Oregon DMV Vehicle Inheritance Affidavit

In Illinois, statute 755 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/25-1 provides successors, whether biological or otherwise, the ability to file an affidavit of heirship to claim a decedent’s property. This personal or “real” property – vehicles, bank accounts, final paychecks, and sometimes debts – must value at $100,000 or less to…

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…

Small estates in Kansas are defined as property and/or bank accounts or other financial assets valued at $25,000 or less. Several small items such as motor vehicles do not necessarily fall under a decedent’s will, although successors may file a small estate affidavit (vehicle only) with the Kansas Department of…

In Rhode Island, an executor of a small estate may be named in a will and other successors may still file a small estate affidavit to collect real estate property, not including motor vehicles. If no executor is named in the will, then one of the successors must also file…

According to Maine’s statute Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit.18-A, §§ 3-1201, 1202, small estate affidavits may be filed by successors if a decedent’s estate is valued at $40,000 or less. Successors must wait at least 30 days after their loved one passes away before filing the small estate affidavit to…