Simplified route
$50,000
Transfer by affidavit; waiting period not verified.
Eligibility and caveatsWisconsin estate administration
Wisconsin probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $50,000
This guide explains probate in Wisconsin: Wisconsin has separate transfer-by-affidavit, summary-settlement, and summary-assignment procedures. This record models the $50,000 gross-value affidavit and separately discloses the court summary-settlement test.
Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.
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Wisconsin simplified probate route
Up to $50,000; waiting period not verified. Source: Wis. Stat. § 867.03.
Transfer by affidavitScreen a specific Wisconsin 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
Tiered
2 published schedules, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Statutory schedule
A statutory percentage schedule applies. Source: Wis. Stat. § 857.05.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Multiple triggers
Wis. Stat. §§ 859.01-.02 (Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau; reviewed August 9, 2026)
Timeline and creditor detailsWisconsin decision map
The four facts that change the Wisconsin route
Each Wisconsin answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Wisconsin answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Transfer by affidavit |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value for this route. |
| What is the amount screen? | $50,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | No waiting-period number verified; creditor deadlines: separate clocks by triggering event |
| What does the cost record establish? | 2 published schedules; the proceeding and value basis control the total. |
| What does compensation use? | Statutory percentage schedule, measured on the estate accounting. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- The future November 1, 2026 filing-fee schedule needs a timed re-review.
- Section 867.03’s conditional 30-day hold is not a universal death-based waiting period and must not be shown as one.
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What Wisconsin courts publish
Every link is probed before each release.
- Official formPR-1831, Transfer by Affidavit (PDF)Wisconsin Court System
- Forms indexCircuit court probate formsWisconsin Court System
- Self-help centreProbate self-helpWisconsin Court System
- Court resourceWisconsin circuit courtsWisconsin Court System
Limits on court material
- Wisconsin publishes statewide probate forms, including PR-1831 for the affidavit track.
- Probate jurisdiction is in Circuit Court; use the statewide circuit-court directory for county contact details.
Wisconsin primary sources
- Wis. Stat. § 867.03 — Wisconsin Statutes, Transfer by Affidavit
- Wis. Stat. § 867.01 — Wisconsin Statutes, Summary Settlement of Small Estates
- Wis. Stat. § 814.66(1)(a)2 — Wisconsin Statutes, Fees of Register in Probate
- Wis. Stat. § 857.05 — Wisconsin Statutes, Personal Representative Expenses and Services
- Wis. Stat. §§ 859.01-.02 — Wisconsin Statutes, Time for Filing Claims
- Wis. Stat. § 859.48 — Wisconsin Statutes, Claims of Creditors Without Notice
Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Wisconsin source record.
Wisconsin record: 6/6 verified, 21 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction