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- Probate Court
- Probate Filing Requirements
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.