In Idaho, estates valued at $100,000Idaho Code § 15-3-1201Verified Sep 8, 2026View source or less skip probate with the Small Estate AffidavitIdaho Code § 15-3-1201Verified Sep 8, 2026View source, 30 daysIdaho Code § 15-3-1201Verified Sep 8, 2026View source after death. Real property counts toward the limitIdaho Code § 15-3-1201Verified Sep 8, 2026View source. An estate over the limit does not qualify, and no affidavit is prepared for it.

Idaho's recorded instrument, Affidavit of a successor in interest to property of a decedent, rests on a statute written for a sworn statement of heirs. What a recorded affidavit does, in the statute's words: from the time the affidavit is filed for record, notice is imparted to all persons of its contentsIdaho Code § 15-1-305AVerified Sep 24, 2026View source. It is evidence of the facts it states, not a deed; it does not itself transfer title, and a purchaser, lender or title company decides whether to rely on it.

In the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property affected is locatedIdaho Code § 15-1-305AVerified Sep 24, 2026View source. The office records it as it records deeds, in the county where the land lies, and charges its recording fee per page. The page is laid out to Idaho's recording standard: a 3-inch clear top margin on the first pageIdaho Code § 31-3205(6)Verified Sep 25, 2026View source.

It depends on what the person owned and how it was titled. Property with a named beneficiary, joint property with survivorship, and property in a trust pass outside probate. What remains goes through probate unless it is under the state's small estate limit, in which case a small estate affidavit collects it. The Probate Decision Tool applies your state's rules.