.gov/documents/user-guide-administration-of-decedents%27-estates.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official",
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-connecticut"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DE",
   "jurisdiction": "Delaware",
   "limit.amount": 50000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": "2026-06-11",
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "bars",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": false,
   "wait.days": 30,
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "filing.where": "court",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.newcastlede.gov/156/Small-Estates"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "DC",
   "jurisdiction": "District of Columbia",
   "limit.amount": 40000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": null,
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": null,
   "notary.rule": "varies",
   "filing.where": "court",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "wait"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/SEB_brochure.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "FL",
   "jurisdiction": "Florida",
   "limit.amount": 150000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": null,
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": null,
   "notary.rule": null,
   "filing.where": "court",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "wait",
    "notary",
    "form"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/735.201"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "GA",
   "jurisdiction": "Georgia",
   "limit.amount": 15000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "separate",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": 0,
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "filing.where": "court",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://gaprobate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GPCSF-9-Petition-for-Order-Declaring-No-Administration-Necessary.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "HI",
   "jurisdiction": "Hawaii",
   "limit.amount": 100000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "excluded",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": true,
   "wait.days": 0,
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0560/HRS_0560-0003-1201.htm"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "ID",
   "jurisdiction": "Idaho",
   "limit.amount": 100000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": null,
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": 30,
   "notary.rule": null,
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "unconfirmed": [
    "notary",
    "form"
   ],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title15/t15ch3/sect15-3-1201/"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "IL",
   "jurisdiction": "Illinois",
   "limit.amount": 150000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": "2025-08-15",
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "excluded",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": true,
   "wait.days": 0,
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://my.ilga.gov/Legislation/PublicActs/View/104-0346"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "IN",
   "jurisdiction": "Indiana",
   "limit.amount": 100000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": "2022-07-01",
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "separate",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": false,
   "wait.days": 45,
   "notary.rule": "varies",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.in.gov/counties/cass/files/Indiana-Code-Title-29-1-8-1.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "IA",
   "jurisdiction": "Iowa",
   "limit.amount": 100000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "bars",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
   "wait.days": 40,
   "notary.rule": "notary",
   "filing.where": "holder",
   "unconfirmed": [],
   "source_urls": [
    "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/633.356.pdf"
   ],
   "source_kinds": [
    "official"
   ],
   "checked": "2026-11",
   "page_url": "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state"
  },
  {
   "jurisdiction_code": "KS",
   "jurisdiction": "Kansas",
   "limit.amount": 75000,
   "limit.compare": "lte",
   "limit.effective": null,
   "limit.spouse_amount": null,
   "limit.real_property": "excluded",
   "limit.vehicles_excluded": null,
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