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Probate/Estate Fees & Costs
Initial Filing Fees
Filing Type |
Cost |
---|---|
Caveat | $41 |
Disposition of personal property without administration, small estate | $231 |
Formal administration | $400 |
Miscellaneous one-document filing | $231 |
Notice of trust | $41 |
Petition for curatorship/conservatorship | $400 |
Petition to enter rooms and places | $231 |
Petition to admit foreign will, authenticated copies, exemplified copies, or transcript to record | $231 |
Petition to approve settlement of minor's claim | $231 |
Petition to determine heirs if not formal administration (not to include the issuance of letters or Order of Summary Administration) | $231 |
Petition to open safe/deposit box | $231 |
Summary administration – estates valued at less than $1,000 | $235 |
Summary administration – estates valued at $1,000 or more | $345 |
Trust administration | $400 |
Other Fees
Fee Type |
Cost |
---|---|
Attorney Pro Hac Vice | $100 |
Certifying copy of any instrument in Public Records (per document) |
$2 |
Counter-/cross-/third-party complaint/petition | $395 |
Oath (administering, attesting, and sealing not otherwise provided for) | $3.50 |
Photocopies of instruments more than 14 inches-by-8.5 inches (per page) | $5 |
Photocopies of instruments not more than 14 inches-by-8.5 inches (per page) | $1 |
Registry of Court (placing funds into the registry) – First $500 | 3% |
Registry of Court (placing funds into the registry) – Each subsequent $100 | 1.5% |
Reopen Fee | $50 |
Sealing any court file or expungement of record | $42 |
Subpoena Issuance (sign and seal only), per subpoena | $2 |
Subpoena Preparation and Issuance (prepare, sign, and seal), per subpoena |
$7 |
Summons Issuance (sign and seal only), per summons | $10 |
Summons Preparation and Issuance (prepare, sign, and seal), per summons | $17 |
Payments Options:
Acceptable forms of payment for fees and costs are:
- Bank check
- Cash
- Credit/Debit Card – All debit/credit transactions incur a 3.5% transaction fee charged by MyFloridaCounty.
- American Express
- Discover
- MasterCard
- Visa
- In-state business check
- Money order
- Personal in-state check with proper identification
Payments for fees and costs must be remitted in U.S. currency. Do not send cash through the mail.
Payments by check or money order:
Payments submitted by check or money order must be made payable to:
Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Clerk & Comptroller