Probate Forms (TN)

In Tennessee, probate is normally handled by the Clerk and Master of the applicable Chancery Court (Tennessee's 95 counties are divided into 31 judicial districts, each with its own Chancery Court). If you are using EstateExec and you enter the decedent's county of legal residence on the Decedent tab, you will see a link to the appropriate court here.

• Petition for Testate Administration - Get the probate process started
• Petition for Intestate Administration - Get the administration process started if there is no will
• Bond Waiver - Include with Petition if desired and not addressed by will
• Notice of Hearing - Notify heirs of the probate application
• Affidavit of Notice - Tell the court you notified the heirs
• Estate Inventory - You may want to use EstateExec's Inventory Report instead
• Status Report - Tell the court why the estate is still open
• Final Accounting - You may want to use EstateExec's Final Accounting Report instead, or as an attachment
• Notice of Accounting - Inform interested parties of accounting submission
• Bequest Receipt - Have heir acknowledge receipt of bequest
• Petition for Muniment of Title - Alternative approach to probate

Tennessee does not provide official state-wide forms, so above we have provided example probate forms from various counties. It may be best to contact your local county to see if they have preferred forms, but if not, you may want to adapt one of the forms from the Hamilton County Court Clerk Probate Forms or the Nashville Circuit Court Clerk Probate Forms. The appendix of the Tennessee Manual for Probate also provides a few generic form examples.

In case you're interested, probate forms for other states can be found here: