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Rhode Island small-estate limit: $15,000

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

1. Where and when
2. What they left

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Asset 2

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

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Rhode Island 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 neededPetition to appoint an administrator or to probate a will (statewide, R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-22-21)2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.More information neededVoluntary informal administration under § 33-24-12 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 compensationMore information needed2 asset entries have no value entered.Rhode Island states no percentage schedule: the Probate Court allows the executor or administrator compensation in the account in the amount the court considers just. The cited section does not specify a value base, will override, or separate extraordinary-services rate.

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.

After 30 days, an eligible adult Rhode Island resident may file in the decedent’s city or town Probate Court if the estate consists entirely of personal property and the inventory-counted value, excluding the tangible-personal-property category identified by § 33-24-1, does not exceed $15,000. No petition for letters may already be filed. Where the decedent left a will naming an executor, R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-24-2 gives the named executor (or, if unable to serve, an alternate or listed relative) a parallel voluntary route on the same $15,000 personal-property test.

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: R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-24-1 — P.L. 2011, ch. 363, § 10..

Verbatim threshold text from that source:

(a) If a resident of Rhode Island dies leaving an estate consisting entirely of personal property the total value of which otherwise subject to being listed on a probate inventory pursuant to § 33-9-1, exclusive of tangible personal property of which the decedent was owner, does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in value, his or her surviving spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle, or any interested party, if of full age and legal capacity and a resident of this state, may, after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the death of the decedent, provided no petition for letters testamentary or letters of administration has been filed with the probate court of the city or town in which the decedent resided, file with said probate court upon a form prescribed by the court a statement, verified by oath or affirmation containing: (1) The

How the Rhode Island screen is measured

ProcedureVoluntary informal administration of small estates
What countsPersonal property only; real property is outside this route
Value basisGross value less exempt property the worksheet cannot classify
Waiting period30 days after death

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

The official Rhode Island path

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

Rhode Island record: 7/7 verified, 21 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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