Fees are payable by checks, money orders or cash.  Credit cards and debit cards are not accepted. Checks/Money Orders should be made payable to the “Warren County Surrogate.”

Probate of Wills
• Probate of Will of not more than two pages: $100.00
• Each additional page - $5.00
• Probate of each codicil, not exceeding one page, $25.00.
• Exemplifying Will for another state, not exceeding two pages including will and codicil, $75.00 (not including $9.00 fee for exemplified forms). For pages in excess of two, $5.00 for each page.
• Recording an Exemplified Copy of Will and Probate Proceedings from another state, $5.00 for each page.

Letters of Trusteeship
• Acceptance of trustee and letters of trusteeship, including one certificate, $50.00.

Letters of Administration
General administration, including preparation and execution of complaint, bond, surety affidavits, necessary recording, microfilming or photostating, indexing, filing, report to the Division of Taxation, including power of attorney and death certificate, and original letters including authorization to accept service of process $125.00, and for other documents, $5.00 per page.
• Administration Ad Prosequendum $50.00, and for other documents, $5.00 per page.
Affidavits of surviving spouse or next of kin where the value of the real and personal assets of the estate does not exceed $50,000.00 or $20,000.00, respectively, $5.00 for each $100.00 or part thereof. Total cost shall not exceed $50.00. This fee is waived where the value of the assets of the estate does not exceed $200.00.

 Letters of Guardianship
• Granting letters of guardianship, acceptance of guardianship and filing of power of attorney, $50.00.

Miscellaneous Proceedings
• Filing Superior Court, Probate Part verified complaint $175.00 payable to Warren County Surrogate.
• Filing Superior Court, Probate Part complaint for guardianship $200.00 payable to Warren County Surrogate.
• Filing of answer in Superior Court, Probate Part, $110.00 payable to Warren County Surrogate.
• Filing of Superior Court, Adoption, $175.00 payable to Warren County Surrogate.

*Filing of motions in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part, $15.00.

Miscellaneous Charges
• Short Certificates $5.00.
•  Recording, microfilming or photostating all papers not herein provided for, $5.00
for each page.
• For making copies not otherwise provided, $3.00 for each page.
• Search fee, per estate $10.00.
• Caveat, filing or withdrawing, $25.00.
• Combined refunding bond and release of not more than two pages, filing, entering, microfilming and recording, or photostating, $10.00. For more than two pages, $5.00 for each additional page.

• Processing fee for returned check, $20.00 plus bank fee.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL FEES ARE NOT LISTED HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING A FEE, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE.