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E-Filing is Here!

The Travis County Clerk's Civil and Probate Division is now accepting documents submitted via electronic filing.  For more information visit the Texas Online Website.

Travis County Clerk

Probate Fee Schedule
(Effective October 1, 2011)

Copies

  • Copies (self-service) per page...$.20
  • Copies per page. .$1.00
  • Certified copies per page...$1.00 per page, plus $5.00 per document

    • Copies to be certified by the Clerk must be made by the Clerk's Office

Applications

  • Application for Probate of Will and for Issuance of Letters Testamentary...$264.00
  • Application for Probate of Will as a Muniment of Title...$264.00
  • Application for Appointment of Administrator...$716.00
  • Application for Appointment of Independent/Dependent Administrator and Determination of Heirship...$716.00
  • Application for Appointment of Independent/Dependent Administrator with Will Annexed...$264.00
  • Application for Appointment of Temporary Administrator...$716.00

NOTE:

For any application to probate a copy of a lost will or codicil, or to probate a lost will or codicil without a copy, or to probate a will more than four years after the testator’s death, an ad litem fee of $450.00 is added to the filing fee.

$450.00

  • Application for Appointment of Guardian...$815.00
  • Service of Citation (attorney specifies)...$70.00
  • Application for Appointment of Temporary Guardian...$815.00
  • Application for Determination of Heirship...$716.00
  • Adverse Action, Probate (does not include posted notice or personal citation)...$75.00
  • Mental Health Suits:
    • Inside Travis County... $374.00
    • Outside the county... $399.00
  • Testamentary Trust, Construction of Trust, Civil Action...$190.00
  • Foreign Will Filed for Issuance of Letters Testamentary...$260.00
  • Foreign Will (for Recording Only)...$190.00
  • Application for Sale of Property of a Minor by a Parent Without Guardianship (Section 889)...$716.00...
  • Payment of Claims Without Guardianship (Section 144)...$175.00
  • Small Estate Affidavit...$251.00
  • Administration of Oath...$2.00
  • Recording Bond...$3.00
  • Allowed Claim...$4.00
  • Unallowed Claim...$2.00

Issuances

  • Issuance of
    • Letters Testamentary..........$2.00
    • Letters of Administration..........$2.00
    • Letters of Independent Administration..........$2.00
    • Citation, Notice or other issuing document..........$4.00
  • Issuance of
    • Letters of Guardianship .......$2.00 *
    • Letters of Temporary Guardianship.......$2.00 *
    • Letters of Temporary Administration .......$2.00 *
      * plus costs of certified copy of order
  • Exemplified Letters...$4.00
  • Exemplified/Authenticated copies... $1.00 per page plus $7.00 certification / exemplification

Orders

  • Order Admitting Will to Probate and Granting Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration...$4.00
  • Order Admitting Will to Probate as a Muniment of Title...$2.00
  • Order Appointing Guardian and Granting Letters of Guardianship...$4.00
  • Order of Sale of Property...$2.00
  • Decree Confirming Sale...$2.00
  • Decree of Partition and Distribution...$2.00
  • Order Removing Executor, Administrator, or Guardian...$2.00
  • Order Approving Inventory...$2.00
  • Fiat or Certificate...$2.00

Ancillary Documents

  • Filing Annual Report (with existing Estate)...$10.00
  • Filing of Annual or Final Account of Estate or Filing Application for Sale of Real or Personal Property...$25.00
  • Answer or Response...No Charge
  • Filing Inventory and Appraisal ...$25.00

Jury Fees

  • Jury Fee, Probate...$5.00
  • Jury Fee, Civil...$22.00

* Fax Filing cannot be accepted at this time.
* Attorney ad litem fees will be waived only by court order.
* Some filings require posted notice or personal citation. Constable's service fees must be added.

Searching Probate Records

  • Requesting a cause number or status of a case filed after July 1992 and appears on the automated system. No charge - Call 854-9188
  • Requesting cause number or status of a case filed before July 1992 that requires reviewing microfilm records. There is a $10 charge per name per decade of film searched. Customer suggests the order decades are researched.

Last Modified: Monday, November 14, 2011 1:33 PM

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