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SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN MARICOPA COUNTY
INFORMAL CHECKLIST
Please complete the checklist below and include with the application.
Applications missing any components listed will be rejected.
Probate Cover Sheet
Is the Probate Information Cover Sheet completely filled out and is the correct Nature of Action checked?
Original Will
Is the ORIGINAL WILL signed, with two (2) witnesses? Yes No
If you do not have the signed original will, you cannot go through the Informal process. The signed
original will is needed on testate estates ONLY.
Was the ORIGINAL WILL signed on or after October 1, 2019? Yes No
If the will was signed on or after October 1, 2019, and is not made self-proved as described in A.R.S.
§ 14-2504, are both of the witnesses disinterested (i.e., not a devisee and not related to a devisee by
blood, marriage, or adoption)?
If the answer to this question is not “yes,” the will is not valid. (See A.R.S. § 14-2505.)
Application
Is the Application for Informal Probate completely filled out with all questions answered?
Is it signed and notarized?
Is the Date of death completed (#3 on the Application)?
Is the date of the will on the Application (#4 and #9,) the same as the date(s) on the Will?
Are the surviving spouse, surviving children, heirs, and anyone entitled to take property listed (#5 on
the Application)?
Is the “tardy” language / restrictions included on Application (if applicable) (#13)?
Only needed if it has been more than two (2) years since the date of death.
Statement
Is the Statement completely filled out?
Is the date on the Statement (“THE PROBATE REGISTRAR FINDS: #1, and “THEREFORE”, #2) the same
as the date(s) on the Will?
Is the “tardy” language / restrictions included on Statement (if applicable) (should be manually entered
after “THEREFORE”, #4)?
Letters
Is the “tardy” language /restrictions included on the Letters of Appointment (if applicable)?
Is the Letters and Acceptance of Appointment as Personal Representative signed and notarized by the
proposed Personal Representative?
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Other
Is the Waiver of Bond included, signed, and notarized (if applicable)?
Are the Waiver of Right to Appointment as Personal Representative and Consent to Appointment of Personal
Representative included, signed, and notarized (if applicable)?
Is the Order to Personal Representative and Acknowledgement and Information to Heirs/Devisees signed by
the proposed Personal Representative?
Is the Training Certificate for the proposed Personal Representative included?
To complete the training, go to the following website:
(English)
http://www.azcourts.gov/educationservices/COJET-Classroom/Probate-Personal-Representative
(Spanish)
https://azcourthelp.org/finder/probate/conservatorship/28-conservatorship-form-training-english/file