Superior Courts fees: Part 8

Part 8 – Fees payable in the Probate Office and District Probate Registries

1. For every order of a Probate Officer, Assistant Probate Officer or District Probate Registrar

Fee: €50.00

2. For every certificate signed by a judge as to the authority of any person to act in a specified capacity or for any similar certificate

Fee: €30.00

3. On the submission to the Probate Office or the District Probate Registry of an application for a primary grant of representation

(a) Where the net value of the estate does not exceed:

  • €100,000 → Fee: €100.00
  • €250,000 → Fee: €200.00
  • €500,000 → Fee: €350.00
  • €750,000 → Fee: €500.00
  • €1,000,000 → Fee: €650.00

(b) Where the net value of the estate exceeds €1,000,000:

  • For the first €1,000,000 → Fee: €650.00
  • For every €500,000 (or fraction thereof) above €1,000,000 → Fee: €400.00

4. For every double, cessate, unadministered or duplicate grant of representation

Fee: €150.00

5. Where any grant is sought by personal application

Fee: Double the appropriate fee under item 3 or 4 (as applicable)

6. For lodging or re-entering any motion paper, whether ex-parte or on notice

Fee: €100.00

7. On lodgement of a corrective affidavit

Fee: Correct fee under item 3 or 5 (as appropriate) less the fee previously charged, subject to a minimum of €50.00

8. For the entry of any caveat

Fee: €100.00

9. For filing any warning, citation or subpoena or any appearance to any warning, citation or subpoena

Fee: €30.00

10. For every search made by an Officer of the Probate Office or of a District Probate Registry

Where the officer is requested to search for a will or codicil or for any record of a grant or other document, including inspection of any original will, codicil or record of a grant

Fee: €20.00

11. For all searches made on any one day by the representative of a newspaper or group of newspapers

(Representative must state their name and that of the newspaper or group they represent)

Fee: €120.00

12. For any official copy of any will, grant or other document (other than an inland revenue affidavit)

Fee: €15.00

13. For a sealed and certified copy will or grant

Fee: €20.00

14. For a sealed and certified copy will and grant bespoken at the time of lodgement of the application for grant of representation

Fee: €25.00

15. For an attested copy of an inland revenue affidavit

Fee: €25.00

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