Maryland Household Paperwork Bundle: 4 Kits in One Download (MD Executor and Estate Kit, Maryland Small Claims Kit, Maryland POA Signing Kit, Maryland Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Maryland getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Maryland. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 4 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Maryland kits are built only from our Maryland data files: Sources, checked November 2026: Maryland Register of Wills: Administration of estates; Maryland Register of Wills: Small estate form list; Maryland Register of Wills: General estate information guide; Maryland 2022 Laws Chapter 176 (HB 576), amending Estates and Trusts 4-102 (Maryland General Assembly); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Maryland (Nolo, updated August 2025); Maryland small claims data file, checked November 2026 against District Court of Maryland: How to File a Small Claim (DC-CV-001BR, rev. 10/2023); District Court of Maryland: Administrative Regulation XIX, Civil Cost Schedule (effective 10/01/2024); Maryland Judiciary: CourtHelp, After Trial in District Court (appeals); Maryland Judiciary: MDEC, E-filing for Self-Represented Litigants (optional without a lawyer; available in all Maryland jurisdictions); Maryland power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against Estates and Trusts 17-110, Execution of power of attorney (Maryland General Assembly); Estates and Trusts 17-203, Maryland Statutory Form Limited Power of Attorney (Maryland General Assembly); Maryland Advance Directive, revised May 2024 (Maryland Office of the Attorney General, via Maryland Department of Health); 2010 Chapter 689 (HB 659), Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Maryland General Assembly); Estates and Trusts 17-202, Statutory form personal financial power of attorney (Maryland General Assembly); 2023 Laws of Maryland Chapter 696 (HB 18), amending 17-202 and 17-203 (Maryland General Assembly); Maryland will signing data file, checked November 2026 against Maryland 2022 Laws Chapter 176 (HB 576), amending Estates and Trusts 4-102 (Maryland General Assembly); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Maryland (Nolo, updated August 2025).
• Every kit in the set is written for Maryland.

What is inside

• Maryland Executor and Estate Kit. Probate assets of $50,000 or less, or $100,000 if the surviving spouse is the sole legatee or heir. For deaths before October 1, 2012 the limits were $30,000 and $50,000. Through a court office. The petition and Schedule B are filed with the Register of Wills promptly after the death; a notice is published once if required. Petition for Probate with Schedule B (small estate). Filed with the Register of Wills with a list of interested persons, an information report and, where required, a notice to creditors and bond; no fees are due on small estates since October 1, 2022. Small estate administration (and modified administration for regular estates): Small estate administration is a short Register of Wills process. Modified administration is a streamlined path in a regular estate that replaces the inventory and account with a final report. The limit doubles to $100,000 when the surviving spouse is the sole legatee or heir. Two or more credible witnesses, in the testator's physical or electronic presence. No separate affidavit is needed. Per Nolo (citing Md. Est. & Trusts 5-303), a will that is signed and witnessed correctly doesn't have to be proved to the probate court, so there's no self-proving affidavit to make. Only for a member of the armed services outside the U.S.; entirely in the testator's handwriting, and void one year after discharge unless the testator has died or lost capacity (Nolo, citing Md. Est. & Trusts 4-103). real estate, waiting period after the death, notary or oath: look up on Maryland Register of Wills: Administration of estates; a witness who inherits: look up on Maryland 2022 Laws Chapter 176 (HB 576), amending Estates and Trusts 4-102 (Maryland General Assembly).
• Maryland Small Claims Court Kit. In Maryland, small claims (District Court of Maryland (small claims)) cover claims up to $5,000. From the official page: $5,000 or less, for money only, and without discovery such as interrogatories. Where and how to file, from the official pages: The county where the debtor lives, carries on regular business or is employed. Fees: Small claim (up to $5,000), new suit: $34 (plus surcharges noted on the cost schedule); Counterclaim, cross claim or third-party claim in a small claim: $18; Service by sheriff or constable, each defendant: $60; Service mailed by the clerk, each defendant: $10. From the District Court of Maryland Civil Cost Schedule (effective 10/01/2024): small claims (contract or tort, up to $5,000) cost $34 to file, plus surcharges the schedule notes; service is $60 per defendant by sheriff or constable or $10 per defendant if mailed by the clerk. Online filing: https://www.mdcourts.gov/mdec/efilingpublic Service: Certified mail, private process server, constable or sheriff. The defendant generally has 15 days to file a Notice of Intention to Defend (60 days if served out of state or through a state agency). Lawyers are allowed. Appeal: To the circuit court within 30 days after the judgment, filed at the District Court on form DC-CV-037. A small claim ($5,000 or less) gets a new trial (de novo). The appeal costs $175: $10 to the District Court and $165 to the circuit court. A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $5,000, a costs sheet with the Maryland fee list, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• Maryland Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Maryland power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. Acknowledged by the principal before a notary, in person or electronically. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Maryland Statutory Form Personal Financial Power of Attorney (17-202) and Limited Power of Attorney (17-203); notary: Sign in front of a notary, who completes an acknowledgment; witnesses: Two witnesses sign too; agent's acknowledgment: No signed acceptance is required before acting; recording for real estate: The act doesn't require recording; it mentions recording only in passing, for example that a clerk may refuse to record a photocopy; durable after incapacity: A written power of attorney is durable unless its terms say otherwise (17-105). Healthcare: Two witnesses; the health care agent can't be one, and at least one must not inherit or otherwise benefit financially. No notary is needed. Notary: "Acknowledged by the principal in the physical or electronic presence of a notary public." Witnesses: "Attested and signed by two or more adult witnesses." Agent's acknowledgment: "(Principal's Name) by (Your Signature) as Agent" Durable after incapacity: "IT IS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY ITS TERMS." Healthcare power of attorney: "Maryland law does not require this document to be notarized." Recording: The act doesn't require recording; it mentions recording only in passing, for example that a clerk may refuse to record a photocopy. Agent: The statutory forms (17-202 general and 17-203 limited, as amended in 2023) have no agent signature or acceptance block; the agent signs as agent when acting. Plus a copies log.
• Maryland Will Signing Day Kit. Bring 2 witnesses. The rule: Two or more credible witnesses, in the testator's physical or electronic presence. Pick witnesses who get nothing under the will and aren't married to someone who does. No self-proving affidavit to arrange for this state: No separate affidavit is needed. Per Nolo (citing Md. Est. & Trusts 5-303), a will that is signed and witnessed correctly doesn't have to be proved to the probate court, so there's no self-proving affidavit to make. The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs. Remote witnessing: The testator and all witnesses may be in each other's physical or electronic presence. This checklist is for a typed will signed with witnesses. A handwritten will follows different rules: Only for a member of the armed services outside the U.S. Steps, ID, copies and review dates. Remote witnessing in Maryland: The testator and all witnesses may be in each other's physical or electronic presence. Electronic wills: Authorized through a certified will: a paper copy of the electronically signed will with a certification, made by a supervising attorney or by the testator with a notary. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Maryland: Only for a member of the armed services outside the U.S.; entirely in the testator's handwriting, and void one year after discharge unless the testator has died or lost capacity (Nolo, citing Md. Est. & Trusts 4-103).