Guides for real money decisions

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Vermont sets no percentage or schedule. 14 V.S.A. § 1065 allows an executor or administrator necessary expenses in the care, management, and settlement of the estate and reasonable fees for services, with no enumerated factors, left to the Probate Division of the Superior Court to decide case by case. […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Utah sets no fee schedule. Utah Code § 75-3-718 entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation for services, and if an interested person actually objects, the probate court weighs the quality, quantity, and value of the services rendered, the circumstances under which they were rendered, and the practice of […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-606 does not grant the executor a fee directly. It instructs the clerk, in settling the accounting, to charge the accounting party with money received or collectible through due diligence, and to credit that party with reasonable compensation for services and with disbursements backed by […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: South Dakota’s default commission schedule under S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-719 applies when compensation is not provided by will, or in an intestate proceeding: 5% on the first $1,000 of personal property accounted for, 4% on the next $4,000, and 2.5% on everything above $5,000. A $100,000 estate pays […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Rhode Island sets no statutory percentage. R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-14-8 allows executors and administrators such compensation for their services as the probate court considers just, using that word rather than reasonable. The probate court approves the amount as a line item within the executor’s or administrator’s accounts, rather […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: North Dakota sets no percentage or schedule. N.D. Cent. Code § 30.1-18-19 entitles a personal representative only to reasonable compensation for services performed, the bare Uniform Probate Code formulation with no factors listed in the statute itself. The court decides what is reasonable, reviewing compensation on petition of an […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: North Carolina executor compensation is capped by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-23-3 at up to 5% of the value of receipts the personal representative brings into the estate, with the clerk of superior court setting the actual amount in its discretion, considering the time, responsibility, trouble and skill involved. […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: New Hampshire has no statute on point. Fees are governed instead by NH Circuit Court, Probate Division, Rule 88, which requires that fees and expenses of fiduciaries and attorneys be subject to the approval of the court and reasonable for the work, responsibility, and risk involved. The Circuit Court, […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Nebraska entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation for services under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2480 (reasonableness factors at § 30-2482). Reasonableness is measured by four factors: the time and labor required, the novelty and difficulty of the questions involved and the skill required to perform the service properly, […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Montana entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation for services under Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-631. There is no percentage schedule today. Montana used to cap compensation at 3% of the first $40,000 of estate value plus 2% of the excess, but Laws 2019, Ch. 313, §74 deleted that […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-299 lets the chancery court allow the executor or administrator such sum as it deems proper, considering the value and worth of the estate and the difficulty of the duties discharged. That compensation can be set at partial or final settlements, not only at the […]

Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Minnesota entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation for services under Minn. Stat. § 524.3-719. Unlike most states that adopted the Uniform Probate Code’s bare reasonable-compensation language and left it undefined, Minnesota’s subsection (b) writes three factors directly into the statute: the time and labor required, the complexity and […]