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Fee Schedule: Register of Wills
 
ITEM
FILING
FEE 
 JCP 
RIF
       
Administration & Probate:
     
       
Letters of Administration 
 SEE
TABLE
"A"
   
Letters of Administration C.T.A. 
 SEE
TABLE
"A"
   
Letters of Administration D.B.N.
 28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
Letters of Administration D.B.N.C.T.A.  
 28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
Letters of Administration Pendente Lite
 28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
Letters of Administration Durante Absentia
 28.00 
23.50
 10.00
Letters of Administration Durante Minoritate
 28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
Letters Testamentary
 SEE
TABLE
"A"
   
Letters Testamentary to Succeeding Executor
 28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
Probate Only (No Letters Granted)
 28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
       
Table "A":
     
       
Less than $2,500
28.00 
 23.50 
 10.00
$2,500 to $5,000
 45.00 
23.50
 10.00
$5,001 to $10,000
 63.00 
23.50
 10.00
$10,001 to $25,000
 85.00 
23.50
 10.00
$25,001 to $50,000
 115.00 
23.50
 10.00
$50,001 to $75,000
 170.00 
23.50
 10.00
$75,001 to $100,000
 225.00 
23.50
 10.00
Each additional $100,000 or fraction thereof
 85.00 
   
       
Affidavit or Oath
2.00 
   
Appeals to Orphans' Court 
35.00 
   
Appeals to Supreme or Superior Courts 
50.00 
23.50
 10.00
Bonds, filing of 
10.00 
   
Caveat, filing of
10.00 
   
Certifications: 
     
       
Certification of any instrument or record 
10.00 
   
Filing and recording certified copy of any
record or instrument
10.00 
   
       
Commissions to take Testimony or
Interrogatories:
 
     
 
     
Executing those received 
25.00 
   
Preparing those transmitted 
25.00 
   
       
Exemplifications: 
     
       
Exemplification of any instrument under
Act of Congress
25.00 
   
Filing and recording exemplified copy of
any record or instrument
10.00 
   
       
Genealogy/Research: 
     
       
Research Fee 
10.00/hr. 
   
       
Inheritance Tax: 
     
       
Filing of Original Return (chargeable at
the time of probate) 
10.00 
   
Filing of Supplemental Return 
5.00 
   
       
Inventory: 
     
       
Filing Original (chargeable at the time of
probate) 
10.00 
   
Filing Supplemental
5.00 
   
       
Petitions: 
     
       
Filing of Petition and Proposed Order of
Register 
35.00 
23.50
 10.00
Issuance of Citation
10.00 
   
       
Renunciation, filing of 
5.00 
   
Short Certificates 
4.00 
   
Subpoena 
5.00