Simplified route
$35,000
Release from administration; no waiting period stated.
Eligibility and caveatsOhio estate administration
Ohio probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $35,000
This guide explains probate in Ohio: Ohio calls its simplified procedure release from administration and provides a higher limit when a surviving spouse receives the entire estate.
Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
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Ohio simplified probate route
Up to $35,000; no waiting period stated. Source: Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A).
Release from administrationScreen a specific Ohio 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.
Ohio publishes statutory base charges, but each probate court may add local-rule fees. Where it is set: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.03.
Executor compensation
Statutory schedule
A statutory percentage schedule applies. Source: Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35.
Compensation detailOhio accounting calculatorCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06(B) (Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules; reviewed August 7, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsStatutes read in full for Ohio
Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.
| Citation | What reading it established | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35 (commissions), eff. Sept. 29, 2015 | Ohio pays its executors on four different bases, and only one of them is the probate estate — representative pay note | 2026-09-17 |
| Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06 (presentation and allowance of creditor claims) | Ohio runs its creditor bar from the death itself, not from a notice, and appointing nobody does not pause it — creditor deadline note | 2026-09-17 |
Ohio decision map
The four facts that change the Ohio route
Each Ohio answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Ohio answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Release from administration |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value for this route. |
| What is the amount screen? | $35,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | No universal waiting period stated; 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? | Statutory percentage schedule, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- Actual filing totals vary by probate court.
- The simplified procedure requires a court application.
- Summary release from administration (O.R.C. 2113.031) is a distinct, smaller track from the $35,000/$100,000 release from administration: it is limited to the lesser of $5,000 or the decedent's funeral and burial expenses for a person who paid them, or, for a surviving spouse, the statutory support allowance plus up to $5,000 for funeral and burial. Form 5.10 is the application.
- Executor compensation is not a single percentage of one figure. O.R.C. 2113.35(A) pays 4%/3%/2% on personal property and realty sold, while subsection (B) adds 1% on real property that is not sold and 1% on certain non-probate property, so the total depends on the estate accounting rather than on the probate value alone.
- Creditor claims are barred six months after the date of death under O.R.C. 2117.06(B), and that period runs whether or not an executor or administrator is appointed within it.
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What Ohio courts publish
Every link is probed before each release.
- Official formForm 5.10, Summary Release From Administration (PDF)Supreme Court of Ohio
Standard probate form adopted for use in every Ohio probate court.
- Forms indexOhio standard probate forms, decedent estatesSupreme Court of Ohio
Limits on court material
- Ohio adopts statewide standard probate forms, but each county probate court sets its own filing charges and local rules.
Ohio primary sources
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A) — Ohio Revised Code, Release from Administration
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16 — Ohio Revised Code, Probate Court Fees
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.031(B) — Ohio Revised Code, Summary Release From Administration
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35 — Ohio Revised Code, Executor and Administrator Fees
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06(B) — Ohio Revised Code, Presentation of Creditor Claims
Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Ohio source record.
Ohio record: 5/5 verified, 16 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction