Sample estate accountings
Fifty-three formats, one made-up estate. Every figure comes from the ledger and balances to the penny. No account or email needed.
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Alabama
The inventory of personal and real property with any encumbrance noted, and the settlement charging the personal representative with the personalty, the lands excepted.
Alaska
Accounting in the Alaska Court System's outline, property taken in, paid out and remaining, with inventoried assets in the P-370 inventory's three categories.
Arizona
Maricopa's Final Accounting of Decedent's Estate, the A plus B minus C equals D summary with LISTS A to D, with the Inventory and Appraisement.
Arkansas
Official Form 20, a six-paragraph narrative account.
California
Summary of Account (§1061), with a market-value column.
Colorado
JDF 942 Interim/Final Accounting, a cash roll-forward with the eight-schedule summary.
Connecticut
PC-246 Financial Report, the simpler filing Connecticut's User Guide says can be used in most cases.
Delaware
New Castle's Form N.C. 600RW Inventory, five schedules with real estate walled off, and Form N.C. 30's net worth reconciliation.
District of Columbia
The Register of Wills' Account, the two-column summary with Schedules A to K, with the seven-schedule Inventory.
Florida
Rule 5.346 accounting, principal and income shown separately.
Georgia
Annual or final return in the county template's eight-line summary, with undistributed assets in six sections.
Hawaii
The 560:3-706 inventory and the Rule 26 accounting, with its five prescribed parts in order.
Idaho
The 15-3-706 inventory and the 15-3-1003 closing statement, with the charge and discharge account and no notary jurat.
Illinois
Cook County Rule 12.13 account, the five required sections with the CCP 0334 inventory numbers carried through.
Indiana
The verified inventory in its seven classes, with the three-schedule account IC 29-1-16-4 requires.
Iowa
The 633.361 report and inventory and the 633.477 final report, with the cash accounting and no notary jurat.
Kansas
The K.S.A. 59-1201 inventory in its five classes, and the petition for final settlement carrying the 59-1502 account.
Kentucky
AOC-846 Settlement of Estate, reviewed by the District Court.
Louisiana
Account of the succession representative, the four parts La. C.C.P. art. 3333 requires, with the sworn detailed descriptive list.
Maine
DE-406 Probate Account, opening and closing balances by property type with four attached schedules.
Maryland
The registers' seven-schedule Administration Account.
Massachusetts
MPC 853 Account, Schedules A, B and C for the Probate and Family Court.
Michigan
PC 584 Account of Fiduciary, Long Form, the five-line summary with Schedules A to D.
Minnesota
PRO913 Final Account, the four blocks and the Final Summary that must balance, with Attachments A to D.
Mississippi
The inventory of what the decedent owned, and the chancery court account of money received and paid out.
Missouri
The circuit probate divisions' Settlement, one ledger with the five-category recapitulation, with the Inventory of Property.
Montana
The 72-3-607 inventory with its filing choice, and the 72-3-1005 cash account carried into the sworn statement to close.
Nebraska
The 30-2467 inventory and the 30-24,117 closing statement, with the charge and discharge account and no notary jurat.
Nevada
The NRS 144.040 inventory and the NRS 150 charge and discharge account, with the community and separate split ruled for the preparer.
New Hampshire
NHJB-2117-Pe Executor's/Administrator's Accounting, Receipts Schedules A to G and Disbursements 1 to 8, with Schedule 9 and the attachment sheets.
New Jersey
The county Surrogate's one-page Informal Accounting, assets less debts, then the schedules that distribute what is left.
New Mexico
Form 4B-601 Inventory, three columns and no total, with the Form 4B-602 Accounting reconciling cash and other assets against payments and distributions.
New York
Account of Fiduciary, on the JA-7 schedules.
North Carolina
AOC-E-506 Account, the nine-line summary with Parts II to V, with the AOC-E-505 inventory.
North Dakota
Form 10 Inventory and Appraisement, four classes with the net estate ruled for the preparer, and Form 15's Closing Statement with Form 14's receipts and disbursements register.
Ohio
Form 13.0 Fiduciary's Account, the recapitulation of receipts and disbursements, with Forms 13.1 and 13.2 attached.
Oklahoma
The statute-only inventory of 58 O.S. 281, with the account of money received and expended under 58 O.S. 541.
Oregon
The statute-only inventory of ORS 113.165, with the OJD's statewide Accounting form and its five-column Asset Schedule.
Pennsylvania
The model estate account.
Rhode Island
The 33-9-1 inventory, personal property only, with the Form PC-7.1 account and its three schedules.
South Carolina
Form 361ES Accounting, the five-line summary with its two-column ledger, with the Form 350ES inventory.
South Dakota
The 29A-3-706 inventory with its own deadline, and the 29A-3-1003 closing statement's four recitals and account.
Tennessee
The Shelby County Accounting, receipts, expenditures and the balance on hand the clerk settles, with the Davidson County Estate Inventory.
Texas
Charge-and-discharge account for an independent administration.
Utah
The 75-3-705 inventory and the 75-3-1003 closing statement, with the full account in writing and no notary jurat.
Vermont
The 700-00030 inventory with its mortgage or lien column, and the 700-00056PE Summary of Account for Estate.
Virginia
CC-1680 Account for Decedent's Estate, the ten-line summary with its seven itemized lists and the certificate of mailing.
Washington
The inventory and appraisement in its six lettered classes, with the report of the estate's affairs, receipts and disbursements.
West Virginia
The ET 6.01 appraisement with its six schedules, and the settlement's plain cash ledger under the county's chosen route.
Wisconsin
PR-1814 Estate Account, the two-sided summary with Schedules A to O, with the PR-1811 inventory.
Wyoming
The 2-7-403 inventory with its own 2-7-404 Report of Appraisal, and the 2-7-811 final report and petition for distribution.
Works in any state, too
These two work in any state. Not sure which applies? See which accounting you need.
Accounting of the Estate
The plain accounting most estates sign informally.
Fiduciary Account (Model Format)
The national model account, not tied to any one state's format.
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