Probate Filing Requirements

Fees

  • Advertising Fee - $69
  • Filing Fee - $34
  • Inventory Fee - $1% of personal property (minus the $34 filing fee - $1,504 maximum fee)

Probate of Will

  • Advertising fee o
  • Death Certificate
  • Filing Fee
  • Petition
  • Proof of Will
  • Resident Agent Form - if non-resident Executor
  • Will
  • Waivers (If advertised, must file Affidavit of Notice prior to the hearing date)

Administration

  • Advertising Fee or Waivers (If advertised, must file Affidavit of Notice prior to the hearing date)
  • Death Certificate
  • Filing Fee
  • Resident Agent Form - if non-resident Executor
  • Petition

Change of Name

  • BCI Report from Rhode Island Attorney General
  • Birth Certificate
  • Filing
  • Petition
  • and advertising fees

Affidavit of Completed Administration

  • Account
  • Advertising fee or Waivers (If advertised, must file Affidavit of Notice prior to the hearing date)
  • Certificate of Accounting
  • Certificate of Devise or Descent (with property description and recording fee) or Affidavit of No Real Property
  • Certificate of Devise or Descent (with property description and recording fee) or Affidavit of No Real Property
  • Discharge of Inheritance Taxes or Statement of No Tax Due
  • Discharge of Inheritance Taxes or Statement of No Tax Due
  • Filing Fee
  • Filing Fee
  • Final Account
  • Funeral Bill (marked paid)
  • Funeral Bill (marked paid)
  • Releases of beneficiaries
  • Affidavit

Petition of Sale of Real Estate

  • Advertising Fee
  • Affidavit of Notice filed prior to hearing
  • Appraisal
  • Purchase and Sales Agreement
  • Petition

Temporary Guardianship

  • BCI Report from Rhode Island Attorney General
  • Advertising Fee
  • Decision-Making Assessment Tool
  • Filing Fee
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Petition for Full Guardianship
  • Petition
  • Proof of Service to Ward (5 days)

Guardianship

  • Advertising Fee
  • BCI Report from Rhode Island Attorney General
  • Decision-Making Assessment Tool
  • Filing Fee
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Petition
  • Proof of Service to Ward (14 days)

Good Samaritan Guardianship

  • Nofiling fee required (advertising fee only)
  • Provide same documents as Guardianship

Volunteer Informal Executor

  • Certificate Fee
  • Death Certificate
  • Filing Fee
  • Resident Agent Form - if non-resident Executor
  • Will
  • Petition

Must be filed 30 days or more from date of death. Cannot be used to obtain medical records.

Volunteer Informal Administrator

  • Certificate
  • Death Certificate
  • Filing Fee
  • Petition (Petitioner must be a Rhode Island resident)
  • Fee

Must be filed 30 days or more from date of death. Cannot be used to obtain medical records.

Will Without Probate

  • Death Certificate
  • Filing fee
  • Funeral bill (marked paid)
  • Petition

Closed Estates

Certificates of Appointment cannot be issued once an estate has been closed. If additional assets are found, the estate must be re-opened by petition with the filing fee.

Voluntary Informal Executor / Administrator

Estate must be under $15,000 of personal property only. If real estate owned, the "Voluntary" application may not be used.