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Every source behind the Alaska guide

4 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 18 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch October 3, 2026

What each source establishes

The Alaska guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and the statutory creditor-deadline clocks the official text states.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

AS 13.16.680

Alaska State Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, consists only of not more than (A) vehicles subject to registration under AS 28.10.011 with a total value that does not exceed $100,000; and (B) personal property, other than vehicles described in (A) of this paragraph, that does not exceed $50,000; (2) 30 days have elapsed since the death of the decedent;

What this means: The akleg.gov print endpoint prints no edition/amendment stamp; currentness is a disclosed limitation.

What was published from this source

  • AK AS 13.16.680

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • vehicle and personalty caps
  • 30-day wait
  • less liens and encumbrances
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

AS 13.16.430

Alaska State Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

Sec. 13.16.430. Compensation of personal representative. A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services.

What this means: Print endpoint shows no edition stamp; currentness disclosed as a limitation. Will-fixed compensation may be renounced in favor of reasonable compensation.

What was published from this source

  • AK AS 13.16.430

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • reasonable compensation
  • will renunciation
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

AS 13.16.460

Alaska State Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

(1) within four months after the date of the first publication of notice to creditors if notice is given in compliance with AS 13.16.450 ; however, claims barred by the nonclaim statute at the decedent's domicile before the first publication for claims in this state are also barred in this state; (2) within three years after the decedent's death, if notice to creditors has not been published.

What this means: Publication bar is 4 months from first publication (notice published weekly for three successive weeks under AS 13.16.450); outer nonclaim bar is 3 years from death when no notice is published.

What was published from this source

  • AK AS 13.16.460

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • four-month publication bar
  • three-year outer bar
  • publication weekly three weeks
  • section identity
  • section identity

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Court cost rule

Alaska R. Admin. 9 (Fee Schedule)

Alaska Court System (Alaska Rules of Court) · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · Verified August 9, 2026

(2) For probate matters: (A) Upon filing a trust or estate action other than the registration or deposit of a will or trust document 250.00 (B) For depositing a will with the court for safekeeping 50.00

What this means: PDF now extracts via the pdf.js fallback (318,492 chars). Rule 9 has been amended by successive Supreme Court Orders; it prints no single 'current through' stamp, so currentness is a disclosed limitation.

What was published from this source

  • AK Alaska R. Admin. 9 (Fee Schedule)

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • probate filing fee 250
  • will safekeeping 50
  • section identity
  • section identity

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What Alaska courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

Limits on court material

  • Alaska publishes statewide standardized P-series probate self-help forms through the Alaska Court System.
  • Probate is heard in the Superior Court (with magistrate judges handling some probate matters in smaller court locations).

Checking these Alaska records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the267 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Alaska. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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