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Using this
page:
Each state name
opens excerpts from the applicable intestate laws. The new page also
includes a link to the general site hosted by that state's government that
contains the entire body of state law.
Some state's
sites are more easily navigable than others and the intestate laws may be
difficult to find. The title, chapter, and section that contains the
intestate statutes is listed directly below the state name to assist in
finding those laws at the state site.
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Massachusetts
Part II, Real and Personal Property and Domestic
Relations, Title II, Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased
Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts |
New Jersey
Title 3B: Administration of Estates-Decedents and
Others, 3B:5 |
South Dakota
Title 29A: Uniform Probate Code, Chapter 2,
Intestate Succession and Wills |
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Alabama
Title 43: Wills and Decedents' Estates |
Idaho
Title 15: Uniform Probate Code |
Michigan
Chapter 700: Estates and Protected Individuals Code |
New Mexico
Chapter 45: Uniform Probate Code, Article 2,
Intestate Succession and Wills, Part 1, Intestate Succession |
Tennessee
Title 31 Descent And Distribution, Chapter 2,
Intestate Succession |
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Alaska
Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships,
Transfers, and Trusts |
Illinois
Chapter 755: Estates |
Minnesota
Chapter 524: Estates of Decedents |
New York
Estates, Powers & Trusts, Article 4 - Descent
and Distribution of an Intestate Estate |
Texas
Probate Code, Chapter II, Descent and Distribution |
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Arkansas
Title 28: Wills, Estates, and Fiduciary
Relationships |
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North Carolina
Chapter 29: Intestate Succession |
Utah
Title 75 Utah Uniform Probate Code, Chapter 2,
Intestate Succession and Wills |
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Arizona
Title 14: Trusts, Estates and Protective Proceedings |
North Dakota
Chapter 30.1-04: Intestate Succession |
Vermont
Title 14 Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations,
Part 2, Descent and Distribution, Chapter 41, Survivors' Rights and Allowances |
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California
Probate Code, Division 6, Wills and Intestate Succession,
Part 2, Intestate Succession |
Ohio
Title XXI: Courts - Probate
– Juvenile, Chapter 2105: Descent And Distribution |
Virginia
Title 64.1, Wills and Decedents' Estates, Chapter 1,
Descent and Distribution |
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Colorado
Title 15: Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries |
Indiana
Title 29 : Probate |
Mississippi
Title 91, Trusts and Estates, Chapter 1, Descent and
Distribution |
Oklahoma
Title 84: Wills and Succession |
Washington
Title 11, Probate and Trust Law |
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Connecticut
Title 45a: Probate Courts and Procedure, Chapter
802b: Decedents' Estates |
Iowa
Title XV, Judicial Branch and Judicial Procedures,
Subtitle 4, Probate - Fiduciaries, Chapter 633, Probate Code |
Missouri
Title XXXI, Trusts and Estates of Decedents and
Persons Under Disability, Chapter 474, Probate Code-Intestate Succession and
Wills |
Oregon
Chapter 112: Intestate Succession and Wills |
Washington D.C.
Division III, Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary
Relations, Title 19, Descent and Distribution |
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Delaware
Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary
Relations |
Kansas
Chapter 59, Probate Code |
Montana
Title 72: Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary
Relationships |
Pennsylvania
Title 20: Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries,
Chapter 21, Intestate Succession |
West Virginia
Chapter 42, Descent and Distribution |
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Florida
Title XLII: Estates and Trusts |
Kentucky
Title XXXIV - Descent,
Wills, and Administration |
Nebraska
Chapter 30, Decedents' Estates; Protection of Persons and
Property |
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Georgia
Title 53: Wills, Trusts, and Administration of
Estates |
Maine
Title 18-A: Probate Code,
Article II: Intestate Succession and Wills |
Nevada
Title 12, Wills and Estates of Deceased Persons,
Chapter 133, Wills |
Rhode Island
Title 33, Probate Practice and Procedure, Chapter
33-1, Rules of Descent |
Wisconsin
Chapter 852, Intestate Succession |
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Hawaii
Title 30A. Chapter 560 Uniform Probate Code, Article
II, Intestate Succession and Wills |
Maryland
Maryland Code: Estate and Trusts, Title 3. Intestate
Succession and Statutory Shares |
New Hampshire
Title LVI: Probate Courts and Decedents' Estates,
Chapter 561, Descent, Distribution, and Advancements |
South Carolina
Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code, Chapter 2,
Intestate Succession and Wills |
Wyoming
Title 2: Wills, Decedents' Estates and Probate Code,
Chapter 4, Intestate Succession |
