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Every source behind the Arizona guide

3 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 10 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 Arizona 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 any statutory creditor-deadline gaps the related guide names rather than guesses through.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

A.R.S. § 14-3971

Arizona State Legislature · Publisher states no currentness signal; manual session review required · 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 currentness signal; manual session review required · 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 currentness signal; manual session review required · 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.

  • section identity is 14-3719 compensation
  • reasonable compensation standard
  • personal representative subject

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Statutes read in full for Arizona

Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
A.R.S. § 12-284What the Arizona superior court clerk charges to open a probate — court and filing cost note2026-09-17
A.R.S. §§ 14-3801, 14-3803Arizona’s outer deadline is two years plus whatever is left of the notice period — creditor deadline note2026-09-17
A.R.S. § 14-3971Arizona does not have one small-estate threshold; it has three different affidavits — small estate route note2026-09-17
A.R.S. §§ 14-3719, 14-3721Arizona lets the people a representative hired ask the court to cut their own fees — representative pay note2026-09-17

What Arizona courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

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.

Checking these Arizona 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 Arizona. 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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