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Small Estate Limits: probate rules by state
A state-by-state reference to small-estate procedures, with dollar limits, waiting periods, real-estate rules, statutes and official forms.
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- Families handling a modest estate after a death
- Worth noticing
- Recent entries include California DMV REG 5 title transfer and Illinois’s $150,000 threshold for deaths since August 15, 2025.
Field notes
Each record is organized around a state procedure’s threshold, eligible dates of death, exclusions, waiting period, real-estate treatment and official forms. The homepage says figures are tied to statute sections and checked dates, with inflation adjustments attributed to their publisher. Its latest list includes a California DMV title-transfer form alongside state affidavit records, underscoring that these procedures can concern specific kinds of property as well as estate totals.
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