Mississippi Executor and Estate Kit: the $75,000 Small Estate Route After 30 Days, First Month Checklist and Estate Ledger

Who it is for

Whoever is settling the estate of someone who lived in Mississippi. Handed to the bank or other holder. Presented to whoever holds the property; chancery court comes in only if a holder refuses.

Not the right fit if

The person didn't live in or own property in Mississippi, or a will contest or family dispute means you need an estate attorney. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• Sources, checked November 2026: Mississippi SB 2850 (2020), enrolled, amending Section 91-7-322 (Mississippi Department of Archives and History); Nolo (secondary source): Probate Shortcuts in Mississippi (Nolo); In re Last Will and Testament of Luke Beard (Miss. 2022), quoting Miss. Code 91-5-1 (Mississippi Courts); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Mississippi (Nolo, updated August 2025).
• 2 facts aren't stated on those pages, so the kit leaves them out and lists them once to look up, with the official page.

What is inside

• Mississippi small estate route. The small estate affidavit limit is $75,000 (from July 1, 2020). The affidavit collects personal property only; real estate can pass by muniment of title. Real estate has its own affidavit or petition. Named on the official pages: Muniment of title. 30 days. Thirty days after the death. Handed to the bank or other holder. Presented to whoever holds the property; chancery court comes in only if a holder refuses. Muniment of title: A court procedure that passes real estate under a will that names who receives it, when the estate other than real estate is worth $75,000 or less; it is signed under oath.
• How a Mississippi will had to be signed. Two or more credible witnesses, who sign in the testator's presence, unless the will is wholly handwritten (statute as quoted by the Mississippi Supreme Court in 2022). Allowed. Per Nolo (citing Miss. Code 91-7-7), the testator and witnesses sign an affidavit before a notary. A will wholly written and signed by the testator doesn't need witnesses. An interested witness who stands to inherit can lose the gift (Nolo, citing Miss. Code 91-5-9).
• Mississippi estate ledger (Excel). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $75,000, dates day 30 after the death and sends real estate to its own procedure.
• First 30 days, tracker and letters. The first month in order with day 30 marked, a documents and accounts tracker, and plain letters to a bank, a utility and Social Security.
• Look up before you file in Mississippi. notary or oath, official form: look up on Mississippi SB 2850 (2020), enrolled, amending Section 91-7-322 (Mississippi Department of Archives and History).