Maryland Regular Estate Filing

REGULAR ESTATES
Assets subject to administration in excess of $30,000 ($50,000 if the spouse is the sole legatee or heir)

1. Petition for Probate with Schedule A attached
2. Notice of Appointment ~ Notice to Creditors designating an approved newspaper for publication (Leave dates blank except date of death.)
3. Bond (Required by law. )*
4. Consent to Appointment of Personal Representative (Only applicable if the person named in the Will, if any, or the person entitled to appointment, is not applying.)
5. Appointment of Resident Agent if petitioner is not a Maryland resident
6. Proof of Execution of Will if Will lacks attestation clause
7. List of Interested Persons** (names and addresses of those named in the Will, if any, and those who would inherit if there were no Will as set forth in "How Will My Property Be Distributed If I Die Without A Will?" )
8. Copy of death certificate (available from Division of Vital Records)

*In Judicial Probate, this form must be filed immediately after the Court appoints a Personal Representative or a Special Administrator.

**Must be filed (a) within 20 days after appointment of a Personal Representative under Administrative Probate, or (b) at the time of filing a Petition for Judicial Probate.

It is the duty of every Personal Representative or Special Administrator of a regular estate to timely file the following documents in the Register of Wills Office: