The Uniform Probate Code (UPC) was prepared by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) in 1969 and was last amended in 2019. The UPC contains a comprehensive set of standard rules that the ULC has approved and recommended for enactment in all states. The subjects addressed by the UPC are the following:
- Estate litigation and administration.
- Intestacy
- Wills
- Non-testamentary transfers, and
- Guardianship
The following states have enacted in whole or in part the UPC:
- Idaho (1971)
- Alaska (1972)
- Arizona (1973)
- Colorado (1974)
- Minnesota (1974)
- Montana (1974)
- Nebraska (1974)
- South Dakota (1974)
- New Mexico (1975)
- Utah (1975)
- Michigan (1978)
- Maine (1979)
- Pennsylvania (1979)
- Minnesota (1985)
- South Carolina (1986)
- Hawaii (1996)
- North Dakota (1999)
- New Jersey (2004)
- Massachusetts (2009)
[Last reviewed in April of 2025 by the Wex Definitions Team]