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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 02-2

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 MilitaryNo 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

OverBut not
More Than
Accounts
(Advertising Included)
0250$25.00
2501,000$35.00
1,0005,000$50.00
5,00010,000$75.00
10,00025,000$100.00
25,00050,000$150.00
50,000100,000$200.00
100,000200,000$250.00
200,000300,000$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

OverBut not
More Than
Letters Testamentary
C.T.A. or Administration
0250$10.00
2501,000$15.00
1,0005,000$50.00
5,00010,000$75.00
10,00025,000$100.00
25,00050,000$125.00
50,000100,000$150.00
100,000200,000$200.00
200,000300,000$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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