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Gilchrist County probate help.

We serve Gilchrist County (including Trenton, Bell, Fanning Springs) under the 8th Judicial Circuit, with the county seat in Trenton. Probate, estate planning, and trust administration — all on flat fees, all remote-friendly.

Gilchrist is a small rural county (~18,000 people) west of Gainesville along the Suwannee River. 8th Judicial Circuit. Trenton is the seat.
— A probate attorney near you

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

We serve all of Gilchrist County — Trenton, Bell, Fanning Springs — 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 Gilchrist 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
Gilchrist County Courthouse
Address112 S Main St, Trenton, FL 32693Phone(352) 463-3170HoursMonday–Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Probate at the Trenton courthouse. Single-building county operations. E-filing via myflcourtaccess.com.

Death certificates
FL Department of Health in Gilchrist · Vital Statistics
Address119 NE 1st St, Trenton, FL 32693Phone(352) 463-3120HoursMonday–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 Gilchrist County, as we see it.

Gilchrist is one of Florida's youngest counties (created 1925, split from Alachua) — and the comparatively concentrated, clean recordkeeping reflects that. Probate, courthouse, clerk, and PA all share the same Main Street courthouse in Trenton — small-town efficiency.

Heavy dairy, beef, and row-crop agriculture drives most parcel valuations through the Greenbelt (ag classification) framework. Suwannee and Santa Fe River springs frontage means riverfront homestead and submerged-lands questions come up regularly.

— What's different about probate here

Local quirks worth knowing.

— Cities & neighborhoods

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

Trenton
Small county seat at the crossroads of SR-26 and US-129.
Bell
Second-largest community; agricultural town in the western part of the county.
Fanning Springs
Partly in Gilchrist along the Suwannee River; state park and clear-water spring.
Hart Springs · Suwannee River corridor
Riverfront and spring-front lots; popular for retirement and second homes.
— Other helpful local contacts

Save these to your phone.

Gilchrist County Property Appraiser
Address112 S Main St, Room 138, Trenton, FL 32693Phone(352) 463-3190

Homestead, ag classifications, river-frontage valuations

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Gilchrist County Tax Collector
Address220 S Main St, Trenton, FL 32693Phone(352) 463-3178

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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UF Health Shands — Records
Address1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608Phone(352) 265-0111

Regional hospital ~30 miles east — records release for estate claims

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— Take this with you

One-tap kit for Gilchrist County probate.

Save Gilchrist 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.

Download
Gilchrist 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 Gilchrist 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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