What are public probate records?

Probate public records contain information about the distribution of the property of a deceased person. Public probate records usually contain information about the deceased person - name, date of death, their relationships, the names of heirs and names of witnesses.

In the USA, the property of a married person are automatically passed to their living spouse and in this case there is no need of probation and therefore no public probate records will exist. In the event that the deceased person doesn’t have a living spouse or was never married, there is necessity to probate his estate. In cases like this public probate records are created.

Probate court public records.

Another common name of the probate public records is probate court public records. The reason for this is quite simple - any probate is handled by a court. The court is responsible for the supervision and administration of the disposition of the property of the deceased in accordance to the US laws. As all court dealings, probate court public records are also recorded and the information is public.

If you need to access probate public court records you can go to the court and file a request or search online. Online searches are must more popular than traditional public record searches as they can be done from home and because they provide instant results.