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An Act To Increase the Value of an Estate Collectible by Affidavit in Probate Law to $20,000
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §3-1201, sub-§(a), ¶(1),  as enacted by PL 1979, c. 540, §1, is amended to read:
 
(1).  The value of the entire estate, wherever located, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $10,000$20,000;
 
SUMMARY
This bill increases the amount of personal property of a decedent's estate that can be collected by affidavit from $10,000 to $20,000.