Probate/Guardianship
Cowlitz County Clerk's Probate/Guardianship Fee Schedule
Effective 7/24/2015
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Title | Service Provided | Fee | RCW | |
Certificate of Qualification | Issuance (Form K) | 5.00 | 36.18.016(9) | |
Escheat - Probate Proceedings | Filing Claim | 200.00 | 36.18.020(2)(f) 36.18.020(4)(b) 11.08.300 | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | |||
260.00 | ||||
Filing Revenue Dept. Affidavit | 2.00 | |||
Estate (Probate) | Filing | 200.00 | 36.18.020(2)(f) | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | 36.18.020(4)(b) | ||
240.00 | ||||
Guardianship | Filing | 200.00 | 36.18.020(2)(f) | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | 36.18.020(4)(b) | ||
240.00 | ||||
Letters (Administration, Testamentary, Guardianship) | Certified Copy | 5.00 | 36.18.016(9) | |
Non-Judicial Resolution (Petition, Agreement or Memorandum) | Filing in an Existing Case | 20.00 | 11.96.170 36.18.012(8) | |
Non-Probate Notice to Creditors | Filing | 200.00 | 11.42.010(3)(a) 36.18.020(2)(f) 36.18.020(4)(b) | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | |||
240.00 | ||||
Notice of Probate (when probate filed in a county other than where decedent resided) | Filing | 20.00 | 11.40.020(2) 36.18.050 | |
Petition Objecting to Non-Judicial Resolution | Filing | 200.00 | 36.18.020(2)(g) | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | 36.18.020(4)(b) | ||
240.00 | ||||
Petition Contesting Will or Trust (TEDRA) | Filing | 200.00 | 36.18.020(2)(g) | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | 36.18.020(4)(b) | ||
240.00 | ||||
Petition To Admit Rejected Will | Filing | 200.00 | 36.18.020(2)(g) | |
Judicial Surcharge* | 40.00 | 36.18.020(4)(b) | ||
240.00 | ||||
Small Estate Affidavit | Filing | 20.00 | 11.62.010 36.18.050 | |
Will Only (after death - no probate contemplated) | Filing | 20.00 | 36.18.012(7) 36.18.016(28) | |
Will Repository (before death) | Filing | 20.00 | 36.18.016(28) 11.12.265 |