Eagle Home Appraisal Grand Rapids

Probate appraisals in Grand Rapids

Name: Eagle Home Appraisal Grand Rapids
Address: 5110 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49512, US
Telephone: 616-816-1943

If an estate is opened for someone who lived in Grand Rapids, the Kent County Probate Court oversees it.

Does the house need a formal appraisal? Often it does not. Call and we will help you work out whether yours does.

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You do not have to appraise the house. You do have to list it on an inventory.

Michigan gives the personal representative 91 days after appointment, or another time set by court rule, to list the estate’s property at what it was worth on the date of passing (MCL 700.3706). A qualified, disinterested appraiser may be used when a value is reasonably in doubt (MCL 700.3707). Whether the house is one of those is a decision for you and the estate’s attorney.

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Where the house fits

An inventory lists each item with its value and any encumbrance on it, so a home goes on with its mortgage if it has one (MCL 700.3706). Kent County’s Wills and Estates pages explain what the court expects from a personal representative.

A documented value is most useful when heirs disagree about the number, when someone will buy out the others, or when the house will be sold.

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The date is the date of passing

The statute calls it date-of-death value. An appraiser who is used is identified on the inventory (MCL 700.3707). The number does not move with the market after that date, so a report for a home inherited in a hot or slow season should describe that season.

What the tax office needs, separately

While the estate is open, the house may change hands on paper. The receiving heir is expected to tell the assessor within 45 days, and the taxable value can reset (MCL 211.27a). The probate inventory and that notice are two different tasks.

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Grand Rapids, specifically

The right court is the one for the county where the person lived, which for a Grand Rapids resident is Kent County. The County Clerk and your attorney can tell you how filings work there. For the home itself, the Register of Deeds holds the recorded deed.