With this form, create an inventory for an estate in Vermont. You will list the value of real estate, personal property, bank accounts and debts or liens in the “decedent’s” estate. The decedent is the person who died. The form produces an inventory you can file with the probate court.

You can find more information about the probate process on this page of our website or on the Vermont Judiciary website.

Information Checklist

Use this form when there is a will, or where there is no will. You can also use a form for a small estate and for ancillary estates. An estate is called an “ancillary estate” when property is owned in Vermont but the person who died did not live in Vermont.  

You should not fill out the inventory until you have opened an estate in probate court. However, you can certainly print out the form and use it as a guide to collect the list of assets. After the court names you the administrator or executor of the will, you will have 30 days to file this form with the court.

Before you start, you will need:

• a letter from the court that appoints you as administrator or executor of the will
• a list of all the property of the estate and the value of each
• a list of any liens on the property and the name of the lien holders — a lien can exist when the person who died had a loan or a debt

PDF of the Form to Print or Fill Out

This is the PDF of the inventory form.

Find more estate court forms on the Vermont Judiciary website.