ORS 114.505 to 114.560
Reviewed source note: Not more than $75,000 of the fair market value of the estate is attributable to personal property other than manufactured homes
Oregon route screening
Oregon small-estate limit: $75,000
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
Oregon's simple (small) estate affidavit has TWO distinct fair-market-value caps that must both be satisfied: not more than $75,000 attributable to personal property (other than manufactured homes) AND not more than $200,000 attributable to the combined value of real property and manufactured homes. Value is fair market value of the entire interest without reduction for liens or debts (gross), measured as of the date of death. The affidavit may not be filed until 30 days after death. Filing fee is $124 (ORS 21.145).
Threshold evidence and currency
What the reviewed source establishes
Currency: Creditor correction applied: the prior 'outer limit measured from date of death' was unsupported by ORS 115.005; the bar is the LATER of four months from publication (ORS 115.005(2)(a)) or 45 days from actual notice (ORS 115.005(2)(b)), each subject to the claim's own statute of limitations. There is no independent nonclaim period running from death.
Controlling citation: ORS 114.505 to 114.560 — 2025 EDITION.
Verbatim threshold text from that source:
Not more than $75,000 of the fair market value of the estate is attributable to personal property other than manufactured homes
How the Oregon screen is measured
| Procedure | Simple estate affidavit |
|---|---|
| What counts | The probate estate within the statute’s scope, so solely owned real property can count |
| Value basis | Gross value; liens are not subtracted |
| Waiting period | 30 days after death |
The Oregon caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Oregon overview.
The official Oregon path
- Oregon Judicial Department estate (probate) forms — Oregon Judicial Department
- Oregon Judicial Department courts directory — Oregon Judicial Department
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.
Oregon splits its threshold in two, and counts manufactured homes with the real property
Oregon’s simple estate affidavit is governed by ORS 114.510 and 114.515. The criteria are not a single ceiling: not more than $75,000 of the fair market value of the estate may be attributable to personal property other than manufactured homes, and not more than $200,000 may be attributable to the combined fair market value of real property and manufactured homes.
Both limits must be satisfied, and the classification of a manufactured home matters. A manufactured home is counted against the $200,000 real-property limit rather than the $75,000 personal-property limit, which is the opposite of how most states treat a chattel.
Timing of the valuation is fixed by ORS 114.510(2)(a): fair market value is determined as of the date of death, or, if the date of death is more than one year before the affidavit is filed, as of a date within 45 days before filing. A testate estate has an additional route under subsection (1)(b), which measures the two limits against property specifically devised to devisees other than the trustee of a qualifying pre-death trust, with the balance passing to that trustee.
ORS 114.515 sets who may file: one or more claiming successors; where the decedent died testate, any person named as personal representative in the will; and the Director of Human Services, the Director of the Oregon Health Authority, or an attorney approved under ORS 114.517, where the decedent received public assistance or medical assistance. The affidavit is filed with the clerk of the probate court in a county where venue would lie for appointing a personal representative.
Source: ORS 114.510, 114.515, read from the enacting state’s own published code on 2026-09-17. Quoted wording is the statute’s; the surrounding explanation is this site’s reading of it and is not legal advice.
Controlling source
Oregon record: 6/6 verified, 26 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction