Welcome to our Probate Resource Center. Below, you’ll find direct links to official state government websites that provide probate information and assistance. These resources, maintained by your state’s judicial or administrative offices, offer up-to-date information on probate procedures, forms, and local guidelines.
Probate Resources by State
- Alabama:
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts - Alaska:
Alaska Court System - Arizona:
Arizona Judicial Branch - Arkansas:
Arkansas Judiciary - California:
California Courts – Self-Help Probate - Colorado:
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Delaware Courts - Florida:
Florida Courts (search for probate resources) - Georgia:
Georgia Judicial Branch (probate information may be available through local court links) - Hawaii:
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New York State Unified Court System – Probate - North Carolina:
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Wisconsin Court System - Wyoming:
Wyoming Judicial Branch
Additional Resources
- U.S. Courts Self-Help Center:
U.S. Courts – Self-Help Center
A national resource for self-representation and general probate information. - Local Legal Aid:
To find local legal assistance, check your state’s judicial website or search for local legal aid organizations that offer probate help.
Here are links for each state’s bar association probate section:
- Alabama: https://www.alabar.org/membership/sections/elder-law-section/
- Alaska: https://alaskabar.org/for-lawyers/sections/estate-planning-probate-law/
- Arizona: https://azbar.org/for-lawyers/sections/probate-trust-law/
- Arkansas: https://www.arkbar.com/member-resources/sections/probate-trust
- California: https://calawyers.org/section/trusts-and-estates/
- Colorado: https://www.cobar.org/For-Members/Sections/Trust-Estate
- Connecticut: https://www.ctbar.org/members/sections-and-committees/sections/estates-probate
- Delaware: https://www.dsba.org/sections-committees/sections/elder-law-section/
- District of Columbia: https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/communities/estates-trusts-and-probate-law
- Florida: https://www.floridabar.org/about/section/section-rp/
- Georgia: https://www.gabar.org/committeesprogramssections/sections/fiduciarylaw/
- Hawaii: https://hsba.org/HSBA/ABOUT_US/Sections/Probate_and_Estate_Planning.aspx
- Idaho: https://isb.idaho.gov/member-services/sections/taxation-probate-trust-law/
- Illinois: https://www.isba.org/sections/trustsestates
- Indiana: https://www.inbar.org/page/ProbateTrustRealProp
- Iowa: https://www.iowabar.org/page/ProbateTrustEstate
- Kansas: https://www.ksbar.org/page/real_property_probate_trust
- Kentucky: https://www.kybar.org/page/elderlaw
- Louisiana: https://www.lsba.org/Sections/TrustsEstateProbateImmovableProperty.aspx
- Maine: https://www.mainebar.org/page/ProbateTrustLaw
- Maryland: https://www.msba.org/for-members/sections/estate-trust-law/
- Massachusetts: https://www.massbar.org/membership/sections/probate-law
- Michigan: https://www.michbar.org/probate/
- Minnesota: https://www.mnbar.org/members/sections/probate-trust-law-section
- Mississippi: https://www.msbar.org/inside-the-bar/sections/estates-trusts/
- Missouri: https://mobar.org/site/For-Members/Committees/Probate_and_Trust_Law_Committee.aspx
- Montana: https://www.montanabar.org/page/ProbateTrustsEstates
- Nebraska: https://www.nebar.com/page/ProbateEstatePlanning
- Nevada: https://nvbar.org/for-lawyers/sections/probate-and-trust-law-section/
- New Hampshire: https://www.nhbar.org/trust-and-estate-law-section/
- New Jersey: https://tcms.njsba.com/personifyebusiness/Sections/RealPropertyTrustandEstateLaw.aspx
- New Mexico: https://www.sbnm.org/For-Public/Sections/Real-Property-Trust-and-Estate
- New York: https://nysba.org/sections/trusts-estates-law/
- North Carolina: https://www.ncbar.gov/ (No direct probate section found)
- North Dakota: https://www.sband.org/ (No direct probate section found)
- Ohio: https://www.ohiobar.org/ (No direct probate section found)
- Oklahoma: https://www.okbar.org/ (No direct probate section found)
- Oregon: https://www.osbar.org/sections/trusts-estates.html
- Pennsylvania: https://www.pabar.org/site/For-Lawyers/Sections/Probate
- Rhode Island: https://ribar.com/ (No direct probate section found)
- South Carolina: https://www.scbar.org/lawyers/sections/estate-planning/
- South Dakota: https://www.statebarofsouthdakota.com/ (No direct probate section found)
- Tennessee: https://www.tba.org/index.cfm?pg=Estate-Planning
- Texas:https://www.texasbar.com/Content/NavigationMenu/ForLawyers/Sections/RealPropertyProbateandTrustLaw.htm
- Utah: https://www.utahbar.org/sections/estate-planning/
- Vermont: https://www.vtbar.org/for-lawyers/sections/trusts-estates/
- Virginia: https://www.vsb.org/site/sections/trusts
- Washington: https://www.wsba.org/legal-community/sections/real-property-probate-and-trust
- West Virginia: https://wvbar.org/ (No direct probate section found)
- Wisconsin: https://www.wisbar.org/forMembers/Sections/Pages/Estate-and-Trust.aspx
- Wyoming: https://www.wyomingbar.org/ (No direct probate section found)