Simplified route
$100,000
Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201); usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsIdaho estate administration
Idaho probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $100,000
This guide explains probate in Idaho: Idaho is a Uniform Probate Code state. Small personal-property estates of $100,000 or less (measured net of liens and encumbrances) can be collected by affidavit under Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 thirty days after death, with no court filing. Formal and informal probate proceedings are heard in the Magistrate Division of the District Court. Idaho Code § 31-3201A sets the magistrate-division civil fee at $120, but charges it "in addition to" separately imposed statutory charges (§ 1-2003, § 31-3201 and § 73-213), so the opening cost is not a single settled figure and is presented as variable below. Personal representatives receive reasonable compensation under § 15-3-719.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
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Idaho simplified probate route
Up to $100,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: Idaho Code § 15-3-1201.
Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201)Screen a specific Idaho estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
Varies locally
Set locally; ask the receiving court.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: Idaho Code § 15-3-719.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
Idaho Code § 15-3-801 (Idaho State Legislature; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsStatutes read in full for Idaho
Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.
| Citation | What reading it established | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho Code § 15-3-803 | Idaho carves state taxes out of the claims bar entirely — creditor deadline note | 2026-09-17 |
| Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 | Idaho measures fair market value, and names the state as a successor for Medicaid recovery — small estate route note | 2026-09-17 |
| Idaho Code §§ 15-3-719, 15-3-721 | Idaho’s fee review provision has not been amended since 1971 — representative pay note | 2026-09-17 |
Idaho decision map
The four facts that change the Idaho route
Each Idaho answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Idaho answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Collection of personal property by affidavit (Idaho Code § 15-3-1201) |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $100,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | No single statewide amount is published here; confirm the receiving court's current schedule. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
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What Idaho courts publish
Every link is probed before each release.
- Self-help centreIdaho Court Self-Help CenterIdaho Supreme Court
- Court resourceIdaho Supreme Court — Self-HelpIdaho Supreme Court
Limits on court material
- Idaho probate is administered in the Magistrate Division of the District Court. Idaho publishes statewide self-help resources through the Idaho Court Self-Help Center; forms and the operative filing fee for a magistrate-division civil case are set statewide by Idaho Code § 31-3201A. The § 15-3-1201 affidavit is a private demand instrument, not a court filing, so no statewide affidavit form is required to be filed with the court.
Idaho primary sources
- Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 — Idaho Code § 15-3-1201 — Collection of personal property by affidavit
- Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1) — Idaho Code § 31-3201A — Court fees (clerk of district court)
- Idaho Code § 15-3-719 — Idaho Code § 15-3-719 — Compensation of personal representative
- Idaho Code § 15-3-801 — Idaho Code § 15-3-801 — Notice to creditors
- Idaho Code § 15-3-803(a) — Idaho Code § 15-3-803 — Limitations on presentation of claims
Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Idaho source record.
Idaho record: 5/5 verified, 16 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction