42 Pa. Stat. § 21031
Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
The following fees shall be received by the clerks of orphans' courts of counties of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class:
Accounts: Filing, recording, and setting up printed copies of advertisement of accounts of trustees and guardians, including certificate of the clerk:
| First page | $23.00 | |
| Each additional page | 2.00 | |
| Release attached to account, recording per name | 2.00 | |
| Each additional page | 2.00 | |
| Adjudications (omitting opinion and discussion): Recording, with recording certificate and filing | 6.00 | |
| First page of distribution | 6.00 | |
| Each additional page | 2.00 | |
| Copy of adjudication, per page | 2.00 | |
| Exclusive of advertising. | ||
| Adoption: All proceedings | 18.00 | |
| Voluntary Relinquishment: | ||
| All proceedings | 12.50 | |
| Allowance for minor, etc., petition and order | 7.50 | |
| Appeal to an Appellant Court certificate of record and bond | 30.00 | |
| Attachment, petition and writ | 6.00 | |
| Certificate of guardian or trustee, appointment, first name | 2.00 | |
| Additional names, each | .50 | |
| Citation, including proof of service | 5.00 | |
| Commissions on money paid into court, 5% per year | ||
| Commitment | 2.00 | |
| Issuing decree, copy of, per page, certificate not included | 3.00 | |
| Discharge of trustee and appointment of substitute trustee | 6.00 | |
| Election to take under or against will, filing | 6.50 | |
| Issuing exemplification of record, first page | 10.00 | |
| Each additional page | 2.00 | |
| Extinguishing of charge on land, including certified copy of final decree | 10.00 | |
| Family settlement | 12.50 | |
| Release, per name | 2.00 | |
| Satisfaction of award | 2.00 | |
| Guardian: Filing petition and appointment | 10.00 | |
| Filing and approval of bond where required | 4.00 | |
| Marriage license (including State tax) | 5.00 | |
| Each consent | .50 | |
| Order to pay, filing petition for order, and order | 6.50 | |
| Partition proceedings, all proceedings, one purpart | 30.00 | |
| Each additional purpart | 4.00 | |
| Real Estate Sale or Mortgage. |
For distribution or payment of debts:
| All proceedings, one purpart | 12.50 | |
| Each additional purpart | 2.00 | |
| Under price act, one purpart | 10,00 | |
| Each additional purpart | 2.00 | |
| Specific performance of contract for sale of real estate: | ||
| Petition and order | 10.00 | |
| Seal of court | 1.00 | |
| Subpoena | 2.00 | |
| Surviving Spouse $10,000 | ||
| Appraisement: Filing petition, copying and appointment of appraisers, personalty | 6.50 | |
| Filing petition, copying and appointment of appraisers, realty | 6.50 | |
| Filing proof of publication and confirmation of appraisement, personalty | 6.50 | |
| Filing proof of publication and confirmation of appraisement, realty | 6.00 | |
| Widow's Exemption or Children's Exemption: Claim, appraisement, proof of publication and confirmation, personal estate | 5.00 | |
| Claim, appraisement, proof of publication and confirmation, real estate, (1 purpart) | 5.00 | |
| Each additional purpart | 2.00 | |
| Petition for appointment of appraisers | 2.00 | |
| Filing appraisement, proof of publication and confirmation (Where no administration or probate), Personal estate | 6.50 | |
| Real estate, (1 purpart) | 6.50 | |
| Real estate, (each additional purpart) | 2.00 |
Fees for similar services not specifically scheduled shall be charged on the same basis as those herein scheduled.
So in original.
42 P.S. § 21031