MS HB699

Raises the threshold for simplified probate estate transfers from $75,000 to $100,000, allowing estates below this value to be settled through affidavit without appointing a personal representative

Maintains existing requirements that successors must wait at least 30 days after death and confirm no probate application is pending before claiming assets

Defines eligible successors in priority order: surviving spouse first, then children, grandchildren, and finally parents or siblings if no closer relatives survive

Effective date of July 1, 2022