Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans' Court

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION

Fee schedule
***ALL PROBATE AND FIRST FILINGS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
DEATH CERTIFICATE***

PROBATE OF WILL (Without Letters)
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Will ($20 first page $5 ea. Add'l page)				$ 20.00
Death Certificate				$ 5.00
Inventory				$ 20.00
				$ 73.50

FOR GRANTING LETTERS TESTAMENTARY AND
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Will/Codicil ($20 1st 5 pages; $5 ea. Add'l page)				$ 20.00
Inventory/REV 1500				$ 20.00
				$ 63.50

Supplemental Inheritance Tax Return				$ 20.00
Insolvent Tax Return				$ 10.00
Copy of Form 706 (Federal), if filled				$ 20.00
($20, 1st 5 pages; $5 each Add'l page)

FOR ESTATE VALUES
Not exceeding	$ -		$ 5,000.00	$ 40.00
From	$ 5,001.00	to	$ 10,000.00	$ 60.00
From	$ 10,001.00	to	$ 20,000.00	$ 70.00
From	$ 2,001.00	to	$ 30,000.00	$ 90.00
From	$ 30,001.00	to	$ 40,000.00	$ 100.00
From	$ 40,004.00	to	$ 50,000.00	$ 115.00
From	$ 50,001.00	to	$ 75,000.00	$ 130.00
From	$ 750,001.00	to	$ 100,000.00	$ 150.00
***Each additional $100,000 or any fraction thereof				$ 50.00

***NOTE: Where the gross value of an estate has been underestimated on the Petition
for Letters, probate fees will be adjusted and a billing statement rendered for the
balance. Additional probate fees will be adjusted and a billing statement rendered for
the balance. Additional probate fees will be due and payable within (30) days from the
die of the billing statement. Any balances more than thirty (30) days will be charged
interest at the rate of !% per month.

***ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN FULL BEFORE ANY FINALIZATION/ESTATE
SETTLEMENT WILL BE ACCEPTER FOR FILING.***

AMENDMENT TO PROBATE
Within3 months (Petition to the Register of Wills)				$ 30.00
After 3 months from date of probate (Petition to Orphans' Court)
O.C. Petition				$ 25.00
Certified Order to Register of wills				$ 5.00
Open & Amend Record/Reissue Letters				$ 30.00
				$ 60.00


LETTERS
Administration D.B.N.				$ 50.00
Administration D.B.N.C.T.A.				$ 50.00
Pendente Lite				$ 50.00

AFFIDAVIT
First 5 pages				$ 5.00
Each additional page				$ 5.00

ANCILLARY LETTERS
Follow regular estate fee schedule above based on PA assets only

Bad Check				$ 25.00
Bond				$ 10.00
Caveat				$ 10.00
Certificate of Award of Real Estate				$ 20.00
(Original to attorney for recording; copy stays in our file)
Certificate of Payment of Tax				$ 15.00
Certifications				$ 5.00
Certifications with Cover Sheet/Gold Seal				$ 10.00
Claim (5 pages or less)				$ 10.00
If No Estate is Opened:
JCP				$ 23.50
Auto. Fee				$ 5.00
Death Certificate				$ 5.00
Claim				$ 10.00
				$ 43.50

Commission				$ 30.00
Commonwealth Petition for Citation				$ 50.00
Copy Fair				$ 20.00
Death Certificate (Filing Only)				$ 10.00
Plus:
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Auto. Fee				$ 5.00
Disclaimer of Interest				$ 10.00
Election to Take Against Will				$ 15.00
Withdrawal				$ 10.00
Entry/Withdrawal of Appearance by Attorney				$ 5.00
Exceptions/Objections (1st 5 pages)				$ 15.00
Each Additional Pages

EXEMPLIFICATION OF RECORD
Filing & recording from another county/state (1st 5 pages)				$ 25.00
Issuance under triple seal (in-state or out-of-state 1st 5 pages)				$ 30.00
Each Add'l page				$ 5.00

Family Settlement Agreement (1st 5 pages)				$ 50.00
Each Add'l page				$ 5.00

Hearings				$ 50.00
Plus deposit for Reporter/transcripts), if necessary
Petition for Small Estate (1st 5 pages				$ 25.00
Each Add'l page				$ 5.00
Postage (current rate per ounce + envelope)
Proof of Publication (1st Page)				$ 5.00
Request for Estate Information ( per name)				$ 5.00
SASE required + .50 per page for copies
Release/Receipt by Legatee (per signature)				$ 5.00
Renunciation Per Name/Signature				$ 5.00
Short Certificate				$ 5.00

NOTE: IN cases not specifically provided for in this fee schedule, the Register of Wills
shall make the same charge as that imposed for other services of a substantially
similar nature.

ORPHANS' COURT FEES
ADOPTION
ON ALL ADOPTION FIRST FILINGS;

JCP fee				$ 23.50
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Report of Intent to Adopt (nonrelative adoptions ONLY)				$ 130.00
INCLUDE:
Report of Intent to Adopt (filing Fee)				$ 25.00
Act 34 Surcharge (counseling fee)				$ 75.00
Criminal Background Check				$ 5.00
Child Abuse Clearance				$ 5.00
Report of Intermediary				$ 10.00
Home Study				$ 10.00

Foreign Adoption Registration (filing for PA birth certificate)				$ 50.00
PLUS:
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Adoption Certificate				$ 5.00

Petition for Voluntary Relinquishment				$ 25.00
each Certified Court Order				$ 5.00
Petition For Involuntary Relinquishment				$ 25.00
each Certified Court Order				$ 5.00
Petition to Confirm Consent				$ 25.00
each Certified Court Order				$ 5.00
Petition for Adoption				$ 50.00
each Certified Court Order				$ 5.00
Adoption Certificate				$ 5.00
Petitions (Miscellaneous: 1st 5 pages)				$ 25.00
Plus for 1st Filings:
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Proof of Unclaimed Mail				$ 5.00

APPEALS:
Mercer County Clerk and Register				$ 75.00
Prothonotary, Superior Court (set by Superior Court)				$ 73.50

GUARDIANSHIPS
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Petition for Appointment (Emergency Plenary)				$ 25.00
Certified Court Order (Each)				$ 5.00
Citation				$ 10.00
Guardian Bond (If Court Required)				$ 10.00
Guardian Inventory				$ 20.00
Guardian Certificate/Trustee Certificate				$ 5.00
Guardian Annual Report (1st 5 pages)				$ 15.00
Guardian Court Account/Final Accounting (1st 5 pages)				$ 125.00
each Add'l page				$ 5.00

Jurisdiction Transfers				$ 25.00
Petitions (Miscellaneous: 1st 5 pages)

MARRIAGE LICENSE
Application				$ 40.00
Automation Fee				$ 5.00
Affidavit of Interpreter				$ 5.00
Parental Consent				$ 5.00
Judicial Waiver				$ 5.00
Military Waiver				No Charge
Certified Duplicate Marriage Certificate				$ 5.00
Certified Marriage Record (Gold Seal/Under Cover)				$ 10.00
Mailing Marriage License				$ 2.00

MINOR'S CLAIM/PETITION FOR SETTLEMENT
Automaton Fee				$ 5.00
JCP Fee				$ 23.50
Certified Court Order				$ 5.00
Proof of Deposit				$ 5.00

REGISTER OF WILL AND CLERK OF ORPHANS' COURT MISCELLANEOUS
Answer/Response/Reply (1st 5 pages)				$ 10.00
Auditor's Certificate				$ 10.00
Auditor's Report (1st 5 pages)				$ 25.00
Bad Checks				$ 25.00
Birth Certificates (1893-1905)				$ 10.00
Delayed				$ 10.00
Brief				$ 25.00
Certificates of Service, of Service
Return of Service (1st 5 pages)				$ 5.00
Copies				$ 0.25
Court Order Issued by Judge				$ 5.00
Death Certificate				$ 10.00
Exceptions/Objections (1st 5 pages)				$ 15.00
Faxing First page				$ 1.25
each Add'l' page				$ 0.25
Financial Report (1st 5 pages)				$ 15.00
First and Final Accounting (1st 5 pages, advertising included)				$ 125.00
Indenture Process				$ 10.00
Miscellaneous Pleadings/Petitions/Motions (1st 5 pages)				$ 25.00
Notice				$ 5.00
Postage (current rate + envelope)
Power of Attorney (1st 5 Pages)				$ 10.00
Praecipes				$ 5.00
Prenuptial/Post Nuptial Agreement (1st 5 Pages)				$ 10.00
Sheriff's Return				$ 5.00
Subpoenas				$ 10.00
Trust (1st 5 pages)				$ 25.00
each Add'l' page				$ 5.00

NOTE: All mail request require SASE or cost postage will be charged.
This would include short certificates, receipts, photocopies, etc.