Listing of Fees
in
alphabetical order:
(Revised
July 1, 2009)
Please
be aware that a surcharge of $15.00 is required in addition to
the statutory fee for any action in
which an initial filing fee is payable and to which a
separate docket number or suffix is assigned.
Where
applicable, the fee schedule below includes the required
surcharge.
Abuse
Prevention/Abuse Protection/209-A Petition:
No
Fee
Account,
Petition or Application for Allowance of:
$1000 or less
of gross value in schedule A:
No
Fee
$1001
- $9999 provided, however, that the fees shall not
exceed $170.00 regardless of the time covered:
$75.00/year
$10,000-$100,000:
$100.00/year
or majority of a year
$100,000-$500,000:
$150.00/year
or majority of a year
$500,000-$1,000,000:
$200.00/year
or majority of a year
$1,000,000
or more:
$400.00/year
or majority of a year
Administration,
Public:
$115.00
Administration,
De Bonis Non (Administration
of goods not already administered):
$215.00
Administration,
De Bonis Non With The Will Annexed (Administration
of goods not already administered with the will
annexed):
$215.00
Administration
of Estate of Person Who Died Intestate:
$215.00
Administration
With The Will Annexed:
$215.00
Adoption:
No
Fee
Affirmation
of a Marriage:
$215.00
Alimony,
Complaint for:
$115.00
Amendment
of Record (Except for separate support, adoption, or the
custody or support of
minors):
$60.00
Annulment
of a Marriage:
$215.00
Appointment
of a Conservator:
$215.00
Appointment
of a Guardian:
No
Fee
Appointment
of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee:
$215.00
Appointment
of a Special Administrator:
$215.00
Appointment
of a Trustee:
$215.00
Attested
Copy of Court Documents and Records including Docket
Sheets or Other Papers in possession and under the
control of the Register, per page:
$2.50
Authenticated
Copies, first page (+$1.00 per additional page):
$50.00
Birth
Record, Petition to Correct:
$75.00
Bond,
Filing of:
$50.00
Bond,
New:
$75.00
Bond,
Reduction of:
No
Fee
Care
of Burial Lot:
$60.00
Carry
on Business of Deceased, Leave to:
$150.00
Certificate
of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments or Other
Proceedings (except first Adoption Certificate, for
which there is no fee):
$20.00
Change
of Name, Motion in Divorce Action
$100.00
Change
of Name, Petition for:
$165.00
Citation:
$15.00
Commission
to take Depositions:
$20.00
Conservator,
Petition to Appoint:
$215.00
Complaint
for Divorce, or for affirming or annulling marriage:
$215.00
Compromise
a Claim, Petition for Leave to:
$75.00
Compromise
a Will, Leave to (+ $15.00 surcharge if new fiduciary
appointed):
$75.00
Conservator,
Petition for Appointment of:
$215.00
Contempt
Summons:
No
Fee
Convey
Land, Petition for Husband or Wife for Authority to
Convey Land as if sole under G.L. c. 209 s. 35 or s. 36
(Desertion or Living Apart):
$150.00
Copy,
Attested, of Court Documents and Records including
Docket Sheets or Other Papers in possession and under
the control of the Register, per page:
$2.50
Copy,
Unattested, of Court Documents, Records or Other Papers
in possession and under the control of the Register, per
page:
$1.00
Correction
of Birth Records, Petitions for:
$75.00
Counsel
Fees:
No
Fee
Determination
of Value:
$30.00
Disabled
Abuse Petition:
No
Fee
Discharge/Termination
of Guardian/Conservator:
No
Fee
Discharge
of Surety:
$60.00
Dispense
With Consent to Adoption, Petition:
No
Fee
Divorce
Complaint:
$215.00
Elderly
Abuse Petition:
No
Fee
Equity,
Complaint (Except as to separate support,
adoption, or custody or support of minors):
$255.00
Equity,
Complaint (Related to separate support, or custody or support of minors):
$115.00
Erection
of a Monument:
$60.00
Exemplified
copies (first page) (+$1.00 per additional page):
$50.00
Filing
a will for safekeeping (except that no additional fee
shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a
will previously filed when withdrawn):
$75.00
Foreign
Custody Decrees, Registration of:
No
Fee
Foreign
Decree, Alimony only, Enforcement of:
$115.00
Foreign
Will:
$65.00
General
Petition (except relating to adoption, or custody or
support of minors):
$165.00
Grandparent
Visitation, Complaint for:
No
Fee
Guardian,
Appointment of:
No
Fee
Guardianship
with Sureties
$50
(Bond)
Injunction,
except relating to adoption, custody or support of
minors:
$150.00
Insolvency,
Filing a Representation of:
$150.00
Inventory,
Petition for New Inventory:
$75.00
Leave
to Lease Real Estate
$75.00
Leave
to Mortgage Real Estate:
$75.00
Leave
to Pay Debts (Unless estate does not exceed value of
$1000.00):
$75.00
Leave
to Compromise a Claim:
$75.00
Leave
to Compromise a Will:
$75.00
Leave
to Deposit Certain Funds:
$200.00
Leave
to Bring Suit on a Bond:
No
Fee
Leave
to Carry on Business of Deceased:
$150.00
Letters
to a Foreign Guardian:
$90.00
Marriage
of a Minor:
No
Fee
Marriage Without
Delay (Waiver of three day notice of marriage):
$65.00
Modification,
Foreign Custody or Support Decree:
$100.00
Modification
of a Decree relative to all non-child related issues:
$150.00
Modification,
relative to child support, custody, and visitation:
$50.00
New
Bond:
$75.00
New
Inventory:
$75.00
Order
of Notice, Citation, or Precept:
$15.00
Partition,
Petition to:
$270.00
Paternity
Complaint:
$115.00
Paternity,
Custody-Support-Visitation:
$115.00
Paternity
Actions, Voluntary Registration:
No
Fee
Payment
of Deposits:
No
Fee
Probate
of Will, Petition for:
$215.00
Public
Administration:
$115.00
Recording
(on Compact Disc) of proceedings (plus postage, if
applicable):
$50.50
Release
of Dower or Curtesy:
$75.00
Removal
of a Child from the Commonwealth, Petition for:
No
Fee
Removal
of a Fiduciary:
$100.00
Sale
of Real or Personal Estate:
Under
$100,000:
$100.00
$100,000-$250,000:
$250.00
$250,000-$500,000:
$500.00
$500,000
- $1,000,000:
$750.00
Over
$1,000,000:
$1,000.00
Sale
of Real Estate by a Foreign Fiduciary:
$65.00
Separate
Support, Entry of Action for:
$115.00
Specific
Performance:
$90.00
Statement
of Voluntary Executor:
$65.00
Statement
of Voluntary Administration:
$135.00
Summons,
Blank:
$5.00
Summons,
Contempt
$5.00
Support
of Spouse or Child under G.L. c. 209, s. 32F:
No
Fee
Temporary
Restraining Order, Issuance of (except relating to
adoption):
$100.00
Temporary
Restraining Order against a Spouse related to a
Complaint for Divorce or Separate Support:
No
Fee
Termination
of Parental Rights:
No
Fee
Transcript
of a Judgment ("authenticated copies" or
"exemplified copies"), first page (+$1.00 per
additional page):
$50.00
Trust,
Termination of:
$65.00
Trustee,
Petition for Appointment of:
$215.00
Unattested
copy of Court documents, Records or other Papers in
possession and under the control of the Register:
$1.00
Visitation
of Minor Child:
No
Fee
Voluntary
Administration, filing Statement of:
$135.00
Voluntary
Executor, filing Statement of:
$65.00
Voluntary
Registration in Paternity Actions:
No
Fee
Will,
Filing for Safekeeping (Provided that no additional fee
shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a
will previously filed and withdrawn)
$75.00
