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Row Officers
Register of Wills
Fee Bills
Register of Wills
Orphans' Court
| Register of Wills |
| Affidavit, filing |
$20.00 |
| Answers |
$15.00 |
| Automated Computer Project (all first filings) |
$10.00 |
| Bond filing |
$15.00 |
| Caveat, filing |
Formal with Bond
|
$100.00 |
Informal
|
$50.00 |
Withdrawal
|
$15.00 |
| Certification |
Copy Furnished
|
$20.00 |
Per Page, if additional copy is not furnished
|
$1.00 |
Filing and Recording
|
$25.00 |
Short Certificate
|
$10.00 |
updating
|
$4.00 |
| Certifying Record to Orphans' Court on Appeal |
$40.00 |
| Citation |
$75.00 |
Each Additional
|
$10.00 |
| Codicil |
$20.00 |
| Commission |
$50.00 |
| Copies, per page |
$1.00 |
| Exemplifications |
Issuing, copy furnished
|
$60.00 |
| Genealogical Research |
Each Estate
|
$25.00 |
Additional, Per Page Copy Charge
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$1.00 |
Credit Card Fee
|
$10.00 |
| Hearings |
Court Costs
|
$200.00 |
Schedule Hearing
|
$300.00 |
Cancellation or Reschedule Hearing
|
$100.00 |
| Inheritance Tax |
Certification
|
$20.00 |
Tax Return
|
$25.00 |
Supplemental return
|
$20.00 |
706 Federal Estate Return Copy
|
$20.00 |
| Inventory |
Original Filing
|
$25.00 |
Supplemental Filing
|
$20.00 |
| Letters(of Administration DBN or DBNCTA, Special Orders, or Specific Orders of Probate) |
$75.00 |
| Outside Office Services (Affidavits, Oaths, Instruments) |
$80.00 |
Mileage, charge per location
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$25.00 |
| Non-Probate Funeral Letter |
$20.00 |
| PA JCP (Judicial Computer Project, 1st filing) |
$10.00 |
| Pleadings and Papers |
$30.00 |
| Processing Fee |
$25.00 |
| Renunciations |
$10.00 |
| Returned Check Fee |
$35.00 |
| Subpoena |
$20.00 |
| Witness Affidavit |
$20.00 |
| Estate Search and Record |
$35.00 |
Letters of Administration and Testamentary |
Graduated according to gross value of estate |
Over |
But Not More Than |
Letters of Testamentary C.T.A. or Administration |
| 0 |
250 |
$10.00 |
| 250 |
1,000 |
$15.00 |
| 1,000 |
5,000 |
$50.00 |
| 5,000 |
10,000 |
$75.00 |
| 10,000 |
25,000 |
$100.00 |
| 25,000 |
50,000 |
$125.00 |
| 50,000 |
100,000 |
$150.00 |
| 100,000 |
200,000 |
$250.00 |
| 200,000 |
300,000 |
$350.00 |
| Add $150.00 for each additional $100,000 or fraction thereof. |
To Top
| Orphans' Court |
Accounts |
Personal Representative, Trustee and Guardian Accounts |
Includes Advertising, Adjudication |
Over |
But not More than |
Accounts (Advertising Included) |
| $0 |
$250.00 |
$25.00 |
| $250.00 |
$1,000.00 |
$35.00 |
| $1,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
$50.00 |
| $5,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
$75.00 |
$10,000.00 |
$25,000.00 |
$100.00 |
| $25,000.00 |
$50,000.00 |
$150.00 |
| $50,000.00 |
$100,000.00 |
$200.00 |
| $100,000.00 |
$200,000.00 |
$250.00 |
| $200,000.00 |
$300,000.00 |
$350.00 |
Add $150.00 for each additional $100,000.00 or fraction thereof
Readvertising Accounts $100.00 |
| Estates |
| Affidavit of Service |
$20.00 |
| Annual Reports |
$30.00 |
| Answers |
$15.00 |
| Automated Computer Project (all first filings) |
$10.00 |
| Appeals |
Petitions
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$65.00 |
To Supreme or Superior Court (payable to Court)
|
$60.00 |
From Register of Wills Probate
|
$100.00 |
| Bonds filing |
$15.00 |
| Certifications |
$20.00 |
Birth Records (1893-1906)
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$20.00 |
Death Records (1893-1906)
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$20.00 |
| Citations |
$40.00 |
| Claims or Satisfaction of Claim |
$40.00 |
| Copies, per page |
$1.00 |
| Deed, Execution by Clerk |
$20.00 |
| Disclaimer |
$30.00 |
| Election Against a Will |
$20.00 |
| Exeptions |
$15.00 |
| Exemplifications of Record |
$60.00 |
| Family Settlement |
$50.00 |
| Genealogical Research (Each Name) |
$25.00 |
Additional per page copy charge
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$1.00 |
Credit Card Fee
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$10.00 |
| Hearing Reschedule |
$30.00 |
| Informal Accounts |
$50.00 |
| Living Trust |
$50.00 |
| Motions |
$65.00 |
| Objections |
$15.00 |
| PA JCP, State Mandated |
$10.00 |
| (first filings for petitions for adoptions, intervivos trusts, incapacitated & minor estates |
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| Petitions |
$65.00 |
| Pleadings and Papers (not requiring court action) |
$30.00 |
| Praecipe |
$35.00 |
| Power of Attorney |
$40.00 |
| Receipt and Release |
$35.00 |
| Returned Check Fee |
$35.00 |
| Satisfaction of Award |
$15.00 |
| Schedule of Distribution |
$35.00 |
| Stipulation |
$15.00 |
| Subpoena |
$20.00 |
| Trustee Certificates |
$20.00 |
Adoptions (Each Child Separately) |
| Petition, Cert. of Adoption, Amended Birth Information |
$100.00 |
| Counseling Fee |
$75.00 |
| Petition to Register Foreign Adoption Decree |
$65.00 |
| Petition for Termination of Parental Rights |
$65.00 |
Confirmation of Consent
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$65.00 |
Putative father
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$65..00 |
Voluntary/Involuntary Relinquishment
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$65.00 |
| Preplacement Fee paybale to B.C. Children and Youth |
$650.00 |
| Report of Intention to Adaopt |
$30.00 |
| Report of Intermediary |
$30.00 |
| Search, via Petition |
$65.00 |
Marriage Licenses |
| Marriage License Application includes Sales Tax and Trust Funds |
$50.00 |
| Affidavit of Name Verification |
$10.00 |
| Certification of Marriage |
$20.00 |
| Consent of Parent or Guardian |
$10.00 |
| Duplicate Marriage License |
$10.00 |
| Waiver under Age 16 |
$35.00 |
| Waiver of three day waiting period |
Emergency
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$35.00 |
Active Military
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No Charge |
Register of Wills & Orphans'
Court
Barbara G. Reilly
Bucks County Courthouse
55 East Court Street
3rd Floor, Administration Building
Doylestown, PA 18901
Register of Wills: 215-348-6265
Orphans' Court: 215-348-6271
Fax : 215-348-6156
registerofwills@co.bucks.pa.us
orphanscourt@co.bucks.pa.us
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday every month - open until 7:30 pm
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