Georgia Executor and Estate Kit: the $15,000 Small Estate Route, First Month Checklist and Estate Ledger

Who it is for

Whoever is settling the estate of someone who lived in Georgia. Through a court office. Filed with the probate court of the county.

Not the right fit if

The person didn't live in or own property in Georgia, 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: Georgia Probate Court Standard Form GPCSF 9, Petition for Order Declaring No Administration Necessary (eff. July 2021); Write a Will (Georgia.gov).
• 4 facts aren't stated on those pages, so the kit says so and links where to check.

What is inside

• Georgia small estate route. A bank may pay not more than $15,000 of an intestate depositor's funds to the family on the statutory affidavit, without administration. The probate court's 'no administration necessary' order has no dollar limit. Signed before a notary. The petition is verified under oath before a notary or the probate clerk, and each heir's consent must be sworn the same way. Through a court office. Filed with the probate court of the county. GPCSF 9, Petition for Order Declaring No Administration Necessary. A Georgia Probate Court Standard Form. Order declaring no administration necessary: For a person who died without a will, when the estate owes no debts (or creditors consent) and all the heirs agree on how to divide it. The form sets no dollar limit. Under the deceased-depositor affidavit, the bank pays the surviving spouse first, then children, parents and siblings.
• How a Georgia will had to be signed. Two witnesses, who watch the signing and also sign. The state's page says they shouldn't be beneficiaries. Allowed. The state aging division's brochure describes a self-proving affidavit that can remove the need for witness testimony at probate; it doesn't say who takes it.
• Georgia estate ledger (Excel). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $15,000 and marks real estate to ask the court about.
• First 30 days, tracker and letters. The first month in order, a documents and accounts tracker, and plain letters to a bank, a utility and Social Security.
• Still to confirm in Georgia. real estate, waiting period after the death: check Georgia Probate Court Standard Form GPCSF 9, Petition for Order Declaring No Administration Necessary (eff. July 2021); if the will is handwritten, a witness who inherits: check Write a Will (Georgia.gov).