Probate Court fees

§ 15–707. Probate Court fees (a) The Register of Wills, clerk of the Probate Court, may demand and receive in advance, for services performed by him, the following fees: (1) for filing petition or caveat, 50 cents; (2) for filing other papers, each 5 cents; (3) for making docket and indexes and taxing costs in each case, $2.50; (4) for additional docket entries, each, 25 cents; (5) for issuing subpoena to witness and copies, each, 25 cents; (6) for issuing subpoena duces tecum, 50 cents; (7) for issuing summons, citation, commission, rule, warrant, notice of trial, process, execution, attachment, or writ, each $1; (8) for issuing notices to creditors, distributees, and legatees, each 50 cents; (9) for copies of summons, citation, rule, warrant, or other process, order of publication, notice to creditors, legatees, and distributees, attested under seal and delivered for service or publication, each 50 cents; (10) for taking and recording every bond, $1.50; (11) for a probate of will, inventory, or account, $1; (12) for issuing letters testamentary or of administration, collection, or guardianship, $1; (13) for issuing certificate of appointment of executor, administrator, collector, or guardian, $1; (14) for entering panel of jury and swearing them, 50 cents; (15) for administering an oath or affirmation, 15 cents; (16) for passing a claim against an estate and entering in docket of claims, 30 cents; 77 Stat. 535 (17) for drawing depositions of witnesses, per folio, 15 cents; (18) for every search of the files or records outside of a regular proceeding, where no other service is performed for which a fee is allowed, $1; (19) for examining or stating an account of executor, administrator, collector, guardian, receiver, or trustee, not exceeding one hundred items, $5; (20) for each additional item, 2 cents; (21) for stating the distribution of an estate, for each distributee, $1; (22) for a copy of an account, not exceeding one hundred items, $1.50; (23) for each additional item, 2 cents; (24) for recording all papers, per folio, 15 cents; (25) for copies of all papers not otherwise specified, per folio, 12 cents; (26) for every certificate under seal, not otherwise specified, 50 cents. (b) Where the estate does not exceed two hundred dollars in value the Register of Wills shall receive no fees, and where the estate does not exceed five hundred dollars in value the fees may not exceed ten dollars. (c) The court may allow to the Register reasonable fees for any service lie may render not specified by section 15–706.