THE COURTS

Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULES

ERIE COUNTY

Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court Schedule of Fees and Costs; No. 3 of 2003

[33 Pa.B. 6043]

Order

   And Now, this 21st day of November 2003, pursuant to 42 P. S. 21022.1 and 21032.1, it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that:

   1.  The fee schedule submitted by the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, a copy of which follows and is incorporated herein, is hereby Approved.

   2.  A $5.00 automation fee is established for any initiation of action or legal proceeding currently requiring a JCP/ATJ fee, including marriage licenses, which fee shall be deposited into a special Register of Wills automation fund and shall be used solely for the purpose of automation and continued automation updates of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court offices.

   3.  This order shall become effective on January 1, 2004

By the Court

WILLIAM R. CUNNINGHAM,   
President Judge

Register of Wills

Grant of Letters Testamentary/Administration:

(Based upon the Gross value of an estate**)

Less than $50,000	$50.00
$50,001 to $100,000	150.00
$100,001 to $500,000	200.00
$500,001 to $1,000,000	250.00
$1,000,001 to $3,000,000	1,000.00
$3,000,001 and up	1,500.00
**Where the gross value of an estate has been under- estimated on the Petition for Letters, Probate fees will be adjusted and an invoice rendered for the balance.
**Additional probate fees will be due and payable within thirty (30) days from the date of the invoice. Any balances more than thirty (30) days in arrears will be charged interest at a rate of 1% per month.
**All fees must be paid in full before any finalization/ estate settlement will be accepted for filing.
**Fee includes documents subsequently filed at the same number except for the following:
Automation fee	5.00*
*to be charged on all first filings requiring JCP fee & on all marriage license applications.
Caveat (including bond)	50.00
Citation petitions	25.00
Issuing per respondent	5.00
Claim, filing and withdrawal	15.00
Commission to take oath	20.00
Certificate of appointment from other    jurisdictions	10.00
Disclaimer/Assignment of Interest	20.00
Exemplification of record, filing or issuance	20.00
Family Settlement Agreement (no acct)	50.00
Inheritance tax return	10.00
Inventory	10.00
Judicial Computer Project (JCP) fee	10.00
Non resident Inheritance Tax Appraisement and    receipts	15.00
Photocopies, each	.50
If mailed, each	1.00
Probate of will or codicil without letters	25.00
Proof of Death or Death Certificate	10.00
Short Certificates, each	5.00
Tax Certificate on Realty, issuance & filing	10.00
All other documents and pleadings not specifically listed herein will be charged at a rate comparable to this schedule for a like instrument at the sole discretion of the Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans' Court.
Appeals:
Notice of Appeal & appeal bond	25.00
Appeal from Register (includes certification of    record to Orphans' Court)	75.00
Appeal to Appellate Court	50.00
Appeal to Superior or Supreme Court    Prothonotary fee (State fee)	60.00
Clerk of Orphans' Court
Accounts:
of Guardians, Trustees, Executors & Administrators
Less than $50,000	$50.00
$50,001 to $100,000	150.00
$100,001 to $500,000	200.00
$500,001 to $1,000,000	250.00
$1,000,001 to $3,000,000	1,000.00
$3,000,001 and up	1,500.00
Advertising of accounts	50.00
Amended Account	50.00
Amended Audit Statement	25.00
Continuance or re-advertising	25.00
Discharge of Fiduciary	25.00
Family Settlement Agreement (after an account    has been filed)	25.00
Adoptions:
Adoption petition	50.00
Each additional child	5.00
Adoption certificates, each	5.00
Appeal to Appellate Court	50.00
Appeal to Superior or Supreme Court    Prothonotary fee	60.00
Automation fee	5.00*
*to be charged on all first filings requiring JCP fee & on all marriage license applications
Confirm Consent petition	25.00
Involuntary Termination petition &    citation	30.00
Judicial Computer Project (JCP) fee	10.00
Report of intent to adopt*	25.00
*Counseling fees with every intent petition	75.00
Report of Intermediary	25.00
Recording a Foreign Adoption	25.00
Release of non identifying    information	75.00
Release of Identifying information	150.00
Voluntary Relinquishment petitions	25.00
Estates and Trusts:
Automation fee	5.00*
*to be charged on all first filings requiring JCP fee & on all marriage license applications
Elections to take under or against    will	25.00
Family Settlement agreement (after an account    has been filed)	25.00
Judicial Computer Project (JCP) fee	10.00
Initial Petition:	50.00**
Includes, but not limited to:
Letters after 21 years
Citation petitions
Per respondent, additional	5.00
Petition to settle small estate
Petition for family exemption
Petition to sell or mortgage realty
Presumed decedent
Receipt and Release
Trusts InterVivos, recording	50.00
Trust Settlement agreement	50.00
**$50.00 initiation fee includes documents subsequently filed at the same number unless the document requires additional processing other than docketing
Guardians and Trustees:
Automation fee	5.00*
*to be charged on all first filings requiring JCP fee & on all marriage license applications
Initial Petition	50.00**
Includes but not limited to:
Bond or reduction of bond petition
Citation, petition
Emergency Guardianship petition
Guardianship of minor petition
Each additional minor,	$10.00
Guardianship of Incapacitated       person,
Guardian Ad Litem, petition
Guardianship Review Hearing,       petition
Removal or resignation of Guardian       or Trustee
Release of funds from restricted       accounts
Sale of Property or Estate Planning
Service of Guardianship petition
Settlement of Minor's claim,       petition
Successor Guardian or Trustee       Petition
Certificate of Guardian, each	5.00
Judicial Computer Project (JCP) fee	10.00
Subpoena	5.00
**$50.00 initiation fee includes documents subsequently filed at the same number unless the document requires additional processing other than docketing.
Marriage:
Application and License	40.00
Appointment of Guardian for consent to Marriage	10.00
Automation fee	5.00*
*to be charged on all first filings requiring JCP fee & on all marriage license applications.
Certified copy of marriage record	10.00
Custodial parental consent	10.00
Judicial waiver of waiting period	10.00
Military waiver	n/c
Short form Marriage certificate	5.00
Miscellaneous:
Genealogical research, per estate	20.00
Certificate of Birth OR Death Record    (1893--1906)	10.00
Delayed Birth Record	10.00
Certified Copy of document, per page	2.00
Photocopy of document, per page	.50
If mailed, per page	1.00
NSF check charge	25.00*
*Plus original amount (cashiers check or cash only on replacements)

   Please Note:  All other documents and pleadings not specifically listed herein will be charged at a rate comparable to this schedule for a like instrument as determined at the sole discretion of the Register of Wills and/or Clerk of the Orphans' Court.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2354. Filed for public inspection December 12, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]

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