Inventory of Assets PDF Details

Complete the form according to value categories.

Who completes it: Fiduciary or attorney for fiduciary

Estate assets: Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds, Insurance Payable to Estate, IRAs, 401 Ks Payable to Estate, Mortgages or Notes Held by Decedent, Cash, Miscellaneous

Firearms: Check the box: Yes - see attached firearms inventory, or None

Non-estate assets: Check Yes or No to each of the following, from Living Trust to Cause(s) of Action Pending

Fiduciary: Date of Death, Date of Letters, Type of Letters, Name of Fiduciary(ies)

Signing: Certified to be true, Signature, Print Name, Attorney's Name, Attorney's Address, Attorney's Telephone No.

Question	Answer
Form Name	Inventory of Assets
Form Length	1 page
Fillable?	Yes
Fillable fields	37
Avg. time to fill out	7 min
Edition	I-1 3/2016
Other names	I-1, Inventory of Assets, Court Inventory
Official source	Form I-1 (3/2016)

How to Fill Out Form I-1

Form I-1 at a glance

What it is: Surrogate's Court of the State of New York: Inventory of Assets (Rule §207.20), File No.

Who signs: To be completed by fiduciary or attorney for fiduciary.

A filled-in Form I-1 example: an executor files the inventory of assets

Form I-1 example filled out, example: an executor files the inventory of assets — Jane Ann Sample, executor of John Q. Sample's estate, files Form I-1. All seven estate asset lines are filled and the total falls in Category E. The picture shows page one, and none of its entries is real. The assets total 150,000.00 and the filing fee due is 125.00, all paid at filing, so the balance due is 0.00. Firearms is None because the estate holds no firearms. Jointly Held Property is Yes because she and the decedent shared a bank account, and every other non-estate question is No. Nothing goes in Name of Trustee(s) because the decedent left no living trust. Court and Index Number is left blank because no action is pending. Name of Fiduciary(ies) gives her name only, because her address has not changed.

How to fill out Form I-1, box by box

Court, county and file number

Enter the County, the Deceased after In the Matter of, and the File No.

Date of Death, Date of Letters and Type of Letters

Enter the Date of Death, the Date of Letters and the Type of Letters.

Name of Fiduciary(ies) and fiduciary(ies) address if changed

Enter the Name of Fiduciary(ies) and, if changed, fiduciary(ies) address.

Total Estate Assets, filing fee and balance due

Enter Total Estate Assets*, Filing fee SCPA 2402(7), Filing fee initially paid and Balance (Refund) Due.

Assets individually owned by Decedent or payable to Estate

The undersigned, a fiduciary or attorney for the fiduciary of the Decedent's estate, certifies that the following constitutes the gross estate for tax purposes and identifies whether non-estate assets exist.

Complete according to the following value categories: Category A - under $10,000; Category B - $10,000 to under $20,000; Category C - $20,000 to under $50,000; Category D - $50,000 to under $100,000; Category E - $100,000 to under $250,000; Category F - $250,000 to under $500,000; Category G - $500,000 or over (checked October 23, 2026).

Under ASSETS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED BY DECEDENT OR PAYABLE TO ESTATE, enter a CATEGORY for 1. Real Estate, 2. Stocks and Bonds, 3. Insurance Payable to Estate, 4. IRAs, 401 Ks Payable to Estate, 5. Mortgages or Notes Held by Decedent, 6. Cash and 7. Miscellaneous.

For 8. Firearms, check the appropriate box: Yes - see attached firearms inventory, or None.

Enter a CATEGORY for *TOTAL ESTATE ASSETS.

Non-estate assets: Name of Trustee(s) and Court and Index Number

Under NON-ESTATE ASSETS, check Yes or No to each of the following.

9. Living Trust: check Yes or No; if yes, set forth the Name of the Trustee(s).

10. Gifts in Excess of Federal Annual Exclusion Made Within 3 Years of Decedent's Death: check Yes or No.

Check Yes or No for 11. Jointly Held Property (Real or Personal), 12. Insurance Payable to Beneficiary, 13. IRAs, 401K's Payable to Beneficiary, 14. Annuities, 15. Powers of Appointment and 16. Cause(s) of Action Pending.

For 16. Cause(s) of Action Pending, if yes, identify Court and Index Number.

Certification and attorney

Certified to be true on the ______ day of _____________________, 20____.

Sign on the Signature line, write the Print Name, and enter the Attorney's Name, Attorney's Address and Attorney's Telephone No.

Sources

[1] Form I-1 (3/2016), Inventory of Assets (Rule §207.20), New York State Unified Court System, Surrogate's Court (the Official source link on this page).

I-1: Inventory of Assets