State-By-State Probate Laws

As many of these laws are very complex, it may be helpful to speak to a trust and estate attorney in your state who can answer any general or specific questions you might have.

Alabama

• Title 43, Chapter 2: Administration of Estates
• Title 43, Chapter 8: Probate Code

Al​aska

• Title 13: Decedents’ Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, and Trusts
• Title 13, Chapter 16: Probate of Wills and Administration

Ari​zona

• Title 14: Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings
• Title 14, Chapter 3: Probate of Wills and Administration

Arka​nsas

• Title 28: Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary Relationships

California

• California Probate Code

Colorado

(Choose “Colorado Revised Statutes” from left navigation bar)
• Title 15: Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
• Title 15, Articles 10-16: Colorado Probate Code

Connecticut

• Title 45a: Probate Courts and Procedure

Delaware

• Title 12: Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Florida

• Title XLII: Estates and Trusts

Georgia

• Title 53: Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
• Title 53, Chapter 5: Probate

Hawaii

• Title 30A: Uniform Probate Code

Idaho

• Title 15: Uniform Probate Code

Illinois

• Chapter 755: Estates
• Chapter 755, ILCS 5: Probate Act of 1975
• Chapter 760: Trusts and Fiduciaries

Indiana

• Title 29: Probate
• Title 30: Trusts and Fiduciaries

Iowa

• Title XV, Chapter 633: Probate Code

Kansas

• Chapter 59: Probate Code

Kentucky

• Title XXIV, Chapter 394: Wills
• Title XXIV, Chapter 395: Personal Representatives

Louisiana

• CC 1575: Olographic testament
• CCP 2883: Olographic testament
• CCP 2851: Petition for probate
• CCP 2852: Documents submitted with petition for probate

Maine

• Title 18: Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations
• Title 18-A: Probate Code

Maryland

• The Office of the Register of Wills (Estates and Trusts, Titles 1-16)

Massachusetts

• MGL, Part II, Title II: Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

Michigan

• Chapters 701-713: Probate Code

Minnesota

• Chapter 524: Uniform Probate Code

Mississippi

• Title 91: Trusts and Estates

Missouri

• Title XXXI, Chapters 456-475: Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability

Montana

• Title 72: Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships

Nebraska

• Chapter 30: Decedents’ Estates; Protection of Persons and Property

Nevada

• Title 12: Wills and Estates of Deceased Persons

New Hampshire

• Title LVI: Probate Courts and Decedents’ Estates

New Jersey

• Title 3A: Administration of Estates—Decedents and Others
• Title 3B: Administration of Estates—Decedents and Others

New Mexico

• Chapter 45: Uniform Probate Code

New York

• New York Court Probate Forms
• General overview of NY Probate

North Carolina

• Chapter 47: Probate and Registration

North Dakota

• Title 30.1: Uniform Probate Code

Ohio

• Title 21: Courts—Probate—Juvenile

Oklahoma

• Title 58: Probate Procedure
• Title 60: Property
• Title 84: Wills and Succession

Oregon

• Title 12, Chapters 111-118

Pennsylvania

• Title 20: Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries

Rhode Island

• Title 33: Probate Practice and Procedure

South Carolina

• Title 62: Probate Code

South Dakota

• Title 29A: Uniform Probate Code

Tennessee

• Title 32, Chapter 2

Texas

• Texas Probate Estates Code

Utah

• Title 75: Uniform Probate Code

Vermont

• Title 14, Chapter 3: Probate and Procedure for Construction of Wills

Virginia

• Title 64.2: Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries

Washington

• Title 11: Probate and Trust Law

Washington, D.C.

• Certificate of Filing Will (pdf)
• Large Decedents' Estates (ADM)
• Small Decedents' Estates (SEB)
[Source: Probate Division, District Of Columbia Courts]

West Virginia

• Chapter 44: Administration of Estates and Trusts

Wisconsin

• Chapters 851-882

Wyoming

• Title 2: Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code

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