Eligibility Requirements

A Release from Administration may be filed if:

• There is no surviving spouse and assets are $15,000 or less and decedent died on or after 1/1/76;
  assets are $25,000 or less and decedent died on or after 10/20/87;
  assets are $35,000 or less and decedent died on or after 1/9/94.
• There is a surviving spouse and assets are $50,000.00 or less and the decedent died on or after 1/16/93;
  assets are $85,000 or less and the decedent died on or after 9/14/93;
  assets are $100,000 or less and the decedent died on or after 3/18/99.

What You Need When Filing

• The original Will if the deceased person had one.
• Receipt of a paid funeral bill, or if not available, the funeral bill.
  The receipt or funeral bill must show the applicant’s payment or obligation to pay the funeral and burial expenses.
• Titles, bank account numbers, stock certificate numbers, insurance policy numbers, and similar records.
• The market value of real property as found in Belmont County Auditor’s Office property records.
• The market or book value of motor vehicles, ATVs, motorcycles, personal watercraft, snowmobiles,
  trailers, utility vehicles, power boats, sailboats, motor homes, camping trailers, truck campers,
  and similar assets as found in a current, nationally recognized used car guide.
• A copy of the death certificate.

Required Forms (With a Will)

• Form 2.0 – Application to Probate Will
• Form 2.1 – Waiver of Notice of Probate of Will
• Form 2.4 – Certificate of Service of Notice of Probate of Will
• Form 1.0 – Surviving Spouse, Next of Kin
• Form 5.0 – Application to Relieve Estate from Administration
• Form 5.1 – Assets and Liabilities of Estate to be Relieved from Administration
• Form 5.2 – Waiver of Notice of Application to Relieve Estate from Administration
• Form 5.6 – Entry Relieving Estate from Administration
• Form 7.0 & 7.0(a) – Notice to Administrator of Estate Recovery Program
• Form 12.0 – Application for Certificate of Transfer
• Form 12.1 – Certificate of Transfer
• Form MISC.02 – Self-Representation Acknowledgment

Required Forms (Without a Will)

• Form 5.0 – Application to Relieve Estate from Administration
• Form 1.0 – Surviving Spouse, Next of Kin
• Form 5.1 – Assets and Liabilities of Estate to be Relieved from Administration
• Form 5.2 – Waiver of Notice of Application to Relieve Estate from Administration
• Form 5.6 – Entry Relieving Estate from Administration
• Form 7.0 & 7.0(a) – Notice to Administrator of Estate Recovery Program
• Form 12.0 – Application for Certificate of Transfer
• Form 12.1 – Certificate of Transfer
• Form MISC.02 – Self-Representation Acknowledgment

Filing Fee

• The filing fee is $150.00 (with a Will) / $125.00 (without a Will).
• If you use a credit card, a 4% charge will be added.
• Transferring real estate may require an additional fee.