City of St. Louis, Missouri Probate
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Probate in City of St. Louis, Missouri is handled by the City of St.

Louis Circuit Court, Probate Division in St. Louis.

Missouri's statutory percentage schedule applies here, along with local filing procedures that affect timelines and costs.

The City of St. Louis Circuit Court, Probate Division in St.

Louis processes a high volume of estate filings, with dedicated probate staff and structured hearing calendars. Expect longer initial wait times for hearings, but the trade-off is a court system with deep experience handling complex estates.

The typical probate timeline runs 6-12 months.

The City of St. Louis operates independently from St.

Louis County for probate — file in the correct jurisdiction despite geographic proximity. Missouri's six-tier statutory fee schedule (RSMo § 473.153) applies.

Full details: Missouri Probate Calculator.

The St. Louis City Circuit Court, Probate Division is located at 10 N Tucker Blvd, St.

Louis MO 63101. The court clerk can be reached at (314) 622-4405.

Visit the court's website for current forms, fee schedules, and filing instructions. Electronic filing is available.

Office hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–5:00 PM.

• Missouri's six-tier statutory schedule (RSMo § 473.153) applies to both executor and attorney fees — 5% on the first $5,000 down to 2% above $1M.
• The City of St.
• Louis has its own Probate Division with filing fees separate from St.
• Louis County.
• Contact the court for the current fee schedule.

• Estate administration in City of St.
• Louis proceeds through the City of St.
• Louis Circuit Court, Probate Division in St.
• Louis.
• The City of St.
• Louis Probate Division operates independently from St.
• Louis County's, and it's critical to file in the correct jurisdiction.
• The process begins with filing a petition for probate (testate) or letters of administration (intestate), followed by a hearing and the appointment of the personal representative.

• Missouri distinguishes between supervised and independent administration.
• Under supervised administration — the default unless the will provides otherwise — the personal representative must seek court approval for most significant transactions, including real property sales and distributions.
• Independent administration, when authorized, reduces court involvement and accelerates the timeline.
• In City of St.
• Louis, the typical probate process runs 6-12 months, with the court's structured docket keeping cases on track.

Missouri allows estates valued below $40,000 to use a small estate affidavit to transfer assets without formal probate. In the City of St.

Louis — ranked 4th of Missouri's 115 jurisdictions — the affidavit is presented directly to the institutions holding the decedent's assets rather than filed with the Probate Division. The affidavit can be executed no earlier than 30 days after the decedent's death and is available for both testate and intestate estates.

Note that in the City of St. Louis, while the small estate affidavit follows the same statewide threshold and requirements as the rest of Missouri, local financial institutions may have specific procedures for processing affidavits.

Missouri's refusal-to-probate procedure provides an additional simplified option for estates where no interested party wishes to open a formal probate case, and this can be filed with the City's Probate Division.

• Getting an accurate cost estimate before you start probate in City of St.
• Louis helps you budget for Missouri's statutory percentage schedule plus local filing fees at the City of St.
• Louis Circuit Court, Probate Division.
• The clerk's office in St.
• Louis can answer procedural questions about required forms and hearing schedules.

• This free probate calculator applies Missouri's specific rules automatically — enter the estate's approximate value to get an instant breakdown of expected fees.
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