Alaska probate leads and inheritance data, by county.
If you are researching Alaska probate leads, the public court file is only one part of the inherited-property market. USLeadList starts with death and property records, typically about five weeks after death, and generates an average of 124 records a month across Alaska.
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Alaska counties
Browse 29 counties.Every Alaska county has its own page. Highlighted counties currently generate the largest monthly record volume.
How inherited property moves in Alaska
Verified state rules behind the county data.Probate rules matter because they determine when a public court record appears and which inherited properties never appear in an ordinary probate case.
What changes for an heir
Alaska has no state estate tax; the Alaska Court System states that as of 2005 Alaska no longer collects one. There is no state income tax, and real property is assessed locally with no reassessment triggered by a transfer or by a death, so holding an inherited house carries no new recurring state cost. What Alaska has instead is a full set of probate avoidance tools. A transfer on death deed under AS 13.48.010 to 13.48.190, recorded before death on court form P-150, passes real property straight to the named beneficiary. Personal property up to $50,000 plus registered vehicles up to $100,000 passes on a sworn affidavit under AS 13.16.680 with no court case at all. A large share of inherited Alaska property therefore never produces a probate filing.
Where probate records appear
Superior Court Search Trial Court Cases, the Alaska Court System's public case and payment portal at records.courts.alaska.gov, covering superior and district court cases statewide. The court system cautions that a search there is not an official criminal history report, that some case records do not appear, and that others are removed after periods set by statute or court order.
Ways property can avoid ordinary probate
Transfer on death deed under AS 13.48.010 to 13.48.190, which must be recorded before the owner's death in each recording district where the property lies; the Alaska Court System publishes form P-150 for it. Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent under AS 13.16.680, for personal property only. Community property with right of survivorship under the Alaska Community Property Act, other survivorship titling, revocable living trusts, and beneficiary designations.
Small-estate route
Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property of Decedent, court form P-110, under AS 13.16.680. It is available 30 days after death and only where the person who died owned no real property of any value, all Alaska registered vehicles are worth $100,000 or less after debts and liens, and all other personal property is worth $50,000 or less after debts and liens. Figures as published by the Alaska Court System in 2026. Real property can never pass by this affidavit.
Timing investors should understand
The statutory floor is the creditor claim period. AS 13.16.450 requires the personal representative to publish notice to creditors once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district, and AS 13.16.460 bars any claim not presented within four months after the date of first publication; a creditor who received no notice has up to three years from the death. An estate closed by sworn statement under AS 13.16.630 cannot be closed until at least six months after the personal representative was appointed and more than six months after first publication, which the court system explains as the four month claim window plus a further 60 days to review claims. The small estate affidavit under AS 13.16.680 needs only 30 days from the death.
Alaska inheritance volume
Updated monthly · September 2026 edition.Newly inherited residential properties recorded in Alaska, from the same database that builds the lists. Published nationally in the Inheritance Property Index.
Biggest Alaska counties by volume
- Anchorage 614
- Matanuska Susitna 379
- Fairbanks North Star 257
- Kenai Peninsula 247
- Juneau 69
- Ketchikan Gateway 40
- Kodiak Island 22
- Sitka 15
Free to cite with attribution: USLeadList Inheritance Property Index, September 2026 edition. See every state and download the data.
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