Mississippi Small Estate Affidavit

Under Indiana statute Ind. Code § 29-1-8-1, a deceased person’s heirs, whether biological, through marriage, or otherwise, may file one affidavit – the small estate affidavit – to claim the decedent’s estate, as long as the personal property, bank accounts, and real estate combined value less than $50,000. This form…

In Tennessee, a general affidavit of heirship does not include vehicle titles. However, this affidavit does include bank accounts, tangible property, and debts owed the decedent like final paychecks. Successors may wait 45 days before filing the affidavit of heirship in Tennessee, and must decide on a voluntary administrator, called…

In Louisiana, successors may file an affidavit of heirship (vehicles only) to claim the motor vehicle of a deceased loved one, whether the loved one died without a will, or with a will that did not specify how to transfer the title of a motor vehicle. Sometimes, if a surviving…

Per Mississippi’s statute Miss. Code Ann. § 81-14-383, when an individual passes away in the state, then relatives or other legal successors may file an affidavit of heirship to claim the decedent’s bank account as long as the amount does not exceed $12,500. The successors who claim the bank accounts…

In New Hampshire, joint tenancy laws allow any property owned jointly to pass directly to the other owner in the event of one owner’s death. However, if there is not another real estate owner, and the decedent passed away without a last will and testament, successors such as spouses, relatives,…