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Madison County probate help.

We serve Madison County (including Madison, Greenville, Lee, and surrounding areas) under the 3rd Judicial Circuit, with the county seat in Madison. Probate, estate planning, and trust administration — all on flat fees, all remote-friendly.

Madison County (~18,000) sits in North Florida on the Georgia border, midway between Tallahassee and Lake City. 3rd Judicial Circuit. Madison is the seat.
— A probate attorney near you

Looking for a probate or estate planning attorney near you in Madison County?

We serve all of Madison County — Madison, Greenville, Lee, Pinetta — with flat-fee probate, estate planning, wills, and trusts. Most of it happens by phone, email, and e-signature, so “near me” really means wherever you are in Madison County.New-client intake is closed until late October 2026; the Madison County filing details on this page stay free to use.

— At a glance

Where you'll go. What you'll need.

The courthouse
Madison County Courthouse
Address125 SW Range Ave, Madison, FL 32340Phone(850) 973-1500HoursMonday–Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Probate at the historic Madison courthouse. E-filing via myflcourtaccess.com.

Death certificates
FL Department of Health in Madison · Vital Statistics
Address218 SW Third Ave, Madison, FL 32340Phone(850) 973-5000HoursMonday–Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm
Cost · Local DOH fees vary — call ahead. Order 8–12 certified copies for an estate.

Order 8–12 certified copies — banks, title companies, the IRS, and the court each need their own. Ordering more upfront saves trips back later.

— Local notes

Probate in Madison County, as we see it.

Madison's downtown anchors around the historic 1913 courthouse on the town square (Four Freedoms Park). Probate filings go to the courthouse in Madison under the 3rd Judicial Circuit. The county sits along the I-10 corridor — increasing commuter and Tallahassee-adjacent property values along the western side.

Strong tobacco/cotton/agricultural heritage; many estates include long-held family farms with timber and row-crop acreage. Madison is one of the few small counties with its own critical-access hospital, which simplifies decedent medical-records pulls.

Greenville — small western-county town — is the birthplace of Ray Charles, a piece of local color worth knowing.

— What's different about probate here

Local quirks worth knowing.

  • 3rd Judicial Circuit. Shared with Columbia, Dixie, Hamilton, Lafayette, Suwannee, Taylor.
  • Historic 1913 courthouse. Anchors the town square — administrative offices may be in adjacent county buildings.
  • I-10 corridor. Western Madison is increasingly Tallahassee commuter / property-value adjacent.
  • Critical-access hospital in-county. Madison County Memorial — simplifies decedent medical-records pulls.
  • Tobacco/cotton/ag heritage. Long-held family farms with timber and row-crop acreage.
— Cities & neighborhoods

Local where you live — Madison County, top to bottom.

Madison
County seat with notable historic courthouse square and Four Freedoms Park.
Greenville
Small town in the western county; birthplace of Ray Charles.
Lee
Small US-90 community east of Madison.
Pinetta
Rural community near the Georgia border.
— Other helpful local contacts

Save these to your phone.

Madison County Property Appraiser
Address229 SW Pinckney St, Room 201, Madison, FL 32340Phone(850) 973-6133

Homestead, ag classifications, farmland valuations

Madison County Tax Collector

Vehicle title transfers, property tax

Florida Unclaimed Property

Search forgotten accounts in the deceased's name

Madison County Memorial Hospital — Records
Address224 NW Crane Ave, Madison, FL 32340Phone(850) 973-2271

Madison's hospital — records release for estate claims

— Take this with you

One-tap kit for Madison County probate.

Save Madison probate contacts to your phone (.vcf)
.vcf

Adds the firm + courthouse + vital records + property appraiser + tax collector to your phone contacts in one tap.

Download
Madison probate quick-reference (PDF kit)
Coming soon

Single-page printable cheatsheet — courthouse address, hours, where to get death certificates, our contact, top 5 first-call resources.

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