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title: "Build the probate application checklist from the letters date"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/prepare-the-probate-or-letters-of-administration-application-pack/united-states"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A17-T1-R6-US"
practice_area: "Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build the probate application checklist from the letters date

> Using the letters date the lawyer supplies, enter the four-month inventory date under Probate Code § 8800(b) and the four-month claim date under § 9100(a)(1).…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Using the letters date the lawyer supplies, enter the four-month inventory date under Probate Code § 8800(b) and the four-month claim date under § 9100(a)(1). Mark whether the file contains an inventory, a list of creditors who demanded payment, and a copy of a notice. Write no sentence of the petition. |
| What the lawyer must review | Section 8800(b) sets four months after letters to a general personal representative for the inventory and appraisal, unless the court allows further reasonable time. Section 9100(a) requires the claim before the later of that same four-month date or 60 days after notice is mailed or personally delivered to the creditor. You confirm the letters date, you apply the later of the two claim times, and you prepare the petition. The checklist is a prompt. The 60-day time is yours to apply because it depends on service on that creditor. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the probate or letters-of-administration application pack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/prepare-the-probate-or-letters-of-administration-application-pack.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Using the letters date the lawyer supplies, enter the four-month inventory date under Probate Code § 8800(b) and the four-month claim date under § 9100(a)(1). Mark whether the file contains an inventory, a list of creditors who demanded payment, and a copy of a notice. Write no sentence of the petition.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The tool enters only the four-month dates from a letters date you supply. You still apply § 9100(a)(2) where notice was given to that creditor.
- Section 9100(c) does not extend Code of Civil Procedure § 366.2. Open § 366.2 before you advise that a claim survives.

## Sources

- [California Probate Code § 8800 (inventory and appraisal)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=8800.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Probate Code § 9100 (time for filing a creditor claim)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PROB&sectionNum=9100.) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Probate originating application (Supreme Court of South Australia Forms PROB1 and PROB2): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-sa-probate.md) | Form | Red | Link to the South Australian probate forms. PROB1 is the ex parte originating application and PROB2 the inter partes application. Lodgement is electronic through CourtSA.… |
| [Application for a grant of probate or administration (Supreme Court of Victoria, RedCrest-Probate): completion and filing guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-vic-probate-application.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Probate Office forms and RedCrest-Probate, with a guide to the 15-day advertisement, the generated affidavit and inventory, the originals to post, and the supporting forms most often… |
| [Application for a grant of probate or letters of administration (Supreme Court of Queensland): forms 101 to 119 guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-qld-application-for-grant.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Queensland Courts guide and UCPR forms for a grant, with the Queensland Law Reporter advertisement, notice to the Public Trustee, the 14-day and 7-day waits, the form set for each grant… |
| [Grant application (Supreme Court of Tasmania probate forms): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-tas-probate.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Judge-approved probate forms of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Form 4 is the application for a grant or reseal. Supporting affidavits and the inventory are on the same list.… |
| [Grant of probate (ACT Supreme Court Forms 3.1, 3.4, 3.11 and 3.14): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-act-probate.md) | Form | Red | Link to the ACT Supreme Court wills and probate forms. A probate application uses Form 3.1, Form 3.4 in duplicate, and affidavits.… |
| [Application for a grant of probate or administration (Supreme Court of Western Australia, Probate Online): preparation guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-wa-probate-application.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Court's probate forms and fees page and Probate Online, with a guide to the motion, affidavit and statement of assets and liabilities, the originals the Court needs, the information to… |
| [Application for probate (Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Forms 88A, 88B and 88I): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-nt-probate.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Northern Territory probate information sheet and the Form 88 series. The applicant advertises with Form 88B, searches, then files affidavits by email.… |
| [Consent under section 9 of the Wills Act 1997 (Supreme Court of Victoria, Probate Office)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-vic-probate-consent-section-9-wills-act.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Probate Office sample form of consent under section 9 of the Wills Act 1997. |
| [Citation to take probate (Queensland UCPR Form 125)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/form-qld-ucpr-125-citation-to-take-probate.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to Uniform Civil Procedure Rules Form 125, published on the Queensland Courts forms index as a citation to take probate. The list also publishes Form 124 as a request for issue of a citation. |

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*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*