Simplified route
$100,000
Collection of personal property by affidavit; usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsUtah estate administration
Utah probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $100,000
This guide explains probate in Utah: Utah uses a 30-day successor affidavit for a net estate capped at $100,000 and handles probate petitions in District Court. The affidavit transfers personal property, while the threshold counts the entire estate subject to administration.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
Answer first
Utah simplified probate route
Up to $100,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: Utah Code § 75-3-1201.
Collection of personal property by affidavitScreen a specific Utah estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
$375
1 published schedule, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Court-reviewed
No percentage schedule; the court decides what is reasonable. Source: Utah Code § 75-3-718.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
Utah Code § 75-3-801 (Utah Legislature; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsUtah decision map
The four facts that change the Utah route
Each Utah answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Utah answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Collection of personal property by affidavit |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $100,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | $375 is the recorded statewide amount. |
| What does compensation use? | Reasonable compensation set by the court, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- The $375 filing-fee version is superseded January 1, 2027 and must be re-reviewed then.
- The affidavit does not transfer real property, although real property subject to administration counts toward the cap.
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What Utah courts publish
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- Self-help centreUtah Judiciary probate self-helpUtah State Courts
Statewide probate entry point. It links a dedicated Small estates page and a downloadable motor-vehicle small-estate affidavit form.
- Self-help centreUtah Judiciary Small estatesUtah State Courts
- Official formAffidavit for small estate matters (motor vehicle) (PDF)Utah State Courts
Statewide Utah Judiciary form for transferring a decedent's motor vehicle under the small-estate affidavit procedure. It is offered on the Small estates page in both PDF and Word.
Limits on court material
- The Utah Judiciary publishes a statewide probate self-help section with a dedicated Small estates page and a downloadable motor-vehicle small-estate affidavit form (both linked above). The general Utah Code § 75-3-1201 collection-by-affidavit route is driven by statutory content rather than a single universal blank, so the successor's own sworn affidavit meets the statute; the District Court clerk in the county of residence confirms local filing requirements.
Utah primary sources
- Utah Code § 75-3-1201 — Utah Code § 75-3-1201, collection by affidavit
- Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a) — Utah Code § 78A-2-301, civil filing fees
- Utah Code § 75-3-718 — Utah Code § 75-3-718, personal-representative compensation
- Utah Code § 75-3-801 — Utah Code § 75-3-801, notice to creditors
- Utah Code § 75-3-803 — Utah Code § 75-3-803, limitations on claims
Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Utah source record.
Utah record: 5/5 verified, 15 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction