Williamson County, TN Probate Information

Williamson County adds several local duties to the usual personal representative work. After appointment, later filings are made through the court's electronic filing system, and an electronically filed document received before midnight local time of the Clerk's Office is treated as filed that date under the local e-filing rules.

Accounting backup is handled differently from the accounting itself. The cover sheet, summary, oath and ledger sheets are sent through the electronic filing system, but bank statements, cancelled check images, receipts and similar backup must be mailed or hand delivered to the Clerk and Master and should not be sent through that system.

The office publishes local forms for the estate inventory under T.C.A. § 30-2-301, the affidavit of copies sent to beneficiaries, the Bureau of TennCare notification affidavit under T.C.A. § 71-5-116, and statements in lieu of accounting. A settlement or accounting carries Williamson County's published $75.00 charge, effective January 1, 2026, under the court cost schedule and T.C.A. § 8-21-401.

Williamson County publishes a substantial local probate form set on the Chancery Court Forms page. The main estate-opening forms include the Petition for Administration, Petition to Admit Will to Probate, Petition to Admit Holographic Will, Petition to Admit Will to Probate Muniment of Title under T.C.A. § 32-2-111, and petitions for limited small estate letters under T.C.A. § 30-4-101 et seq. in with-a-will and without-a-will versions.

The same Forms page includes personal representative oaths for testate and intestate estates, waivers to serve, waivers of bond, inventory and accounting, the estate inventory under T.C.A. § 30-2-301, affidavits of copies, a Bureau of TennCare notification affidavit under T.C.A. § 71-5-116, a request for TennCare release, witness affidavits, a verified claim against estate form under T.C.A. § 30-2-307, release and receipt forms, statements in lieu of accounting and accounting worksheets.

Use the Williamson County forms page, not a statewide packet, because Tennessee's statewide court materials do not supply a general probate packet for this county. Court staff cannot give legal advice or tell you which form to choose.

The statutory clerk's fee for a probate estate is $275, effective January 1, 2026 under 2025 Public Chapter 486, with litigation taxes and local court costs charged on top under T.C.A. § 8-21-401. Williamson County publishes its own Chancery and Circuit civil court cost schedule, effective January 1, 2026, and that schedule should be checked before paying.

Court costs under T.C.A. § 8-21-401 are due at the time of filing unless the court allows an exception. The county schedule names a hardship oath as an exception, and the judge decides requests under Rule 29 of the Tennessee Rules of the Supreme Court.

1. Start with the court's electronic filing system. Williamson County probate filings are handled electronically, and a filing received before midnight local time of the Clerk's Office is treated as filed that date.
2. If there is a will, get the original will to the Clerk and Master by mail or hand delivery. The court's published probate instructions say letters issue after the electronic filing is made and the original will is received.
3. For routine decedent estate administration, expect the Clerk and Master to handle the matter. The local probate rules say the Clerk and Master hears decedent estate matters and sets day-to-day procedures.
4. For a will contest or probate in solemn form under T.C.A. § 30-1-117, the assigned Chancellor hears the matter. If a solemn form probate does not result in a will contest, the administration is handled like other probate matters by the Clerk and Master.
5. For scheduled probate motions, check the court's published Motion Calendar. The calendar posted for August 2026 through March 2027, updated August 24, 2026, lists 9:00 a.m. for conservatorships and guardianships and 1:00 p.m. for probate matters.
6. For trial dates or summary judgment motions, follow the court's Motion Calendar page: trial dates are obtained from the judge's assistant and motions for summary judgment are set by the judge. The office can direct callers without publishing individual staff names.
7. If the Clerk and Master enters an order on a contested matter and review by the Chancellor is needed, the district's probate rules give thirty days from entry of the order to request review, on the record and with a transcript.

Page last reviewed: August 2026.