Virginia route screening

Virginia small-estate limit: $75,000

The entire personal probate estate must not exceed $75,000, and no personal representative application may be pending or granted.

Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

1. Where and when

StateVirginiaFixed to this page. Open the navigator to compare another state.Date of deathRequired. Without it no waiting period can be tested and the route stays undecided.

2. What they left

Asset 1

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real property

Asset 2

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real propertyWill it be sold during administration?Some court charges are assessed on sale proceeds and exclude real property that is kept, so this changes the amount.

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

Private by design: entries stay in this browser.

Your working estimate

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More information is needed

Counted probate estate: not yet counted

A valid date of death is required before any waiting period can be tested.

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeMore information neededAppointing and qualifying a personal representative2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.Court charges only, for the proceeding named beside each figure. That proceeding is not always the route screened above.

Scheduled executor compensationMore information needed2 asset entries have no value entered.Virginia uses a reasonable-compensation standard rather than a fixed statutory percentage.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

Threshold evidence and currency

What the reviewed source establishes

Currency: No later session-law supersession is recorded in the reviewed source set for this threshold. The edition/currentness label below is the basis for the published figure.

Controlling citation: Va. Code § 64.2-601 — Section history through 2026, c. 40.

Verbatim threshold text from that source:

1. That the value of the decedent's entire personal probate estate as of the date of the decedent's death, wherever located, does not exceed $75,000; 2. That at least 60 days have elapsed since the decedent's death;

How the Virginia screen is measured

Procedure	Small asset affidavit
What counts	Personal property only; real property is outside this route
Value basis	Gross value; liens are not subtracted
Waiting period	60 days after death

The Virginia caveats that can change this answer are listed once, on the Virginia overview.

The official Virginia path

Probate in Virginia, self-help centre — Supreme Court of Virginia. Links to Form CC-1601 and its instructions. The form PDF is served only to browsers, so it is reached through this page.

What a small-estate screen can and cannot decide, and which assets never enter it, is explained once in small-estate affidavit or probate and what counts as a probate asset.

Controlling source

Statute

Va. Code § 64.2-601

Reviewed source note: 1. That the value of the decedent's entire personal probate estate as of the date of the decedent's death, wherever located, does not exceed $75,000; 2. That at least 60 days have elapsed since the decedent's death;

Virginia General Assembly · Edition/currentness: Section history through 2026, c. 40 · Verified October 3, 2026

Virginia record: 6/6 verified, 17 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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