Nebraska Executor and Estate Kit: the $100,000 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 Nebraska. Handed to the bank or other holder. Presented to whoever owes the debt or holds the property; vehicles and boats go to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a new title.

Not the right fit if

The person didn't live in or own property in Nebraska, 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: Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-24,125 (Nebraska Legislature); Nolo (secondary source): Probate Shortcuts in Nebraska (Nolo, updated 4/08/2024); Nebraska Judicial Branch self-help: Affidavit for Transfer of Personal Property without Probate; Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-24,125 (Nebraska Legislature) (official form); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Nebraska (Nolo, updated August 2025); Neb. Rev. Stat. 30-2328, Holographic will (Nebraska Legislature).
• All 11 Nebraska facts are confirmed: on an official page, or where none could be read, on a vetted secondary source marked as such.

What is inside

• Nebraska small estate route. All personal property, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, up to $100,000 (as amended by LB 85, 2025). Real estate isn't counted, and the affidavit doesn't transfer it; it needs its own route. 30 days. Thirty days after the death. Sworn; a notary can give the oath. The successors swear or affirm the statements are true, under penalty of perjury. Handed to the bank or other holder. Presented to whoever owes the debt or holds the property; vehicles and boats go to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a new title. Affidavit for Transfer of Personal Property without Probate (CC 15:40). The Nebraska Judicial Branch's self-help form; its page says it must be signed in the presence of a notary. Summary administration: A shorter probate for an estate that, after liens and encumbrances, is no more than the homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, administration costs, funeral expenses and last-illness medical expenses. Real estate in the state worth up to $50,000 has its own affidavit, filed with the county register of deeds.
• How a Nebraska will had to be signed. The testator signs or acknowledges in front of two witnesses, and both sign (30-2327, per Nolo). Optional. Under 30-2329, as Nolo describes it, the testator and the two witnesses swear to an affidavit in front of a notary, which speeds up probate. Recognized if the signature, the material provisions and the date are in the testator's handwriting. Nolo reads 30-2330 this way: a witness who also inherits may lose whatever the will gives beyond their intestate share.
• Nebraska estate ledger (Excel). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $100,000, dates day 30 after the death and leaves real estate out of the count.
• 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.