Oklahoma route screening

Oklahoma small-estate limit: $50,000

Oklahoma offers three abbreviated tracks, keyed to different statutes and thresholds.

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

1. Where and when

StateOklahomaFixed to this page. Open the navigator to compare another state.Date of deathRequired. Without it no waiting period can be tested and the route stays undecided.

2. What they left

Asset 1

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real property

Asset 2

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real propertyWill it be sold during administration?Some court charges are assessed on sale proceeds and exclude real property that is kept, so this changes the amount.

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

amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets$58 O.S. § 527 applies the entire schedule to this single accounting figure. Leaving it blank keeps the compensation undecided rather than assuming a number.

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Your working estimate

Oklahoma estate snapshot

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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 neededProbate case filed in district 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 compensationCase accounting neededEnter the compensable value above and this schedule is applied to it, band by band.Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls.

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.

(1) Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393): collect the decedent's Oklahoma property when the fair-market value of property located in Oklahoma, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $50,000, usable ten or more days after death and only if no personal representative has been appointed. (2) Dispensing with regular proceedings (58 O.S. § 241): after a petition for probate is filed and a personal representative is appointed, if the value of the real and personal property in the estate does not exceed $150,000 the court may dispense with the regular proceedings and order notice to creditors and a combined final hearing — an abbreviated but court-supervised administration. (3) Summary administration (58 O.S. § 245): a person interested in an estate may petition for summary administration if the estate meets ONE of three conditions — the value of the estate is less than or equal to $200,000, OR the decedent has been deceased for more than five years, OR the decedent resided in another jurisdiction at the time of death. Section 241 and section 245 are separate routes with different thresholds ($150,000 vs $200,000) and different eligibility gates; only § 245 is titled summary administration.

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: 58 O.S. § 393 — Laws 2017, c. 73, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017..

Verbatim threshold text from that source:

1. The fair market value of property located in this state owned by the decedent and subject to disposition by will or intestate succession at the time of the decedent's death, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);

How the Oklahoma screen is measured

Procedure	Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393); dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000 (58 O.S. § 241); summary administration (58 O.S. § 245)
What counts	The probate estate within the statute’s scope, so solely owned real property can count
Value basis	Value less enforceable liens and encumbrances
Waiting period	10 days after death

The Oklahoma caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Oklahoma overview.

The official Oklahoma path

No statewide form is published for this route; ask the District Court in the county of residence for its packet.

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

Statute

58 O.S. § 393

Reviewed source note: 1. The fair market value of property located in this state owned by the decedent and subject to disposition by will or intestate succession at the time of the decedent's death, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00);

Oklahoma State Senate · Edition/currentness: Laws 2017, c. 73, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. · Verified October 3, 2026

Oklahoma record: 5/5 verified, 23 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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