THE COURTS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Fees of Clerk of Orphans' Court

[44 Pa.B. 5187]
[Saturday, August 2, 2014]

 And Now, this 17th day of July, 2014, the following bill of costs is established effective August 8, 2014 to be chargeable to parties and to estates, before said Court for settlement, for the services of the Clerk of said Court and in the transaction of the business of said Court.

 ACCOUNTS—Filing, advertising, recording, setting up printed copies of advertising of accounts of trustees and guardians of minors and incapacitated, including adjudication and certificate of the Clerk in estates not exceeding in value $1,000
$35.00

Over	$ 1,000	and not exceeding	$ 5,000	$77.00
Over	$ 5,000	and not exceeding	$ 10,000	$99.00
Over	$ 10,000	and not exceeding	$ 25,000	$110.00
Over	$ 25,000	and not exceeding	$ 50,000	$138.00
Over	$ 50,000	and not exceeding	$ 100,000	$165.00
Over	$100,000	and not exceeding	$ 250,000	$220.00
Over	$250,000	and not exceeding	$ 500,000	$300.00
Over	$500,000	and not exceeding	$1,000,000	$360.00
Each succeeding $500,000 or fraction thereof				$175.00
In addition to the above fees for filing, there  will be a fee for recording, per page				$1.00
Supplemental or Amended Accounts, per page				$1.00
TECHNOLOGY FEE for Accounts				$10.00
ADOPTION, Petition for, recording, including
Certified copy of DECREE and
CERTIFICATE of ADOPTION				$83.00
Report of intent to Adopt (15.00 & Act 34 $75.00)				$90.00
Abandonment, petition for finding and  transcript				$33.00
Foreign Decree Registration filing				$33.00
Petition for release of Identifying Information				$193.00
Petition for release of NonIdentifying  Information				$55.00
AMENDED PETITIONS				$28.00
ANSWER				$18.00
APPEAL to Supreme or Superior Court,
Certificate of record, Bond and
Transmission costs				$83.00
APPEAL, Inheritance Tax				$83.00
AWARD OF REAL ESTATE, certification of  excerpt from Schedule of Distribution,				$18.00
each additional description				$6.00
AWARD OF REAL ESTATE, Filing Petition				$23.00
each additional description				$6.00
BIRTH RECORD, certified copy of				$25.00
BOND, filing, approval of, and recording				$6.00
CERTIFICATE and seal				$25.00
CITATION, Petition for, and Order (one name)				$58.00
(includes issuance and proof of service)
each additional name				$4.00
Riders (over 10 names) additional fee				$2.00
CLAIM, filing of				$18.00
COPIES OF DECREES per page				$1.00
DEED, execution of by clerk				$23.00
DEED OF TRUST, filing, per page				$1.00
DISCLAIMER				$18.00
ELECTION to take under or against will				$18.00
EXCEPTIONS to adjudication, schedule of
distribution, etc.				$29.00
JUDICIAL COMPUTER FEE, first time filings				$35.50
CHILD CARE FUND, all first time filings				$5.00
TECHNOLOGY FEE, all first time filings				$10.00
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH FEES				$30.00
SEARCH FEE (ANY TYPE SEARCH)				$30.00
EXEMPLIFICATION of record, per page				$1.00
Certificate				$35.00
FAMILY EXEMPTION
personal estate				$18.00
real estate, one description				$18.00
each additional description				$3.00
FAMILY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT				$29.00
additional name				$4.00
GUARDIAN'S REPORT,
person and/or estate (each)				$20.00
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF  GUARDIAN				$35.00
PETITION FOR MINOR'S COMPROMISE				$58.00
each additional minor in same petition				$4.00
PETITION FOR ADJUDICATION OF  INCAPACITY				$58.00
PETITION FOR EMERGENCY AND  PERMANENT GUARDIAN				$58.00
INTERROGATORIES				$12.00
INVENTORY FILED BY GUARDIAN				$5.00
NON-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT  AGREEMENT				$29.00
each additional name				$4.00
NON-PETITION FILING				$11.00
OBJECTIONS & PRELIMINARY  OBJECTIONS				$35.00
PETITIONS WITH ESTATE NUMBERS				$58.00
PETITIONS WITHOUT ESTATE NUMBERS				$96.50
POWER OF ATTORNEY				$18.00
RECEIPT and RELEASE				$29.00
each additional name				$4.00
RENUNCIATION				$4.00
SALE, Receive Proceeds, Petition to, Amount of
Additional Bond and Certificate				$58.00
Order of Public Sale and Return (one  description)				$46.00
each additional description				$4.00
SATISFACTION OF AWARD, each name				$6.00
SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION
first ten pages				$35.00
next ten pages or less (double spaced)				$18.00
SHORT CERTIFICATE, guardian and trustee				$10.00
STIPULATION				$29.00
SUBPOENA				$10.00
MARRIAGE LICENSE				$29.50
State tax				$.50
Childrens' Fund/Domestic Violence				$20.00
				______ ______
Total				$50.00
Appointment of Guardian, Marriage License  Petition and ORDER (under 16 Years of Age)				$22.00
Consent Form (16 to 18 Years of Age)				$12.00
Waiver of three day waiting period
(Military Waiver n/c)				$17.00
Certified duplicate of application or certificate				$12.00
Combination Certification of application/
Certificate for Immigration, Apostille,  Adoptions, etc.				$24.00
Uncertified duplicate of application or  certificate				$1.00
Re-issue of Marriage License				$50.00
license issue				$27.00
new application				$27.00
Single Status Letter				55.00
No Record Letter				$12.00
Marriage License Clearance
(other state requirement)				$12.00
Outside Marriage Application and Travel Fee				$75.00
(plus Marriage License Fee of $50.00 = total				$125.00)
Returned Check Fee				$29.00

 1. The word ''page'' means a page of cap, brief, or typewriting paper written double space.

 2. If a fee is not specifically provided for in this schedule, it shall be the same fee as for a similar service.

 3. All prior Orders made establishing bills of costs for the services of the Register of Wills of this County in the transaction of the business of said office are hereby revoked.

By the Court

WILLIAM J. FURBER, Jr., 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-1623. Filed for public inspection August 1, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]

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