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Every source behind the Illinois guide

4 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 13 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 Illinois 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

755 ILCS 5/25-1

Illinois General Assembly · (Source: P.A. 104-346, eff. 8-15-25.) · Verified August 9, 2026

the decedent's personal estate passing to any party by intestacy or under a will is limited to: (A) excluding motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State, tangible and intangible personal property not exceeding $150,000; and (B) motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State.

What this means: The $150,000 ceiling is measured on personal property excluding motor vehicles registered with the Secretary of State; the affidavit does not transfer real property.

What was published from this source

  • IL 755 ILCS 5/25-1

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.

  • IL small-estate $150,000 personal property
  • IL 25-1 section number
  • IL 25-1 section identity
  • section identity

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Executor compensation rule

755 ILCS 5/27-1

Illinois General Assembly · (Source: P.A. 102-72, eff. 1-1-22 .) · Verified August 9, 2026

Sec. 27-1. Fees of representative. A representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services,

What was published from this source

  • IL 755 ILCS 5/27-1

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.

  • IL executor reasonable compensation
  • IL 27-1 section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

755 ILCS 5/18-3

Illinois General Assembly · (Source: P.A. 86-815.) · Verified August 9, 2026

claims may be filed on or before the date stated in the notice, which date shall be not less than 6 months from the date of the first publication or 3 months from the date of mailing

What this means: Sets the claim-bar date stated in the published/mailed notice: at least 6 months from first publication (or 3 months from mailing). Part of a multi-trigger framework, so creditorClaims is reported unknown.

What was published from this source

  • IL 755 ILCS 5/18-3

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.

  • IL notice date 6 months from publication
  • IL 18-3 section identity
  • section identity

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Creditor deadline rule

755 ILCS 5/18-12

Illinois General Assembly · (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95; 89-686, eff. 12-31-96.) · Verified August 9, 2026

all claims which could have been barred under this Section are, in any event, barred 2 years after decedent's death

What this means: Outer nonclaim bar: all claims are barred 2 years after death, independent of the notice date under 18-3. Two independent triggers, so creditorClaims is reported unknown.

What was published from this source

  • IL 755 ILCS 5/18-12

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.

  • IL 2-year outer nonclaim bar
  • IL 18-12 section identity
  • section identity

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Statutes read in full for Illinois

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

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
705 ILCS 105/27.1bIllinois sets a statutory ceiling on the filing fee and lets each county board fix the actual number underneath it — court and filing cost note2026-09-17
755 ILCS 5/18-12Illinois bars a claim by what the notice said, and backstops it at two years — creditor deadline note2026-09-17
755 ILCS 5/25-1Illinois counts motor vehicles outside its $150,000 affidavit ceiling — small estate route note2026-09-17
755 ILCS 5/27-1Illinois sets no rate, but it does name people who may not be paid at all — representative pay note2026-09-17

What Illinois courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

Limits on court material

  • Illinois probate is heard in the Circuit Court of the county where the decedent lived; the small estate affidavit under 755 ILCS 5/25-1 avoids opening a probate estate. Filing fees are set by each circuit clerk.

Checking these Illinois 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 Illinois. 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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