Simplified route
$50,000
Collection of personal property by affidavit (AS 13.16.680); usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsAlaska estate administration
Alaska probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $50,000
This guide explains probate in Alaska: Alaska allows collection of a decedent's personal property by affidavit thirty days after death when the estate is within the statutory personalty and vehicle caps. Formal probate is filed in the Superior Court, and the statewide Administrative Rule 9 fee schedule sets a uniform filing fee.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
Answer first
Alaska simplified probate route
Up to $50,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: AS 13.16.680.
Collection of personal property by affidavit (AS 13.16.680)Screen a specific Alaska estate with the calculators on the small-estate page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
$250
1 published schedule, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: AS 13.16.430.
Alaska Statute 13.16.430 entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation for services. If a will fixes compensation and there is no contract with the decedent about it, the personal representative may renounce the will's provision (before qualifying) and take reasonable compensation instead, and may renounce all or part of the compensation by written renunciation filed with the court. No statutory percentage schedule exists.
Sec. 13.16.430. Compensation of personal representative. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services. AS 13.16.430
Creditor deadline
Multiple triggers
AS 13.16.460 (Alaska State Legislature; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsAlaska decision map
The four facts that change the Alaska route
Each Alaska answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Alaska answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Collection of personal property by affidavit (AS 13.16.680) |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $50,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | $250 is the recorded statewide amount. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- AK small-estate cap is two additive parts ($100k vehicles + $50k other personalty); modeling only the $50,000 figure understates eligibility for vehicle-heavy estates.
- No publisher edition stamp on the AK statute print endpoint or the Rules PDF - manual session-law review remains required each cycle.
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What Alaska courts publish
Every link is probed before each release.
- Forms indexAlaska Court System - Forms (Probate, P-series)Alaska Court System
- Self-help centreAlaska Court System - Probate Self-Help & FormsAlaska Court System
Limits on court material
- Alaska publishes statewide standardized P-series probate self-help forms through the Alaska Court System.
- Probate is heard in the Superior Court (with magistrate judges handling some probate matters in smaller court locations).
Alaska primary sources
- AS 13.16.680 — AS 13.16.680 - Collection of personal property by affidavit
- AS 13.16.430 — AS 13.16.430 - Compensation of personal representative
- AS 13.16.460 — AS 13.16.460 - Limitations on presentation of claims
- Alaska R. Admin. 9 (Fee Schedule) — Alaska Administrative Rule 9 - Fee Schedule (probate matters)
Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Alaska source record.
Alaska record: 4/4 verified, 18 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction