Estate & probate vehicle appraisals
Certified appraisers
Accepted in all 50 states and DC
Same-day available
When someone passes, their vehicles become estate assets, and executors, probate courts, and the IRS all need to know what they're worth. A certified appraisal documents fair market value for the court. $250 flat, delivered in 24-48 hours.
The number the whole filing rests on
Probate inventory and appraisement documents require supportable values for every asset, vehicles included. Get it wrong and you invite objections from heirs, scrutiny from the court, and tax problems down the line. Get it right and the estate moves.
Estate work has wrinkles other appraisals don't. Date-of-death (retrospective) valuations set the stepped-up basis that heirs rely on at resale. Classic and collector cars in an estate need collector-market comps, not a depreciation curve. Multi-vehicle estates need consistent methodology across the board so no heir can argue the numbers were cherry-picked. And in Texas, an estate vehicle with no title can run alongside the bonded title process.
WHAT'S INCLUDED: $250 FLAT
- Certified fair market valuation, current or date-of-death
- Detailed vehicle description and condition report
- Comparable market analysis with stated methodology
- Retrospective valuations for stepped-up basis
- Bonded-title support in Texas when the title is missing
- Consistent method across multi-vehicle estates
- Prepared for probate courts, the IRS, and attorneys
Executor to filed-and-done
Tell us the valuation date
Current value or date of death: the filing tells you which, and we'll help you work out which one your court wants. Flat $250 quoted on the call.
We come to it, or you send photos
In Texas, a certified appraiser meets the vehicle wherever it sits. Everywhere else it runs online from photos and documentation. Retrospective research either way.
File it with the court
Certified report by email within 24-48 hours, formatted for probate filings, tax returns, and asset distribution.
Every estate appraisal: $250, flat
$250 flat per vehicle, whether we come to it in Texas or handle it online from your photos. Multi-vehicle estates get consistent methodology across every unit; ask about pricing when you call with the count.
From $200
Estate appraisals by state
Our reports are prepared to Texas probate standards and used in filings in all 50 states and DC.
Probate and estate questions
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- Can you value the car as of the date of death?
- The title is missing. Can you still appraise it?
- Who orders the appraisal: heir, executor, or attorney?
- What if the estate has several vehicles?
- Yes. Retrospective valuation is standard in estate work. Tell us the date and we research that market, which is what sets the stepped-up basis for the heirs.
- Yes. A missing title doesn't stop the valuation. If the estate is in Texas and needs to establish ownership before it can transfer the vehicle, our appraisal also supports the bonded title process; elsewhere your state's titling agency sets the route.
- Any of them. Most orders come from executors and probate attorneys; we deliver to whoever manages the filing.
- We appraise each one separately with the same methodology, so the values hold together when heirs compare them. Call with the count and we'll quote the set.
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Do bankruptcy courts require a professional appraisal?
Often filed together
Bonded title
The certified value that sets your surety bond, documented to what your Texas county motor vehicle office expects.
Classic & collector
Agreed-value and resale numbers built from real auction and dealer comps, not a depreciation curve. $250 flat.
Divorce & family court
One neutral, certified number both attorneys can work from. $250 flat, same-day often available.
Do bankruptcy courts require a professional appraisal?
Tell us what you're solving.
Lost title, lowball offer, tax bill that doesn't match the truck. We've filed a thousand of each. 281-709-3436, or send the form.
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