Probate records are held by the court or officer that administers estates where the decedent lived.

Wisconsin files every estate in the circuit court for the county where the decedent was domiciled at

Washington runs probate through the Superior Court in each of its 39 counties, and the county Clerk

Virginia has no probate court. Every estate filing in the Commonwealth is recorded by a circuit cour

Pennsylvania has 67 counties and a Register of Wills in every one of them. Estates are opened with t

Oklahoma has 77 counties and a district court in every one of them, and every estate is filed in the

Ohio has 88 counties and a probate court in every one of them, sitting as the Probate Division of th

North Carolina has 100 counties and no probate court in any of them. The elected Clerk of Superior C

New York runs probate through 62 separate Surrogate's Courts, one in every county, and estates are f

New Jersey has 21 counties and a Surrogate's Court in every one of them. Each court holds its own do

Nevada has no standalone probate court of record. Every estate is filed in the district court for th

Oregon has 36 counties, and probate jurisdiction is split between two court systems: circuit courts