How to Find Probate Leads | Free Courthouse Workflow
How to find probate leads starts at the county clerk or probate court index. Filter new estate filings, record the case number and filing date, then match the decedent to a parcel. Exclusive inventory reviewed 2026-08-16 holds 2,745 filings across 18 counties, with 700 addresses and 496 valuations.
48 wordsYou can find probate leads for free by going directly to the courthouse or clerk website. The tradeoff is time: each county has its own search interface, filing labels, export limits, and date filters.
A courthouse workflow
Search the probate civil or estate case index, filter by a recent filing date range, record the county and case number, then review public documents or docket fields for estate context. After that, match the decedent or estate record to property records and estimate value using the local property appraiser or assessor.
Keep a consistent spreadsheet with county, filing date, masked case reference, property city, address status, and valuation status. Do not assume a death record is a probate case, and do not invent property values when the assessor data is missing.
Exclusive coverage after the free search
Live Probate Radar inventory snapshot updated (not a third-party scrape): 2745 filings across 18 counties, 700 with property address, 496 with property value (median $293800). That is the paid version of the same courthouse path once you already know how to find probate leads. Continue with the exclusive inventory workflow.
When paid data saves time
Probate Radar packages this workflow into weekly newly filed probate real estate leads. Property valuation is included by default where enrichment is available, so investors can spend less time collecting rows and more time evaluating counties and properties.
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FAQ
How to find probate leads at the courthouse?
Go to the county clerk or probate court estate index, filter by a recent filing window, record the case number and filing date, then match the decedent to local property records. Death or obituary matches are not probate leads until a case is on file.
How to get probate leads if I cannot visit every clerk site?
The same workflow can be bought as a weekly court-file list. Probate Radar exclusive inventory holds 2,745 filings across 18 counties, with 700 addresses and 496 valuations, so you skip repeating the clerk search in each county.
What should I record when I find probate leads?
Keep county, filing date, case number, decedent name, property city, address status, and valuation status. Do not invent a value when the assessor file is blank, and do not treat a death record as a filed estate case.
When is a paid probate list better than a free courthouse search?
Free search is fine for one county you already know. Paid weekly court data is faster when you cover several counties, need filing-date recency, or want address and value fields already joined to the case row.