Florida route screening

Florida small-estate limit: $150,000

The probate estate, after exempt property, may qualify at $150,000 or less.

Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

1. Where and when

StateFloridaFixed to this page. Open the navigator to compare another state.Date of deathRequired. Without it no waiting period can be tested and the route stays undecided.

2. What they left

Asset 1

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real property

Asset 2

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real propertyWill it be sold during administration?Some court charges are assessed on sale proceeds and exclude real property that is kept, so this changes the amount.

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

Compensable value of the estate$Fla. Stat. s 733.617(1) applies the whole schedule to this one figure: the inventory value of the probate assets plus income the estate earned during administration. It is not the gross probate estate, and it comes from the estate accounting rather than from the asset list above. Leaving it blank keeps the compensation undecided rather than assuming a number.

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More information is needed

Counted probate estate: not yet counted

A valid date of death is required before any waiting period can be tested.

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeMore information neededSummary administration2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.More information neededFormal administration2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.Court charges only, for the proceeding named beside each figure. That proceeding is not always the route screened above.

Scheduled executor compensationCase accounting neededEnter the compensable value above and this schedule is applied to it, band by band.Florida presumes a percentage schedule is reasonable. The base is the compensable value of the estate, meaning the inventory value of the probate assets plus income the estate earned during administration, so it is not the same as the gross probate estate. A court may adjust compensation, and extraordinary services are paid separately.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

An estate may also qualify regardless of value when the decedent has been dead for more than two years.

Threshold evidence and currency

What the reviewed source establishes

Currency: The $150,000 limit comes from Chapter 2026-57, section 7, Laws of Florida, effective July 1, 2026. The Legislature's codified page for section 735.201 now carries that figure in the 2026 edition, so the codified statute and the session law agree.

Controlling citation: Ch. 2026-57, § 7, Laws of Fla. (amending Fla. Stat. § 735.201(2)) — This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.

Verbatim threshold text from that source:

(2) That the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $150,000 $75,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.

How the Florida screen is measured

Procedure	Summary administration
What counts	The probate estate within the statute’s scope, so solely owned real property can count
Value basis	Gross value less exempt property the worksheet cannot classify
Waiting period	None stated in the cited section
Alternate route	More than 2 years after death, regardless of value

The Florida caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Florida overview.

The official Florida path

Florida Courts probate resource page — Florida State Courts System

What a small-estate screen can and cannot decide, and which assets never enter it, is explained once in small-estate affidavit or probate and what counts as a probate asset.

Controlling sources

Session law

Ch. 2026-57, § 7, Laws of Fla. (amending Fla. Stat. § 735.201(2))

Reviewed source note: (2) That the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $150,000 $75,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.

What this means: This is the enacted text and it governs. Florida bills print new wording followed by the wording it replaces, so "$150,000 $75,000" means the limit rose to $150,000 and the old $75,000 figure was struck. The act took effect July 1, 2026.

Florida Senate · Edition/currentness: This act shall take effect July 1, 2026 · Verified October 3, 2026

Statute

Fla. Stat. § 735.201 (F.S. 735.201)

Reviewed source note: (2) That the value of the entire estate subject to administration in this state, less the value of property exempt from the claims of creditors, does not exceed $150,000 or that the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years.

What this means: Florida codifies its statutes once a year, and the 2026 edition has folded in Chapter 2026-57. This page now states the operative $150,000 limit directly, and its history line credits section 7 of chapter 2026-57. The session law remains cited alongside it as the enacting authority.

Florida Legislature · Edition/currentness: The 2026 Florida Statutes · Verified October 3, 2026

Florida record: 4/4 verified, 19 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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