WV Probate Forms
Show Table of ContentsThere are a number of state-specific forms you may need when going through the probate process.
General Forms
In West Virginia, the local County handles wills and estate probate. If you are using EstateExec and you enter the decedent's county of legal residence on the Decedent tab, you will see a direct link to the appropriate website here.
You can check with your local court for the forms they might prefer, and below you will find some of the more common WV forms:
- Application of Fiduciaries - Start the settlement process
- Application of Fiduciaries (Intestate) - Start the settlement process if no will
- Estate Appraisement (Forms ET 6.01 and 6.02) - Tell the court about estate contents
- Short Form Settlement Report - Sample Settlement Form from Kanawha County
- Final Accounting - Consider using EstateExec's Accounting Report
- Waiver of Final Settlement - Sample Waiver form from Monroe County
West Virginia does not make many forms available at the state level, so above we have provided a few samples from various counties. You can check with your county clerk for their preferences, and see Kanawha County Probate Forms for additional forms you may want to adapt for your county. Also see Monongalia County Probate for other forms, including filled-out examples.
If there is no will, and no administrator has been appointed, you can submit a DMV Legal Heir Affidavit to the DMV to transfer a vehicle registration.
You may want to take a look that this helpful overview of the WV Probate Process by Legal Aid of West Virginia.
Small Estates
Small estates sometimes need only 1 specialized form or affidavit: see Small WV Estates.
Additional Information
See also Overall Probate Process in WV.
In case you're interested, probate forms for other states can be found here: