# Ohio — State small estate affidavit and simplified probate thresholds

For Ohio, personal property threshold is $35,000 ($100,000 if the entire estate passes to the surviving spouse); real property threshold is included; waiting period (days) is not stated; will restriction is with or without will; inflation adjustment is none, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Ohio _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Personal property threshold:** $35,000 ($100,000 if the entire estate passes to the surviving spouse) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Real property threshold:** included _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Waiting period (days):** not stated _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Will restriction:** with or without will _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Inflation adjustment:** none _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exclusions:** none stated _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (1) The value of the assets of the estate is thirty-five thousand dollars or less. (2) The value of the assets of the estate is one hundred thousand dollars or less and either of the following applies: (a) The decedent devised and bequeathed in a valid will all of the assets of the decedent's estate to a person who is named in the will as the decedent's spouse, and the decedent is survived by that person.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2113.03

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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