State Probate Laws

Alabama Title 43 Chapter 2 Administration of Estates
Title 43 Chapter 8 Probate Code
Alaska Title 13 Decedents’ Estates, Guardianships, Transfers and Trusts
Title 13 Chapter 16 Probate of Wills and Administration
Arizona Title 14 Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings
Arkansas Title 28 Wills, Estates and Fiduciary Relationships
California California Probate Code
Colorado Title 15 Probate, Trusts and Fiduciaries
Connecticut Title 45 Probate Courts and Procedure
District of Columbia Division III Title 18 Wills
Division III Title 19 Descent Distribution and Trusts
Division III Title 20 Probate and Administration of Decedents’ Estates
Florida Title XLII Estates and Trusts
Georgia Title 53 Wills, Trusts, and Administration of Estates
Hawaii Title 30A Uniform Probate Code
Idaho Title 15 Uniform Probate Code
Illinois Chapter 755 Estates
Chapter 760 Trusts and Fiduciaries
Indiana Title 29 Probate
Title 30 Trusts and Fiduciaries
Iowa Title XV Chapter 633> Probate Code
Title XV Chapter 634 Private Foundations and Charitable Trusts
Title XV Chapter 635 Administration of Small Estates
Title XV Chapter 636 Sureties-Fiduciaries-Trusts-Investments
Kansas Chapter 59 Probate Code
Kentucky Chapter 140 Inheritance and Estate Taxes
Chapter 386 Administration of Trusts – Investments
Chapter 391 Descent and Distribution
Chapter 394 Wills
Chapter 395 Personal Representatives
Chapter 396 Claims Against Decedents’ Estates
Louisiana Book III, Title I Of Successions
Uniform Probate Law
Maine Title 18 Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Title 18A Probate Code
Maryland Titles 1 to16 Estates and Trusts
Massachusetts MGL Part II, Title II Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates
Michigan Chapters 701 to 713 Probate Code
Minnesota Chapters 524-532 Estates of Decedents; Guardianships
Mississippi Title 91 Trusts and Estates
Missouri Title XXXI, Chapters 456-475 Trusts and Estates of Decedents
Montana Title 72 Estates, Trusts and Fiduciary Relationships
Nebraska Chapter 30 Decedents’ Estates; Protection of Persons and Property
Nevada Title 12 Wills and Estates of Deceased Persons
Title 13 Guardianships; Conservatorships; Trusts
New Hampshire Title 56 Probate Courts and Decedents’ Estates
New Jersey Titles 3A and 3B Administration of Estates — Decedents and Others
New Mexico Chapter 45 Uniform Probate Code
Chapter 46 Fiduciaries and Trusts
New York Chapter 17-B Estates, Powers and Trusts
North Carolina Chapter 41 Estates
Chapter 47 Probate and Registration
North Dakota Title 30.1 Uniform Probate Code
Ohio Title XXI> Courts – Probate – Juvenile
Oklahoma Title 58 Probate Procedure
Title 84 Wills and Succession
Oregon Chapter 111 Probate Law
Chapter 112 Intestate Succession and Wills
Chapter 113 Initiation of Estate Proceedings
Chapter 114 Administration of Estates
Chapter 115 Claims, Actions, and Suits Against Estates
Pennsylvania Title 20 Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries
Rhode Island Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure
South Dakota Title 29A Uniform Probate Code
Title 55 Fiduciaries and Trusts
South Carolina Title 21 Estates, Trusts, Guardians and Fiduciaries
Title 62 Probate Code
Tennessee Title 30 Administration of Estates
Title 31 Descent and Distribution
Title 32 Wills
Title 35 Fiduciaries and Trust Estates
Texas Texas Probate Code
Texas Probate Code Chapter V Estates of Decedents
Texas Probate Code Chapter IV Execution and Revocation of Wills
Texas Probate Code Chapter XIII Guardianship
Utah Title 22 Fiduciaries and Trusts
Title 75 Uniform Probate Code
Vermont Title 14 Decedents’ Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Virginia Title 64.1 Wills and Decedents’ Estates
Washington Title 11 Probate and Trust Law
West Virginia Chapter 41 Wills
Chapter 42 Descent and Distribution
Chapter 44 Administration of Estates and Trusts
Wisconsin Chapter 701 Trusts
Chapter 853 Wills
Chapters 851 to 882 Probate
Wyoming Title 2 Wills, Decedents’ Estates and Probate Code
Title 2 Chapter 2 Probate Court
Title 2 Chapter 6 Wills
Title 2 Chapter 7 Administration of Estates

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