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Probate in Oregon

What Oregon’s own law and courts say about probate, from how an estate comes before the court to when creditors must claim. Nothing on this page decides whether a particular estate needs probate. That question belongs to the court, or to an attorney in Oregon.

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Every quotation checked October 24, 2026

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Which court hears probate: the circuit court, or the county court in the counties the statute names

Jurisdiction of all probate matters, causes and proceedings is vested in the county courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties and in the circuit court for each other county

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 111.075

Who may petition to appoint a personal representative and probate the will

Any interested person or the person nominated as personal representative named in the will may petition for the appointment of a personal representative and for the probate of a will.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 113.035

The published notice to interested persons, and the time it gives for claims

upon appointment a personal representative shall cause a notice to interested persons to be published once in:

(d) A statement requiring all persons having claims against the estate to present them, within four months after the date of publication of the notice to the personal representative at the address designated in the notice for the presentation of claims or they may be barred;

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 113.155(1), (2)(d)

When a creditor’s claim is barred, and filing with the court instead of the personal representative

a claim is barred from payment from the estate if not presented within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim and before the later of:

(a) Four months after the date of publication of notice to interested persons; or

45 days after a notice meeting the requirements of ORS 115.003 (3) is delivered or mailed to the last-known address of the person asserting the claim.

Filing a claim with the court does not constitute presentation to the personal representative.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 115.005(1), (2)

What the person holding the will must do on learning of the death, and how soon

(f) Shall deliver the will to a court having jurisdiction of the estate of the testator or to a personal representative named in the will within 30 days after the date of receiving information that the testator is dead.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 112.810(1)(f)

The duty of the person holding a will to keep it, and what they may not do with it

Any person having custody of a will has a duty to maintain custody of the will and may not destroy or discard the will, disclose its contents to any person or deliver the will to any person except as authorized by the testator or as permitted by ORS 112.800 to 112.830.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 112.805(1)

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Jurisdiction of all probate matters, causes and proceedings is vested in the county courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties and in the circuit court for each other county

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 111.075

(a) In the county where the decedent had a domicile or where the decedent had a place of abode at the time of death;

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 113.015(1)(a)

Any interested person or the person nominated as personal representative named in the will may petition for the appointment of a personal representative and for the probate of a will.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 113.035

upon appointment a personal representative shall cause a notice to interested persons to be published once in:

(d) A statement requiring all persons having claims against the estate to present them, within four months after the date of publication of the notice to the personal representative at the address designated in the notice for the presentation of claims or they may be barred;

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 113.155(1), (2)(d)

a claim is barred from payment from the estate if not presented within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim and before the later of:

(a) Four months after the date of publication of notice to interested persons; or

45 days after a notice meeting the requirements of ORS 115.003 (3) is delivered or mailed to the last-known address of the person asserting the claim.

Filing a claim with the court does not constitute presentation to the personal representative.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 115.005(1), (2)

a claim is barred from payment from the estate if not presented within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim and before the later of:

(a) Four months after the date of publication of notice to interested persons; or

45 days after a notice meeting the requirements of ORS 115.003 (3) is delivered or mailed to the last-known address of the person asserting the claim.

Filing a claim with the court does not constitute presentation to the personal representative.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 115.005(1), (2)

(f) Shall deliver the will to a court having jurisdiction of the estate of the testator or to a personal representative named in the will within 30 days after the date of receiving information that the testator is dead.

Any person having custody of a will has a duty to maintain custody of the will and may not destroy or discard the will, disclose its contents to any person or deliver the will to any person except as authorized by the testator or as permitted by ORS 112.800 to 112.830.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 112.805(1)

Any person having custody of a will has a duty to maintain custody of the will and may not destroy or discard the will, disclose its contents to any person or deliver the will to any person except as authorized by the testator or as permitted by ORS 112.800 to 112.830.

Oregon · general information · checked October 24, 2026 · ORS 112.805(1)

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