North Dakota Probate Records

Online Resources

 * North Dakota and South Dakota, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985, ($), index and images, incomplete.
 * 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

History
Probate records of North Dakota have been under the jurisdiction of the county courts. North Dakota probate records include dockets, guardians records, administrators records, real estate records, personal property records, and claim registers.

Availability
The Family History Library does not presently have copies of probate records from North Dakota. They are at the clerk's office in each county courthouse.

Some later estate records are available at: http://www.court.state.nd.us/opinions/topics/176.htm

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection includes some North Dakota wills for Burleigh county (Family History Library ).