THE COURTS
Title 255--LOCAL COURT RULES
BUCKS COUNTY
Fee Bills, Register of Wills, Clerk of the Orphans' Court; No. 35766
[32 Pa.B. 9]
Order And Now, December 10, 2001, upon consideration of the within petition and upon authority of the Act of Assembly cited therein,
The Court approves the fee bills of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court attached to the petition as Exhibit B and directs that said fee bills shall take effect thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
BARRY R. MCANDREWS,
President Judge
BUCKS COUNTY
ORPHANS' COURT FEE BILL
ADOPTION, petition for, recording of, certificate of adoption, and amended birth information for each child $85.00 Counseling Fee $75.00 Filing Foreign Adoption $25.00 Petition for termination, confirmation of consent, or voluntary relinquishment $50.00 Report of Intention to Adopt $25.00 Report of Intermediary and Disclosure Affidavit $25.00 Search Record Non-Identifying $100.00 Identifying $200.00 AFFIDAVIT, Filing and of service $30.00 ANNUAL REPORT $30.00 ANSWERS $30.00 AUTOMATED COMPUTER PROJECT $5.00 APPEALS Petition and recording $55.00 To supreme or Superior Court, payable to Court $55.00 From Register of Wills Probate $100.00 ATTACHMENTS $25.00 BIRTH RECORDS (1893 TO 1906) $10.00 BONDS filing $15.00 CERTIFICATIONS Copy Furnished $15.00 Copy Furnished, per page additional $1.00 Short Certificate $8.00 Award of Real Estate $20.00 Each additional description $7.00 CITATION $40.00 CLAIMS or DISCLAIMERS, SATISFACTION OF CLAIM $30.00 COPIES, per page $1.00 DEATH RECORDS (1893 TO 1906) $10.00 DEED, Execution by Clerk $20.00 ELECTION against a will $20.00 EXCEPTIONS or OBJECTIONS $20.00 EXEMPLIFICATIONS OR RECORD $50.00 FAMILY SETTLEMENT $40.00 RESCHEDULE OF HEARING $25.00 INFORMAL ACCOUNTS $40.00 INVENTORY Original Filing $30.00 Supplemental Filing $30.00 LIVING TRUST Note: All Filings going to the Judge $35.00 MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage License Application, issue license (includes 1st Certification)
(State Tax and Trust Fund $20.50)$45.00 Affidavit of Name Verification $10.00 Certification of Marriage $20.00 Consent of Parent or Guardinan $10.00 Duplicate Marriage License $10.00 Waiver under Age 16 $35.00 Emergency $35.00 Active Military No Charge NAME SEARCH $10.00 PA JUDICIAL COMPUTER PROJECT SURCHARGE (first filings, marriage applications) $5.00 PETITIONS $60.00 PLEADINGS AND PAPERS, not requiring court action $30.00 PRECIPE $35.00 RECEIPT AND RELEASE $30.00 POWER OF ATTORNEY $30.00 RETURNED CHECK $35.00 SATISFACTION OF AWARD $15.00 SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION $35.00 SPECIAL SERVICES $30.00 SUBPOENA $15.00 STIPULATION $40.00 TRANSFERS $40.00
ACCOUNTS
Personal Representative, Trustee and Guardian Accounts filing, advertising, adjudication and recording
Over But not
More ThanAccounts
(Advertising Included)0 250 $25.00 250 1,000 $35.00 1,000 5,000 $50.00 5,000 10,000 $75.00 10,000 25,000 $100.00 25,000 50,000 $150.00 50,000 100,000 $200.00 100,000 200,000 $250.00 200,000 300,000 $300.00
Each additional $100,000 or fraction $100.00
Readvertising Accounts $50.00
BUCKS COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS FEE BILL
AFFIDAVIT, filing $15.00 ANSWERS $25.00 AUTOMATED COMPUTER PROJECT $5.00 Document Reproduction, (all first filings) BOND, filing $15.00 CAVEAT, filing Formal with Bond $100.00 Informal $35.00 CERTIFICATION Copy Furnished $15.00 Per Page, additional copy not furnished $1.00 Filing and Recording $25.00 Short Certificate $8.00 redating $4.00 Certifying Record to Orphans' Court on Appeal $40.00 CITATION $60.00 Each Additional $5.00 CODICIL $20.00 COMMISSION $45.00 COPIES, per page $1.00 EXEMPLIFICATIONS Issuing, copy furnished $50.00 Filing $40.00 GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH Each Estate $25.00 Additional, Per Page Copy Charge $1.00 HEARINGS Escrow for Court Costs $200.00 Schedule Hearing $250.00 Cancellation or Reschedule Hearing $100.00 INHERITANCE TAX Certification $15.00 Tax Return $20.00 Supplemental return $20.00 706-Federal Estate Tax Return copy $20.00 Waivers, PA Securities $5.00 Joint Tax Return, filing $20.00 INVENTORY Original Filing $20.00 Supplemental filing $20.00 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION DBN OR DBNCTA $75.00 OUTSIDE OFFICE SERVICES Administration Oath, one instrument per location $75.00 Each Additional Instrument, at same location $15.00 Mileage Additional, charge per location NON-PROBATE FUNERAL LETTER $15.00 PA JUDICIAL COMPUTER PROJECT SURCHARGE $5.00 PLEADINGS AND PAPERS Matters Requiring Hearings $45.00 Other Pleadings and Papers $25.00 PROCESSING FEE $20.00 RENUNCIATIONS $5.00 REVOCATION OF LETTERS $150.00 RETURNED CHECK $35.00 SUBPOENA $15.00 SUGGESTION OF DEATH $10.00 TRUSTEE CERTIFICATE $15.00 WITNESS AFFIDAVIT (NOTARIZED), filing $20.00 ESTATE SEARCH & RECORD $25.00
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND TESTAMENTARY
Graduated according to gross value of estate
Over But not
More ThanLetters Testamentary
C.T.A. or Administration0 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 $200.00 200,000 300,000 $250.00
Each additional $100,000 or fraction $100.00
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-2. Filed for public inspection January 4, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
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