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Hawaii route screening

Hawaii small-estate limit: $100,000

Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

1. Where and when
2. What they left

Asset 1

Asset 2

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

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Hawaii estate snapshot

Route check

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 neededOpening a decedent's estate (probate/administration) in Circuit Court2 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 compensationMore information needed2 asset entries have no value entered.HRS § 560:3-719 entitles a personal representative to "reasonable compensation for the personal representative's services." There is no statutory percentage schedule. A will may fix compensation, but the personal representative may renounce that provision before qualifying and take reasonable compensation instead.

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.

Hawaii allows collection of a decedent's personal property by affidavit under HRS § 560:3-1201 when "the gross value of the decedent's estate in this State does not exceed $100,000" and no application or petition for appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in Hawaii. The affidavit is presented with a death certificate; the statute states no waiting period, and motor vehicles registered to the decedent may transfer regardless of value.

Threshold evidence and currency

What the reviewed source establishes

Currency: No later session-law supersession is recorded in the reviewed source set for this threshold. The edition/currentness label below is the basis for the published figure.

Controlling citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. § 560:3-1201 — [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1; am L 2000, c 48, §6 and c 102, §3].

Verbatim threshold text from that source:

(1) The gross value of the decedent's estate in this State does not exceed $100,000

How the Hawaii screen is measured

ProcedureCollection of personal property by affidavit (HRS § 560:3-1201)
What countsPersonal property only; real property is outside this route
Value basisGross value; liens are not subtracted
Waiting periodNone stated in the cited section

The official Hawaii path

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 source

Hawaii record: 5/5 verified, 16 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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