Alaska probate code · checked October 2026

Alaska Small Estate: The Limit, the Tracks, and the Form

For money and belongings, Alaska's affidavit limit is $50,000 — applied to the estate after the assets that pass automatically are taken out. Any real estate at all takes the estate out of the affidavit — the Alaska affidavit may consist only of vehicles (up to $100,000) and other personal property (up to $50,000). The affidavit, where one exists, cannot be used until 30 days have passed since the death.

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The Alaska line, in facts

The affidavit limit today: $50,000, judged by the law in force on the date of death.

The paper: P-110 - Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent (Alaska Court System).

How it moves: presented to whoever holds the property; no court case is opened.

The wait: 30 days after the death before the affidavit can be used.

For a surviving spouse: No different affidavit cap when the claimant is the surviving spouse.

The tracks in Alaska

Track	Limit	How it works
Small-estate affidavit	$50,000	Presented to whoever holds the property; no court case. Form: P-110 - Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent (Alaska Court System).
Small estates - summary administrative procedure (AS 13.16.690)	—	Summary administration (AS 13.16.690) follows the allowances-plus-expenses formula rather than a fixed dollar cap.

What catches families in Alaska

Alaska's affidavit is two buckets, not one cap: vehicles up to $100,000 PLUS other personal property up to $50,000. Charts quoting a flat $150,000 or a flat $50,000 are both misleading.
Old $15,000 and $25,000 versions of the statute still circulate in archived pages; the current text dates from the 2008 amendment.

Vehicles in Alaska

Vehicles have their OWN separate cap: the estate may consist only of registered vehicles totaling <=$100,000 PLUS other personal property <=$50,000 (AS 13.16.680(a)(1)(A)-(B)) - vehicles are not counted inside the $50,000.

Debts, and the signer's duty

AS 13.16.680 requires no statement that debts have been paid; the recipient is answerable and accountable to a personal representative or person with a superior right (AS 13.16.685).

Rules checked October 2026 · Sources: AS 13.16.680; AS 13.16.685; AS 13.16.690; AS 13.48.010 to 13.48.195 (TOD deed). This page reads the published law; it is not legal advice, and the court is the final word.

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