$150,000, not $75,000 — a threshold that changed mid-2026
Two independent qualifying tests, either one works
Summary administration (§735.201) applies when non-exempt estate assets are $150,000 or less, or when the decedent has been dead for more than 2 years — regardless of the estate's value in that second case. Protected homestead never counts toward the $150,000 figure.
No personal representative, just an Order of Distribution
Unlike formal administration, summary administration doesn't appoint a personal representative at all. Instead, the court issues an Order of Distribution, and the recipients named directly in that order are the ones who sign the deed and collect the estate's assets.
An even smaller, faster track exists
Disposition without administration (§735.301) skips court-supervised probate entirely for truly tiny estates — but only when there's no real estate involved at all, and non-exempt personal property doesn't exceed the decedent's funeral expenses plus their last 60 days of medical bills.
Statewide threshold, county-by-county filing
Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, and Hillsborough among Florida's busiest probate dockets — the $150,000 figure and the 2-year alternative apply identically no matter which circuit court handles the petition.