Florida Statute 735.301 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XLII
ESTATES AND TRUSTS

Chapter 735
PROBATE CODE: SMALL ESTATES

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F.S. 735.301

735.301 Disposition without administration.—

(1) No administration shall be required or formal proceedings instituted upon the estate of a decedent leaving only personal property exempt under the provisions of s. 732.402, personal property exempt from the claims of creditors under the State Constitution, and nonexempt personal property the value of which does not exceed the sum of the amount of preferred funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last 60 days of the last illness.

(2) Upon informal application by affidavit, letter, or otherwise by any interested party, and if the court is satisfied that subsection (1) is applicable, the court, by letter or other writing under the seal of the court, may authorize the payment, transfer, or disposition of the personal property, tangible or intangible, belonging to the decedent to those persons entitled.

(3) Any person, firm, or corporation paying, delivering, or transferring property under the authorization shall be forever discharged from liability thereon.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-106; s. 111, ch. 75-220; s. 50, ch. 77-87; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 275, ch. 79-400; s. 52, ch. 98-421; s. 184, ch. 2001-226.

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Amendments to 735.301

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 735.301

Total Results: 5

Amendments to the Florida Probate Rules

848 So. 2d 1069, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 495, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1063, 2003 WL 21402500

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 2003 | Docket: 64823856

Published

References § 732.402, Fla. Stat. Exempt property. § 735.301, Fla. Stat. Disposition without administration

Florida Bar

531 So. 2d 1261, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1475, 1988 WL 53983

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 1988 | Docket: 64637451

Published

being substantive rather than procedural. See F.S. 735.301. RULE 5.420. DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Florida Bar

537 So. 2d 500, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 601, 1988 Fla. LEXIS 1463, 1988 WL 143178

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 29, 1988 | Docket: 64640022

Published

Statutory References F.S. 732.402 Exempt property. F.S. 735.301 Disposition without administration. *546RULE

Florida Bar re Amendment to Rules

458 So. 2d 1079, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 401, 1984 Fla. LEXIS 3390

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 13, 1984 | Docket: 64608151

Published

being substantive rather than procedural. See F.S. 735.301. Rule 5.420. DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

In re Supplemental Petition for Changes in the Florida Rules of Probate & Guardianship Procedure

344 So. 2d 828, 1977 Fla. LEXIS 3890

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1977 | Docket: 64558090

Published

as to disposition without administration. Section 735.-301, Florida Statutes (1975), states: “Any person