All states offer its citizens some sort of simplified summary administration as an alternative to probate. However, this is where any kind of similarity for Small Estates in the US ends.
Each state allows actual dollar limits or caps on the assets of a decedent’s estate for the purpose of avoiding probate.
Small Estate limits range from a high of $275,000 in Oregon to a low of $10,000 in Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and New Hampshire. The majority of the small estate limits by state fall somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 depending on the state.
Also, these limits can vary and be divided by what type of property is at issue in the estate. For example, a state may allow for a Small Estate limit total of $100,000 – $50,000 of it is in real property and the other $50,000 is in personal property.
Just remember all states have different laws for Small Estates. Learn more about your state’s Small Estate Administration procedures below:
Small Estate Affidavit Limits by State:
- Alabama Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $25,000
- Alaska Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $150,000
- Arizona Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $75,000
- Arkansas Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- California Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $150,000
- Colorado Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $66,000
- Connecticut Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $40,000
- Delaware Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $30,000
- District of Columbia Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $40,000
- Florida Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $75,000
- Georgia Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $10,000
- Hawaii Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Idaho Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Illinois Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Indiana Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Iowa Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Kansas Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $40,000
- Kentucky Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $15,000
- Louisiana Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $75,000
- Maine Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $20,000
- Maryland Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000 – $100,000
- Massachusetts Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $25,000
- Michigan Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $21,000
- Minnesota Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Mississippi Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Missouri Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $40,000
- Montana Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Nebraska Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Nevada Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $25,000 – $100,000
- New Hampshire Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $10,000
- New Jersey Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- New Mexico Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- New York Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $30,000
- North Carolina Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $30,000
- North Dakota Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Ohio Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Oklahoma Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Oregon Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $275,000
- Pennsylvania Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Rhode Island Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $15,000
- South Carolina Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $25,000
- South Dakota Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Tennessee Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $25,000
- Texas Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $75,000
- Utah Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Vermont Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $10,000
- Virginia Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Washington Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- West Virginia Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $100,000
- Wisconsin Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $50,000
- Wyoming Small Estate Affidavit Limit – $200,000