Arizona Executor and Estate Kit: the $200,000 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 Arizona. Handed to the bank or other holder. The personal property affidavit isn't filed in court; it is presented to whoever holds the property. The real property affidavit is filed with the court and a certified copy is recorded.

Not the right fit if

The person didn't live in or own property in Arizona, 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: A.R.S. 14-3971, Collection of personal property by affidavit; vehicles; affidavit of succession to real property (Arizona Legislature); Pima County Superior Court: Affidavit for collection of personal property, A.R.S. 14-3971(B); A.R.S. 14-2502, Execution of paper wills; witnessed wills; holographic wills (Arizona Legislature).
• All 12 Arizona facts are confirmed on an official page.

What is inside

• Arizona small estate route. Personal property up to $200,000, less liens and encumbrances, valued at the date of death. Real property has its own affidavit (up to $300,000, six months after death, filed with the court). The limits were $75,000 and $100,000 before Laws 2025, chapter 24, approved March 31, 2025. Real estate has its own affidavit or petition. Named on the official pages: Affidavit of succession to real property. 30 days. Thirty days after the death for personal property; six months for the real property affidavit. Signed before a notary. County court forms for this affidavit carry a notary block ("subscribed and sworn to before me"). Handed to the bank or other holder. The personal property affidavit isn't filed in court; it is presented to whoever holds the property. The real property affidavit is filed with the court and a certified copy is recorded. Affidavit of Collection of Personal Property (Pima County form PR-130). County superior courts publish their own versions. Some older county forms still print the pre-2025 limit, so check the date on the form. Affidavit of succession to real property: For real property worth up to $300,000 (full cash value on the assessment roll, less lien balances), not sooner than six months after the death; filed with the court in the county of domicile, then recorded where the land is. An employer may pay wages and other compensation owed to the person who died, up to $5,000, to the surviving spouse on the spouse's affidavit.
• How a Arizona will had to be signed. Two witnesses, each signing within a reasonable time after seeing the signing or hearing the testator acknowledge it. Allowed at signing or any time later. The testator and witnesses sign before an officer authorized to administer oaths where the will is signed, under official seal. Recognized. The execution section covers witnessed and holographic wills, with the holographic rules in section 14-2503. For wills signed on or after October 1, 2019, a witness can't be someone who gets a gift under the will, or a relative of one by blood, marriage or adoption, unless the will is self-proved.
• Arizona estate ledger (Excel). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $200,000, dates day 30 after the death and sends real estate to its own procedure.
• 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.