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Baker County probate help.

We serve Baker County (including Macclenny, Glen Saint Mary, Sanderson, and surrounding areas) under the 8th Judicial Circuit, with the county seat in Macclenny. Probate, estate planning, and trust administration — all on flat fees, all remote-friendly.

Baker County is a small, rural county of about 28,000 residents in North Florida — bordering Georgia just west of Jacksonville. Probate is in the 8th Judicial Circuit. Macclenny is the seat.
— A probate attorney near you

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

We serve all of Baker County — Macclenny, Glen Saint Mary, Sanderson, Olustee — 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 Baker County. Call 941.352.1006 or book a free 30-minute consult.

— At a glance

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

The courthouse
Baker County Courthouse
Address339 E Macclenny Ave, Macclenny, FL 32063Phone(904) 259-8113HoursMonday–Friday, 9:00am – 4:30pm

Probate Division at the small Macclenny courthouse. Walk-ins welcome but call ahead. E-filing via myflcourtaccess.com.

Death certificates
FL Department of Health in Baker · Vital Statistics
Address480 W Lowder St, Macclenny, FL 32063Phone(904) 259-6291HoursMonday–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 Baker County, as we see it.

Baker is rural North Florida — Jacksonville commuter pull from the east, Georgia border to the north, timber and pine plantation everywhere else. Probate filings go to the Baker County Courthouse in Macclenny under the 8th Judicial Circuit.

Many decedents own real estate in Baker but worked or banked in Duval (Jacksonville), which complicates asset inventories. Olustee and rural land tracts often pass through generations of the same families — older deeds and informal title situations are routine. We work them carefully.

— What's different about probate here

Local quirks worth knowing.

— Cities & neighborhoods

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

Macclenny
County seat and largest city; sits along I-10 about 30 miles west of Jacksonville.
Glen Saint Mary
Small town just west of Macclenny; tied to the Glen Saint Mary Nurseries.
Sanderson
Unincorporated rural community on the western edge of the county.
Olustee
Site of Florida's largest Civil War battle; now a state historic park.
— Other helpful local contacts

Save these to your phone.

Baker County Property Appraiser
Address32 N 5th St, Suite B, Macclenny, FL 32063Phone(904) 259-3191

Homestead, agricultural classifications, timberland valuations

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Baker County Tax Collector
Address32 N 5th St, Macclenny, FL 32063Phone(904) 259-6880

Vehicle title transfers, property tax

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Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Phone(352) 380-0333

Multi-county bar serving the 8th Circuit

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Florida Unclaimed Property

Search forgotten accounts in the deceased's name

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Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital — Records
Address159 N 3rd St, Macclenny, FL 32063Phone(904) 259-3151

Macclenny's main hospital — records release for estate claims

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— Take this with you

One-tap kit for Baker County probate.

Save Baker probate contacts to your phone (.vcf)
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Adds the firm + courthouse + vital records + property appraiser + tax collector to your phone contacts in one tap.

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Baker probate quick-reference (PDF kit)
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Single-page printable cheatsheet — courthouse address, hours, where to get death certificates, our contact, top 5 first-call resources.

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What we handle in Baker County
Summary Administration$1,950Formal Administration$2,950+Ancillary Administration$2,450Disposition w/o Administration$1,200Determination of HomesteadAdd-on · $400
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