Filing Fees
General Statement
The following is a schedule of the costs and fees collected by the Probate Court at the commencement of the various cases and proceedings listed. However, each case or proceeding may incur additional costs and charges during the course of administration. Most full estate administrations do not incur more than $200.00 in court costs.
Method of Payment
All costs and deposits for costs paid over to the Court must be by cash, money order or similar guaranteed payment. Personal checks will not be accepted.
Purposes and Uses
The court costs assessed and collected during the course of a probate administration are provided for and, in many instances, required by the law of Ohio. Most of the costs collected are not for the use of the Probate Court, but the Court is required to collect such costs for distribution to other offices and agencies of the State of Ohio and Mahoning County. However, the Probate Court does collect and retain certain costs for its indigent guardianship fund, its computerization enhancement fund and its conduct of court business fund.
In addition, the Probate Court collects and pays over monies to the General Fund of Mahoning County, a Marriage License Special Fund for the Battered Persons Center, the Ohio Putative Father Registry and the State of Ohio Legal Aid Society Fund. Depending upon the use of services necessary in each case, the Court may also have to collect and pay over fees to the Sheriff of Mahoning County and/or other Counties, private process servers, publication costs, court reporters, appraisers and others.
EFFECTIVE: October 1, 2005
| FILING |
INITIAL DEPOSIT |
ADOPTIONS |
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| Petition for Adoption |
$142.00 |
| Petition for Release of Identifying Information |
$85.36 |
| Placement for Adoption |
$45.00 |
| Refinalization of Foreign Adoption |
$120.00 |
| Registration of Foreign Birth Record |
$47.37 |
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CIVIL ACTIONS
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Including Land Sales, Declaratory
Judgments, Complaints to Produce Wills,
and for Determination of Heirs, Will Contests,
Concealments, Etc. |
$125.00
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DECEDENT'S ESTATES
|
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| Administration, Full (with or without Will) |
$125.00 |
| Ancillary Administration (with or without Will) |
$125.00 |
| Relief from Administration, (with or without Will) |
$125.00 |
| Summary Release from Administration: |
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With Will:
Without Will:
|
$101.00
$73.00 |
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Wills
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For Record Only, with tax form(s)
For Record Only, without tax form(s)
For Deposit Only
Tax Forms Only
|
$36.00
$20.00
$5.37
$15.00 |
DISINTERMENT |
|
| Petition for |
$65.00 |
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DISPOSAL OF MINOR'S ESTATE
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| under $10,000.00 (without guardianship) |
$78.00 |
GUARDIANSHIPS/CONSERVATORSHIPS |
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| For Original Appointment: |
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Estate Only
Person Only
Person and Estate
|
$142.00
$142.00
$142.00 |
| For Successor Appointment: |
|
Estate Only
Person Only
Person and Estate |
$72.50
$58.37
$72.50
|
MINOR'S SETTLEMENT |
|
| Without Guardianship |
$78.00 |
MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS |
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Application to Inventory Safe Deposit Box
Birth, Registration of
Birth, Correction of
Marriage License
Name Change |
$25.00
$54.74
$52.74
$43.00
$107.14
|
SUBPOENAS |
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Deposit for Witness Fee (Per Person)
Issuing Costs (Per Subpoena)
Out of County Service Fee |
$12.00
$2.00
$20.00* |
| (*Plus mileage fee at current rate) |
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TRUSTS |
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Application for (original) Appointment of Trustee
Application for (Successor )
Appointment of Trustee |
$112.50
$72.50
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RECORDS REQUESTS |
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Audio tape of proceedings, copy
(per cassette)
Authenticated, per authentication
(plus per page changes for plain copies)
Certified, per page [O.R.C. 2101.16(A)(12)]
Exemplified, per exemplification
(plus per page changes for plain copies)
|
$5.00*
$2.50
$2.00
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| Plain Copies: |
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one sided page
two sided page |
$0.10
$0.15 |
| *The Court will not authenticate, certify or exemplify copies of cassette recordings. |
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