Estate Settlement Cost

Arizona source record

Every source behind the Arizona guide

3 statutes, quoted verbatim and checked against 9 named conditions that must appear in the live government text. Open the record, read the words the legislature actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch August 8, 2026

What each source establishes

The Arizona guide rests on three rules: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, and how the person administering the estate may be paid. Each is quoted below in the statute’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

A.R.S. § 14-3971

Arizona State Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

1. Thirty days have elapsed since the death of the decedent. 2. Either: (a) An application or petition for the appointment of a personal representative is not pending and a personal representative has not been appointed in any jurisdiction and the value of all personal property in the decedent's estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $200,000 as valued as of the date of death.

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 200000
  • smallEstate.waitingDays = 30
  • eligibilitySummary mentions a separate $300,000 real-property route after six months

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.

  • 30-day wait for personal property
  • $200,000 personal-property ceiling, measured less liens and encumbrances
  • six-month wait for real property
  • $300,000 real-property ceiling

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Court cost rule

A.R.S. § 12-284

Arizona State Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

C Initial case filing fee Filing petition for annulment $ 149.00 Filing for dissolution/legal separation petition 149.00 Petition in formal testacy or appointment proceeding 149.00 Application for informal probate or informal appointment 149.00

What was published from this source

  • filingFee.amount = 149 (initial case filing fee for informal probate or appointment)

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.

  • $149 informal probate application fee
  • $149 formal testacy petition fee
  • clerk of the superior court fee authority

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Executor compensation rule

A.R.S. § 14-3719

Arizona State Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.kind = reasonable

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 standard
  • personal representative subject

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What Arizona courts publish

The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.

Limits on court material

  • Arizona publishes no single statewide small-estate affidavit form. Superior court clerks in each county publish their own affidavit packets built on A.R.S. § 14-3971.
  • County surcharges are added to the statutory filing fee, so the published statewide schedule is the figure to confirm locally.

How to check this yourself

  1. Open the citation link. It goes to the publishing government body, not to a summary.
  2. Search the page for the quoted sentence. It is reproduced here exactly, so a text search should land on it.
  3. Compare the figures. If the statute has changed since the verification date above, the statute governs and this page is wrong.
  4. Report the difference. Naming the citation and the language you see maps onto a specific condition in the list above, which makes the correction verifiable.

Scope of these records

These sources cover the cost and route questions this site answers. 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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