SSC: Appointment of Personal Representative/Admission of Will

Superior Court APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND ADMISSION OF WILL (if applicable)

ATTENTION: Use the forms on this page if the following factors apply to your situation:

You are related to a person who died or you have a legal interest in the person's property, AND
The person had a will or did not have a will, AND
The person died more than 120 hours ago, but less than 2 years ago,* AND
You want to file court papers to be appointed the Personal Representative of the estate.

* There are certain limited exceptions to the two-year limitation for informal probate listed in Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) Title 14 § 3108. An attorney may be of assistance in determining whether your situation qualifies for one of the exceptions or with handling the more complex "formal" probate process for which forms and instructions are not available from the court.

This packet contains court forms about petitioning the court to be appointed the personal representative of an estate. Be sure the documents are in the following order:

Packets contain ALL forms and ALL instructions needed for this process. Where there are separate packets for Instructions and Forms, get BOTH packets.

Packets
Title	File	English	Spanish
Appointment of Personal Representative/Admission of Will - Instructions	PBIP1i	PDF	PDF
Appointment of Personal Representative/Admission of Will - Forms	PBIP1f	PDF	PDF

The individual forms and instructions below are already included in the Packet(s) above. If you choose to download the documents individually, make sure you get ALL of the instructions and ALL of the forms. Be sure the documents are in the following order:

Instructions
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Important Notice About Training Requirements	pbt10i	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
2	Procedures: How to Apply to be the Personal Representative	pbip11p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
3	Information on Legal Notice for Probate of Estates When a Person has Died and What to do After you have Notified all Interested Persons	pbip20p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
4	Procedures for Appointment of Personal Representative	pbip16p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
5	Procedures: How to Serve Legal Papers--By Publication	pb25p	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word

Forms
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Probate Cover Sheet	pb10f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
2	Declaration of Completion of Training	pbt10f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
3	Waiver of Right to Appointment and Consent	pbip11f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
4	Waiver of Bond	pbip12f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
5	Application for Appointment	pbip13f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
6	Notice of Application	pbip14f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
7	Proof of Mailing of Notice of Application	pbip15f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
8	Affidavit Supporting Publication	pb25f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
9	Statement of Informal Appointment	pbip16f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
10	Letters of Appointment of Personal Representative and Acceptance of Appointment as Personal Representative	pbip17f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word
11	Order to Personal Representative and Acknowledgement and Information to Heirs	pbip18f	PDF \| Word	PDF \| Word

Once you are done with the documents above, you're ready for Part 2 - The Appointment, Notice of Appointment, Inventory and Appraisement. Click here to see your options.

The Judicial Branch of Arizona, Maricopa County