Alaska Executor and Estate Kit: the $50,000 Small Estate Route After 30 Days, First Month Checklist and Estate Ledger

Who it is for

Whoever is settling the estate of someone who lived in Alaska. Handed to the bank or other holder. Nothing is filed with the court; the successor gives a copy to each person or business holding the property.

Not the right fit if

The person didn't live in or own property in Alaska, or a will contest or family dispute means you need an estate attorney. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• Sources, checked November 2026: Alaska Court System: Collecting personal property without a court case; Alaska Court System form P-110, Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent; Wills (Alaska Court System Self-Help Services).
• All 11 Alaska facts are confirmed on an official page.

What is inside

• Alaska small estate route. Personal property other than vehicles worth $50,000 or less after debts and liens; vehicles registered in the state have their own $100,000 cap. Owning real estate rules the affidavit out unless it passed automatically (tenancy by the entirety or a transfer on death deed). Real estate in the person's name alone takes the estate out of this procedure. 30 days. At least 30 days after the death. Signed before a notary. Signed under oath before a notary or a court clerk; court locations notarize for free. Handed to the bank or other holder. Nothing is filed with the court; the successor gives a copy to each person or business holding the property. Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent (P-110). The court system's statewide form, revised 4/17, with a notary or clerk block. Small estate closed by sworn statement (P-350): A small estate is opened as an informal probate; if the estate after liens and debts is no more than the family allowance, exempt property and the costs of probate, funeral and last illness, the personal representative closes it with form P-350, a sworn statement.
• How a Alaska will had to be signed. Two witnesses, who sign within a reasonable time after watching the person sign. Allowed. The will-maker and both witnesses sign sworn statements in a self-proving affidavit, which is notarized. A will not signed by two witnesses may still be valid as a holographic will; the page doesn't list the requirements. The court's page says a witness can be related to the person making the will or get a gift under it.
• Alaska estate ledger (Excel). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $50,000, dates day 30 after the death, flags real estate in the person's name alone, which rules the route out and leaves vehicles out.
• First 30 days, tracker and letters. The first month in order with day 30 marked, a documents and accounts tracker, and plain letters to a bank, a utility and Social Security.