An Act Updating Certain Probate Filing and Certification Fees To Reflect Current Costs
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0345
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: RECKITT
Amends: 18-C MRSA §1

Legislative Document
No. 345
H.P. 243
House of Representatives, February 8, 2021
An Act Updating Certain Probate Filing and Certification Fees To 
Reflect Current Costs
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 4, 2021.  Referred to the Committee on 
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative RECKITT of South Portland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  18-C MRSA §1-602, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 and affected 
by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14, is amended to read:
§1-602.  Filing and certification fees
The person making the request shall pay the register the following fees for filing or 
certifying documents.
1.  Certification.  For making and certifying to the register of deeds copies of devises 
of real estate, abstracts of petitions for appointment of a personal representative or for an 
elective share and any other document for which certification is required, the fee is $15 $20 
plus the fee for recording as provided by Title 33, section 751, except as otherwise 
expressly provided by law.  The fee must be paid by the personal representative, petitioner 
or other person filing the document to be certified when the copy of the devise, abstract, 
petition for elective share or other document for which certification is required is requested.  
The register of probate shall deliver the certified document to the register of deeds together 
with the fee for recording as provided by Title 33, section 751.
2.  Filing.  For receiving and entering each petition or application for all estates, testate 
and intestate, including foreign estates, and the filing of a notice by a domiciliary foreign 
personal representative, except for the filing of a successor personal representative, when 
the value of the estate is:
A.  $10,000 and under, the fee is $20 $40;
B.  $10,001 to $20,000, the fee is $40 $60;
C.  $20,001 to $30,000, the fee is $60 $75;
D.  $30,001 to $40,000, the fee is $75 $95;
E.  $40,001 to $50,000, the fee is $95 $125;
F.  $50,001 to $75,000, the fee is $125 $190;
G.  $75,001 to $100,000, the fee is $190 $250;
H.  $100,001 to $150,000, the fee is $250 $325;
I.  $150,001 to $200,000, the fee is $325 $375;
J.  $200,001 to $250,000, the fee is $375 $450;
K.  $250,001 to $300,000, the fee is $450 $500;
L.  $300,001 to $400,000, the fee is $500 $575;
M.  $400,001 to $500,000, the fee is $575 $625;
N.  $500,001 to $750,000, the fee is $625 $700;
O.  $750,001 to $1,000,000, the fee is $700 $750;
P.  $1,000,001 to $1,500,000, the fee is $750 $875;
Q.  $1,500,001 to $2,000,000, the fee is $875 $950; or
R.  More than $2,000,000, the fee is $950 $1,200, and continuing in steps of $100 $250 
for every increase in value of $500,000 or part thereof above $2,500,000.
For filing a will for no probate, there the fee is no charge $15.
For filing a will to be probated and without an appointment, the fee is $15 $20.
3.  Copies of court records.  For making copies from the records of the court, the fee 
is $1 for each page.
4.  Certificate of appointment.  For each certificate, under seal of the court, of the 
appointment and qualification of a personal representative, guardian, conservator or trustee, 
the fee is $5 $10, and for each double certificate, the fee is $10 $20.
5.  Petition for appointment as guardian.  For filing a petition for appointment as 
guardian, the fee is $50 $90.
6.  Application for involuntary hospitalization.  For filing an application for 
involuntary hospitalization, the fee is $10.
7.  Petition for guardian and conservator.  For filing a joined petition for guardian 
and conservator, the fee is $75 $115.
8.  Petition for appointment of conservator.  For filing a petition for appointment of 
conservator, the fee is $50 $90.
9.  Petition for elective share.  For filing a petition for elective share, the fee is $120.
10.  Subsequent informal appointments.  For all other subsequent informal 
appointments, the fee is $25 $50.
11.  Other formal proceeding.  For filing any other formal proceeding, the fee is $25 
$50.
12.  Registration of guardianship order from another state or acceptance of 
transfer.  For registering a guardianship order from another state or acceptance of transfer, 
the fee is $25 $50.
Sec. 2.  18-C MRSA §1-701, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14, is amended to read:
4.  Filing fee.  The fee for filing a name change petition is $40 $75.
SUMMARY
This bill updates certain probate filing and certification fees to reflect current costs.