cff-version: 1.2.0
title: "Executor, Trustee and Probate Attorney Fees by State, 50 States and DC (2026)"
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it."
type: dataset
authors:
  - family-names: Klagge
    given-names: Kevin D.
    affiliation: "Klagge Law, PLLC (StepUpLaw)"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1385-8498"
version: "2026.09.23"
date-released: "2026-09-23"
license: CC-BY-4.0
url: "https://stepuplaw.com/data/executor-fees-by-state/"
repository-code: "https://github.com/stepuplaw/executor-fees-by-state"
abstract: "For each of the 50 US states and the District of Columbia, how the personal representative (executor) of an estate is paid, how the estate's attorney is paid, and how a trustee is paid. Records whether the fee is a statutory schedule, a presumed schedule, a cap, a minimum or reasonable compensation, the tiers as machine-readable bands, the base each percentage applies to, extraordinary-services rules, co-executor rules and waiver rules. Every cell cites the statute or court rule it rests on, with saved copies of each source."
keywords:
  - executor fees
  - personal representative
  - probate
  - trustee fees
  - attorney fees
  - estate administration
  - estate planning
  - United States