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§ 21017. Specific fees

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 P.S. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 42 P.S. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Fees (Refs & Annos)
Registers of Wills of First Class Counties
42 P.S. § 21017
§ 21017. Specific fees
Currentness
(a) The following fees shall be charged for the granting of letters testamentary and of administration based upon the size of the estate:
Estates not exceeding $250
 
 
$ 10
Over $250, but not exceeding $1,000
 
 
25
Each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, but not exceeding $10,000
 
 
10
Over $10,000, but not exceeding $50,000
 
 
150
Over $50,000, but not exceeding $200,000
 
 
225
Over $200,000, but not exceeding $300,000
 
 
300
Each additional $100,000 or fraction thereof over $300,000
 
 
75
(b) The following fees shall be charged for the filing, advertising and adjudication of the accounts of executors and administrators:
Estates not exceeding in value $1,000
 
 
$ 10
Each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof, not exceeding $10,000
 
 
5
Over $10,000, not exceeding $25,000
 
 
100
Over $25,000, not exceeding $100,000
 
 
200
Over $100,000, not exceeding $500,000
 
 
300
Over $500,000, not exceeding $1,000,000
 
 
400
Each additional $500,000 or fraction thereof, over $1,000,000
 
 
300
(c) In addition to the fees provided in subsections (a) and (b), an additional 10% fee shall be imposed on the granting of such letters and on filing, advertising and adjudication of such accounts pursuant to and for the purposes stated in section 24(d)(1)(iv) of the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L. 586, No. 142), known as the “Judiciary Act of 1976.”
(d) The following fees shall be charged for the indicated miscellaneous activity or function:
Affidavit as to testamentary witnesses, each
 
 
$ 2
Caveat, filing and entering security
 
 
12
Informal caveat
 
 
6
Perfected caveat
 
 
6
Certification of any record
 
 
2
Certifying record to orphans' court on appeal
 
 
25
Citation
 
 
12
Commission to take testimony of witness
 
 
12
Commission to registers in Pennsylvania to take testimony of witness
 
 
12
Copy of any record, per page
 
 
2
Execution of commission from registers in Pennsylvania
 
 
15
Exemplification of any record
 
 
5
Filing foreign fiduciary affidavit in relation to debts in estates of nonresident decedents
 
 
7
Filing and entering bond where additional security required
 
 
7
Inventory
 
 
6
Each additional page
 
 
2
Petition to amend or revoke decree and letters
 
 
6
Recording exemplified copies of letters of administration from other states, where letters of administration are not required to be issued
 
 
12
Recording exemplified copies of wills from other states, where letters testamentary, or of administration, c.t.a. are not required to be issued; not exceeding ten pages
 
 
12
Each additional page
 
 
2
Renunciation
 
 
2
Short certificate
 
 
2
Subpoena
 
 
2
Waiver of bond
 
 
2

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1982, Feb. 5, P.L. 11, No. 5, § 3, effective in 30 days.
42 P.S. § 21017, PA ST 42 P.S. § 21017
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 7. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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