Maryland Household Paperwork Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (MD Executor and Estate Kit, Maryland Small Claims Kit, Maryland POA Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Maryland getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Maryland. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Maryland kits are built only from our Maryland data files: Sources, checked November 2026: Maryland Register of Wills: Administration of estates; Maryland Register of Wills: Small estate form list; Maryland 2022 Laws Chapter 176 (HB 576), amending Estates and Trusts 4-102 (Maryland General Assembly); Maryland small claims data file, checked November 2026 against District Court of Maryland: How to File a Small Claim (DC-CV-001BR, rev. 10/2023); Maryland power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against Estates and Trusts 17-110, Execution of power of attorney (Maryland General Assembly); Estates and Trusts 17-203, Maryland Statutory Form Limited Power of Attorney (Maryland General Assembly); Maryland Advance Directive, revised May 2024 (Maryland Office of the Attorney General, via Maryland Department of Health); 2010 Chapter 689 (HB 659), Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Maryland General Assembly).
• Every kit in the set is written for Maryland.

What is inside

• Maryland Executor and Estate Kit. Probate assets of $50,000 or less, or $100,000 if the surviving spouse is the sole legatee or heir. For deaths before October 1, 2012 the limits were $30,000 and $50,000. Through a court office. The petition and Schedule B are filed with the Register of Wills promptly after the death; a notice is published once if required. Petition for Probate with Schedule B (small estate). Filed with the Register of Wills with a list of interested persons, an information report and, where required, a notice to creditors and bond; no fees are due on small estates since October 1, 2022. Small estate administration (and modified administration for regular estates): Small estate administration is a short Register of Wills process. Modified administration is a streamlined path in a regular estate that replaces the inventory and account with a final report. The limit doubles to $100,000 when the surviving spouse is the sole legatee or heir. real estate, waiting period after the death, notary or oath: check Maryland Register of Wills: Administration of estates; self-proving affidavit, if the will is handwritten, a witness who inherits: check Maryland 2022 Laws Chapter 176 (HB 576), amending Estates and Trusts 4-102 (Maryland General Assembly). Assets, debts, payments and distributions; it compares the countable assets with $50,000, picking the figure for the date of death, marks real estate to ask the court about and notes the $100,000 figure with a surviving spouse.
• Maryland Small Claims Court Kit. In Maryland, small claims (District Court of Maryland (small claims)) cover claims up to $5,000. From the official page: $5,000 or less, for money only, and without discovery such as interrogatories. How to use the kit, the 6 confirmed Maryland facts at a glance, what we couldn't confirm (filing fees, appeal, online filing) with the page to check, and a yes/no checklist: is the amount under $5,000, is it the right court, is there someone to serve and something to collect from. Service: Certified mail, private process server, constable or sheriff. The defendant generally has 15 days to file a Notice of Intention to Defend (60 days if served out of state or through a state agency). Lawyers are allowed. A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $5,000, a costs sheet, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• Maryland Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Maryland power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. Acknowledged by the principal before a notary, in person or electronically. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Start from the official form: Maryland Statutory Form Personal Financial Power of Attorney (17-202) and Limited Power of Attorney (17-203); notary: Sign in front of a notary, who completes an acknowledgment; witnesses: Two witnesses sign too; recording for real estate: The act doesn't require recording; it mentions recording only in passing, for example that a clerk may refuse to record a photocopy; durable after incapacity: A written power of attorney is durable unless its terms say otherwise (17-105). Healthcare: Two witnesses; the health care agent can't be one, and at least one must not inherit or otherwise benefit financially. No notary is needed. Notary: "Acknowledged by the principal in the physical or electronic presence of a notary public." Witnesses: "Attested and signed by two or more adult witnesses." Durable after incapacity: "IT IS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY ITS TERMS." Healthcare power of attorney: "Maryland law does not require this document to be notarized." Recording: The act doesn't require recording; it mentions recording only in passing, for example that a clerk may refuse to record a photocopy. Plus a copies log.