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House Judiciary committee backs raising small-estate affidavit limit to $100,000

2166680 · January 29, 2025
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Summary

The House Judiciary Committee recommended a do-pass on House Bill 1224, which would increase the simplified affidavit threshold for small estates under North Dakota's Uniform Probate Code from $50,000 to $100,000; the recommendation passed 14-0.

BISMARCK, N.D. ' The House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to recommend passage of House Bill 1224, which would raise the dollar threshold for the simplified small-estate affidavit from $50,000 to $100,000.

Representative Lawrence Clamine, sponsor and representative for District 47, told the committee the statute in question is section 30.12301 of the North Dakota Century Code, part of the Uniform Probate Code, and that the existing affidavit process allows a successor to collect personal…

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