Probate forms
District of Columbia probate forms
Download District of Columbia probate court forms here, and open the official source to make sure you have the current version. We list 126 forms: 123 statewide forms and forms for 1 county court.
General information, not legal advice. Forms change, so check the official source for the current version. Which forms you need depends on the case, for example whether there's a will or the estate has no will (intestate). The court clerk can tell you which ones apply.
County probate forms in District of Columbia
Statewide forms
Forms to fill out and file (78)
PD-044 — Acceptance
Official source: dccourts.govAcceptance and Consent of Each Personal Representative
Official source: dccourts.govPD-045 — Acceptance, Consent, and Non-Resident Power of Attorney - Trustee
Official source: dccourts.govPD-014 — Accounting
Official source: dccourts.govPD-048 — Affidavit in Compliance with the Service Members Civil Relief Act
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1880 — Affidavit of Personal Service
Official source: dccourts.govPD-19II — Affidavit of Service by Mail - Legal
Official source: dccourts.govPD-049 — Affidavit of Service By Process Server
Official source: dccourts.govPD-001 — Affidavit of Witness - Legal
Official source: dccourts.govPD-050 — Answer of Defendant
Official source: dccourts.govPD-051 — Appointment of Agent to Accept Service of Process
Official source: dccourts.govPD-052 — Assignment of Interest
Official source: dccourts.govPD-002 — Bill of Costs
Official source: dccourts.govBond for Guardianship of Minor Estate
Initiates a guardianship case and establishes a financial bond for the appointed guardian of an individual's estate.
Official source: dccourts.govBond for Guardianship of Minor Estate
Applies for court approval to serve legal documents as a special process server in civil cases.
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation (Seb)-Petition For Administration of Small Estate
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Abbreviated Probate (Adm)-Bond Or Waivers of Bond Or Some Combination
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Abbreviated Probate (Adm)-Petition For Probate
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Standard Probate (Adm)-Petition For Probate
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Standard Probate (Adm)-Verified Statement Regarding Service of Petition For Standard Probate
Official source: dccourts.govPD-055 — Certificate of Filing Disclaimer
Official source: dccourts.govPD-121 — Certificate of Filing Will - Legal
Official source: dccourts.govPD-135 — Certificate of No Unsettled Liabilities
Official source: dccourts.govPD-056 — Certificate Regarding Discovery
Official source: dccourts.govPD-003 — Certification of Filing Will
Official source: dccourts.govPD-057 — Certification of Trust
Official source: dccourts.govPD-004 — Claim Against Decedent's Estate and or Revocable Trust
Official source: dccourts.govPD-058 — Claim Against Revocable Trust
Official source: dccourts.govConsent To Appointment of Personal Representative
Official source: dccourts.govPD-060 — Consent to Minor Guardianship by Parents/Domestic Partners
Official source: dccourts.govPD-006 — Copy Request Form
Official source: dccourts.govPD-122 — Financial Account Information - Form 27
Official source: dccourts.govPD-007 — Financial Account Information for Trusts Only
Official source: dccourts.govPD-061 — Financial Statement
Official source: dccourts.govGeneral Bond of Personal Representative
Official source: dccourts.govGeneral Forms (Adm)-Acceptance and Consent of Each Personal Representative
Official source: dccourts.govGeneral Forms (Adm)-Bond of Personal Representative Pursuant To Dc Code, Sec. 20-502(A-1)
Official source: dccourts.govGeneral Forms (Adm)-Waiver of Personal Representative'S Bond
Official source: dccourts.govPD-123 — In Forma Pauperis Service Waiver Form
Official source: dccourts.govInventory and Accounting Forms (Adm)-Waiver of Filing Inventories and Accounts By All Personal Representatives
Official source: dccourts.govPD-008 — Inventory Report
Official source: dccourts.govPD-064 — Motion for Leave to Late Petition for Compensation
Official source: dccourts.govNominal Bond of Personal Representative
Official source: dccourts.govPD-068 — Nomination of Minor
Official source: dccourts.govPD-011 — Objection - Exception to Account or Inventory
Official source: dccourts.govPD-081 — Personal Identification Information - Form 26
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1800 — Petition for a General Proceeding
Official source: dccourts.govPD-021 — Petition for Appointment of a Special Administrator to Open a Safe Deposit Box
Official source: dccourts.govPD-082 — Petition for Appointment of Guardian of Estate of a Minor
Official source: dccourts.govPD-085 — Petition for Authority to Invest or for Approval of Investment Plan or Program
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1870A — Petition for Permission to Participate
Official source: dccourts.govPD-015 — Petition for Personal Representative's Bond Pursuant to D.C. Code Sec. 20-502 (a-1)
Official source: dccourts.govPetition for ProbateDistrict of Columbia Courts
Used to formally request the court to begin the probate process for a decedent's estate in the District of Columbia.
Official source: dccourts.govPD-130 — Petition for Rule to Show Cause
Official source: dccourts.govPetition For Termination of Appointment of Personal Representative
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1878A — Petition of Claimant for Determination of Claim
Official source: dccourts.govPD-019 — Petition Post Appointment - SCR-PD-322 - to Deposit Funds into the Estate Deposit Account - Pro Se
Official source: dccourts.govPD-022 — Petition to Request Supervised Administration Pursuant to D.C. Code 20-403
Official source: dccourts.govPD-090 — Petition to Resign
Official source: dccourts.govPD-023 — Praecipe
Official source: dccourts.govPD-024 — Praecipe - Change of Address
Official source: dccourts.govPD-092 — Pro Se Petition
Official source: dccourts.govProbate Confidential Settlement Statement Form
Official source: dccourts.govPD-093 — Receipt
Official source: dccourts.govPD-031 — Renunciation
Official source: dccourts.govPD-129 — Renunciation and Nomination of Personal Representative - Legal
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1888B — Report of Examiner
Official source: dccourts.govPD-095 — Request for Oral Hearing
Official source: dccourts.govPD-096 — Response to Petition Post Appointment
Official source: dccourts.govPD-035 — Search Request Form
Official source: dccourts.govPD-097 — Settlement Agreement Praecipe
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1893AI — Statement of Claim Pursuant to SCR - PDIP 307
Official source: dccourts.govPD-040 — Statement of Claims
Official source: dccourts.govPD-062 — Subpoena
Official source: dccourts.govPD-101 — Summons
Official source: dccourts.govPD-102 — Verification of Assets
Official source: dccourts.govPD-103 — Verified Complaint
Official source: dccourts.govWaiver of Filing Inventories and Accounts By All Personal Representatives
Official source: dccourts.gov
Instructions (1)
PD-124 — Instructions for Completing Petition for Small Estate Affidavit
Official source: dccourts.gov
Notices (23)
Case Initiation-Standard Probate (Adm)-Acknowledgement of Receipt of Service of Notice Regarding Petition For Standard Probate
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Standard Probate (Adm)-Notice of Petition For Standard Probate
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Standard Probate (Adm)-Notice of Standard Probate
Official source: dccourts.govGeneral Forms (Adm)-Verification and Certificate of Notice By Personal Representative Pursuant To Scr-Pd 403(B)(4)
Official source: dccourts.govPD-069 — Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt of Summons, Complaint and Initial Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-009 — Notice of Action Taken on Claim
Official source: dccourts.govPD-070 — Notice of Appeal
Official source: dccourts.govPD-071 — Notice of Appearance of Counsel
Official source: dccourts.govPD-072 — Notice of Appointment of Foreign Personal Representative and Notice to Creditors
Official source: dccourts.govPD-125 — Notice of Appointment, Notice of Creditors and Notice of Creditors and Notice to Unknown Heirs
Official source: dccourts.govPD-099 — Notice of Death of Fiduciary
Official source: dccourts.govPD-100 — Notice of Death of Trust Beneficiary
Official source: dccourts.govPD-010 — Notice of Existence of Revocable Trust
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1879 — Notice of Hearing on Subsequent Petition
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1892 — Notice of Initial Hearing To Other Persons
Official source: dccourts.govPD-137 — Notice of Petition for Compensation and Consent to Compensation and Fees
Official source: dccourts.govPD-073 — Notice of Right to Respond and/or Request an Oral Hearing
Official source: dccourts.govPD-074 — Notice of Standard Probate
Official source: dccourts.govPD-126 — Notice of Standard Probate - Legal
Official source: dccourts.govPD-423 — Petition for Termination of Appointment of Supervised Personal Representative, Notice Accompanying Petition and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-131 — Petition Post Appointment and Order, Order Appointing Counsel, Notice of Hearing on Subsequent Petition, Notice of Right to Respond and/or Request an Oral Hearing
Official source: dccourts.govPD-2872A — Request for Notice
Official source: dccourts.govPD-104 — Waiver of Notice of Hearing on Petition in Accordance with DC Code, Sec. 21-2032
Official source: dccourts.gov
Orders (18)
Abbreviated Probate Order - For Estates of Decedents Dying On Or After January 1, 1981 Through June 30, 1995
Official source: dccourts.govAbbreviated Probate Order - For Estates of Decedents Dying On Or After July 1, 1995
Official source: dccourts.govAdministrative-Order-22-06-Re-establishment-of-the- ...DC Courts
Re-establishes the Probate Fiduciary Panel, outlining its purpose and composition within the court system.
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Abbreviated Probate (Adm)-Abbreviated Probate Order
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Abbreviated Probate (Adm)-Abbreviated Probate Order
Official source: dccourts.govCase Initiation-Standard Probate (Adm)-Standard Probate Order
Official source: dccourts.govGeneral Forms (Adm)-Request For Extension of Personal Representative'S Appointment and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-012 — Objection - Exception to Fee Petition and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-075 — Order Appointing Counsel - Subject Outside the Metropolitan Area
Official source: dccourts.govPD-080 — Order Regarding Temporary Relief Request
Official source: dccourts.govPD-084 — Petition for Authority to Expend Funds and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-1804 — Petition for Compensation of Visitor or Examiner, Consent to Compensation, Fees and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-087 — Petition for Referral to Auditor-Master and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-017 — Petition for Release of Funds Held in the Estate Deposit Account and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-034 — Pro Se Motion and Order
Official source: dccourts.govPD-133 — Pro Se Motion to Vacate and Order
Official source: dccourts.govStandard Probate Order
Official source: dccourts.govStatement of Account (and All Attached Sheets) and Order and Order - For Decedents Dying On and After January 1, 1981
Official source: dccourts.gov
Local rules (3)
appendix a. estates of decedents dying prior to january 1, ...District of Columbia Courts
Provides an appendix to probate rules specifically for estates of decedents who died prior to January 1, 2000.
Official source: dccourts.govappendix b. estates of decedents dying on or after january 1Dccourts
Provides an appendix to probate rules specifically for estates of decedents who died on or after January 1, 2000.
Official source: dccourts.govProbate Rule 103. Notice.pdfDistrict of Columbia Courts
Outlines the specific requirements and procedures for providing notice in probate proceedings.
Official source: dccourts.gov