Oregon · Estate & Probate
The Oregon Probate Law Guide
Understand Oregon's probate process, its simplified "simple estate" option, key court procedures, and the roles of executors, heirs, and beneficiaries.
2026-2027 Edition · Cited to Oregon law · Plain language
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Settle an Oregon estate, explained step by step
How formal probate and the simple estate affidavit work, what a personal representative does, how creditor claims are handled, and how an estate closes.
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Someone you love has died, and now there are court filings, creditors, and family questions to sort through.
The Oregon Probate Law Guide explains estate administration under the Oregon Revised Statutes. It covers why Oregon is not a Uniform Probate Code state and not a community property state, and why probate is heard in the Circuit Court in most counties but in the County Court in Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman, and Wheeler counties. It explains the simple estate affidavit, formerly the small estate affidavit, with its $75,000 personal property and $200,000 real property limits.
The guide walks through probate from two points of view, the executor or administrator and the heir or beneficiary. It explains the petition for appointment, letters testamentary and letters of administration, bonds, information to heirs and devisees, the published notice and four-month creditor claim period, the 90-day inventory, Oregon estate tax at $1 million, intestate shares, the elective share, will contests, insolvent estates, and the final account.
A toolkit adds checklists, comparison tables, a glossary, sample notices, common mistakes, and questions to ask an attorney.
Legal information, not legal advice.
WHAT’S INSIDE
- The Foundation: Oregon's Approach to Estate Administration
- The Core Framework: Formal Probate vs. Simple Estates
- Who's Involved: Key Roles and Definitions
- The Starting Line: Jurisdiction, Venue, and Initial Petitions
- Exceptions, Defenses, and Special Circumstances
- Rights of the Heir or Beneficiary
- Step-by-step procedures from each side, with deadlines at a glance
- 22 real-world questions and answers
- Statute index, key court decisions and official forms
- Toolkit: checklists, comparison tables, glossary and common mistakes to avoid
WHY READERS TRUST THIS GUIDE
Plain language. Cited to the statute. Dated so you know it is current.
Every rule is cited to Oregon law so you can verify it.
Cited, so you can check it
Every rule names the section of Oregon law it comes from, so you can read the source yourself.
Plain language, no filler
Written to be read start to finish by someone with no legal training, with worked examples.
Dated and updated
Each guide carries a law-current date and new editions ship when the law changes.
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QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY
Oregon probate process: what to know before you order.
Straight answers about what the guide is, what it covers and how it reaches you.
What is the small estate limit in Oregon?
The simple estate affidavit, formerly the small estate affidavit, is available when personal property is within $75,000 and real property within $200,000 (ORS 114.510). The guide explains who may file and when.
How long do creditors have to file claims in Oregon probate?
Creditors generally have four months from the publication of the notice to interested persons (ORS 113.155). The guide explains how claims are allowed or disallowed.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is legal information in plain language, cited to the law, so you understand your options and know what to ask. Reading it creates no attorney-client relationship.
Is it written for Oregon?
Yes. This guide is written for Oregon law and cites the Oregon statutes and rules it relies on. If your case is in another state, choose that state's edition.
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