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

Small-estate limit: $75,000

This guide explains probate in Mississippi: Mississippi provides a small-estate affidavit under Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322 for personal property of a decedent whose estate, net of liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $75,000.00, available at least thirty (30) days after death and filed in the Chancery Court of the county of domicile. Opening an estate case costs a fixed statutory $135.00 (an $85.00 chancery-clerk service fee plus two mandatory § 25-7-9(3) per-case fund assessments of $10.00 and $40.00). The executor-commission ceiling (§ 91-7-299) and the creditor-claim bar (§§ 91-7-145/151) remain honest UNKNOWNs because they live only in the LexisNexis-contracted Mississippi Code and were never restated by a digital-era enacted bill, so no figure for either is published here.

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

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Mississippi simplified probate route

Up to $75,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: S.B. 2850, § 7, 2020 Miss. Laws (Reg. Sess.) (amending Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322).

Small-estate affidavit for collection of personal property (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322)

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What the reviewed rules establish

Simplified route

$75,000

Small-estate affidavit for collection of personal property (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322); usable 30 days after death.

Eligibility and caveats

Mississippi provisions this site could not read

Not every state serves its own code. Where Mississippi did not, the attempt is recorded here instead of being covered over with a figure copied from a secondary summary. Each row names the authority that would settle the question and the page that failed to return it.

Authority soughtWhat is therefore not publishedTried on
Miss. Code Ann. tit. 91, ch. 7 (executors and administrators)No Mississippi commission figure is published here — representative pay2026-09-17
Miss. Code Ann. tit. 91, ch. 7 (probate of claims)Mississippi creditor deadlines: verified as unreadable, not guessed — creditor deadline2026-09-17

Mississippi decision map

The four facts that change the Mississippi route

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

QuestionRecorded Mississippi answer
What route is being screened?Small-estate affidavit for collection of personal property (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322)
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: not published here
What does the cost record establish?$135 is the recorded statewide amount.
What does compensation use?No verified rule.

Limits and unresolved costs

  • Executor commission ceiling (§ 91-7-299) is an honest UNKNOWN - the section is Lexis-locked and no digital-era enacting bill restates it, so no percentage is published here; consult § 91-7-299 or the Chancery Court.
  • Creditor-claim bar (§§ 91-7-145/151) is UNKNOWN - Lexis-locked, no digital-era enacting bill.

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What Mississippi courts publish

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Limits on court material

  • Mississippi probate (estates of decedents) is heard in the Chancery Court (confirmed: '§ 25-7-9(2) ... the clerks of the chancery courts'). There is no statewide small-estate form or single statewide filing-fee schedule beyond the § 25-7-9 chancery-clerk fee; the affidavit and administration are filed with the county chancery clerk.

Mississippi primary sources

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Mississippi record: 2/2 verified, 12 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction