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Minnesota probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines

Small-estate limit: $75,000

This guide explains probate in Minnesota: Minnesota’s affidavit route collects qualifying personal property without a personal representative appointment; probate proceedings themselves are in District Court.

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

Answer first

Minnesota simplified probate route

Up to $75,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: Minn. Stat. § 524.3-1201.

Collection of personal property by affidavit

Screen a specific Minnesota 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

Simplified route

$75,000

Collection of personal property by affidavit; usable 30 days after death.

Eligibility and caveats

Executor compensation

Court-reviewed

No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719.

Compensation detail

Statutes read in full for Minnesota

Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-803 (limitations on presentation of claims)Minnesota sets a different deadline for each kind of creditor, and how the creditor was told decides which one applies — creditor deadline note2026-09-17
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719Minnesota tells the court which three things it must consider — representative pay note2026-09-17

Minnesota decision map

The four facts that change the Minnesota route

Each Minnesota answer below links to the page that sets out its source.

QuestionRecorded Minnesota answer
What route is being screened?Collection of personal property by affidavit
What property and basis count?personal probate property only; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.
What is the amount screen?$75,000
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event
What does the cost record establish?$310 is the recorded statewide amount.
What does compensation use?Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting.

Limits and unresolved costs

  • The $310 statute does not price county law-library charges or other case-specific costs.
  • Direct Minnesota Judicial Branch resource URLs were machine-blocked with HTTP 403.

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What Minnesota courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

No Minnesota court document is linked here. The notes below state why, rather than leaving the absence unexplained.

Limits on court material

  • The Minnesota Judicial Branch mncourts.gov probate, forms, fee, and Find Courts pages returned HTTP 403 to automated verification on 2026-08-09, so they are not listed as verified resources.
  • The Minnesota State Law Library’s official probate guide and forms guide returned HTTP 200.
  • Minnesota's official court forms and probate help live at mncourts.gov, which refuses automated requests, so no Minnesota court link is published here rather than substituting a copy hosted by a third party. Search mncourts.gov directly for probate forms.

Minnesota primary sources

Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Minnesota source record.

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