How to Find Probate Leads for Free at the Courthouse

You 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.

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.