Indiana probate leads and inheritance data, by county.
If you are researching Indiana 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 2341 records a month across Indiana.
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Indiana counties
Browse 92 counties.Every Indiana county has its own page. Highlighted counties currently generate the largest monthly record volume.
How inherited property moves in Indiana
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
Indiana imposes no inheritance tax on the estate of a person who died after December 31, 2012 and no estate tax; HEA 1001 (2013) repealed both, as the Department of Revenue confirms in Departmental Notice 44. Property is not reassessed on transfer. Two instruments keep inherited property out of court entirely: a transfer on death deed recorded with the county recorder before the owner's death passes real property straight to the beneficiary (IC 32-17-14-11, in force since 2009), and a distributee's affidavit clears up to $100,000 of personal property 45 days after death (IC 29-1-8-1). Neither leaves a probate filing. The durable cost of holding is that a house that stops being an owner's principal place of residence sees its property tax credit cap rise from 1 percent to 2 percent of gross assessed value (IC 6-1.1-20.6-7.5). It also loses the homestead standard deduction (IC 6-1.1-12-37), but SEA 1 (2025), P.L.68-2025, is phasing that deduction out for every homestead, from $48,000 in 2025 to zero beginning with the 2030 assessment date, so that penalty shrinks to nothing while the cap shift remains.
Where probate records appear
Circuit Court or Superior Court, depending on the county mycase.IN.gov, the public portal to the statewide Odyssey case management system
Ways property can avoid ordinary probate
Transfer on death deed (IC 32-17-14-11) for real property, and the distributee's affidavit for small estates (IC 29-1-8-1) for personal property
Small-estate route
Distributee's affidavit for personal property where the gross probate estate, less liens, encumbrances and reasonable funeral expenses, does not exceed $100,000, usable 45 days after death (IC 29-1-8-1; the $100,000 figure applies to individuals dying after June 30, 2022)
Timing investors should understand
Notice of administration is published once each week for two consecutive weeks after letters issue, with proof of publication filed within 30 days of publication (IC 29-1-7-7). Claims against the estate are forever barred unless filed with the court within three months after the date of the first published notice to creditors, and in all events unless filed within nine months after the decedent's death (IC 29-1-14-1). A claim by the unit, meaning the Medicaid estate recovery unit defined at IC 29-1-1-3(a)(36), must be filed not later than nine months after the date of death (IC 29-1-14-1(g), as amended by P.L.160-2026), while claims of the United States, the state or a subdivision are carved out of the bar by IC 29-1-14-1(a). A distributee's affidavit under IC 29-1-8-1 may not be used until 45 days after death.
Indiana inheritance volume
Updated monthly · September 2026 edition.Newly inherited residential properties recorded in Indiana, from the same database that builds the lists. Published nationally in the Inheritance Property Index.
Biggest Indiana counties by volume
Free to cite with attribution: USLeadList Inheritance Property Index, September 2026 edition. See every state and download the data.
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