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All fees can be paid by cash, check, money order, or a credit/debit transaction. (A service fee based upon amount charged is added to all credit/debit transactions.)

ALL FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

*Beginning on March 1, 2016 an additional $25.00 Electronic Filing Systems (EFS) fee will be assessed for filings which initiate a proceeding in the following types of cases: Deceased Estates (DA, DE), Determination of Heirs (DH), Trust Registration (TR), Trust Proceedings (TT, TV), Adult Conservatorships (CA), Adult (LII) Guardianships (GA), Minor Conservatorships (CY), Minor Guardianships (GM), Limited Adult Guardianships (GL), Limited Minor Guardianships (LG), Protective Orders (PO), Civil Proceedings (CZ), Delayed Registration of Foreign Birth Proceedings (BR), and Miscellaneous Matters (ML). For convenience, the EFS fee is included in the filing fees listed below.

Filing/Request Type Fee Notes
Petition and Order for Assignment (Small Estate) $25.00
Certified Copy of Order for Assignment $12.00
Petition for Minor Guardianship $175.00
Drain Assessment Appeal $175.00
Deceased Estates - Application/Petition for Probate $175.00 This filing fee applies to Formal and Informal proceedings.
Certified Copy of Letters of Authority $12.00 This fee applies to Formal or Informal proceedings.
Petition for Minor Conservatorship $175.00
Petition for Adult Conservatorship $175.00
Petition for LII Guardianship $175.00
Petition for DD Guardianship $0.00 There is no filing fee to commence guardianship proceedings for a developmentally disabled person.
Inventory Fee The inventory fee is determined by MCL § 600.871 based on the value of the estate. To calculate your inventory fee, enter the total value of the estate in the Inventory Fee Calculator tool.
Facsimile - First page $3.00
Facsimile - Each Additional Page $1.00
Facsimile - Additional Service Fees

Additional service fees will be charged in the following manner:

  1. $0.01 - $50.00: $1.50
  2. $50.01 - $75.00: $1.75
  3. $75.01 - $100.00: $3.00
  4. $100.01 - $150.00: $5.00
  5. $150.01 - $200.00: $7.00

Inventory Fee Calculator

How the Inventory Fee is Calculated

MCL 600.871(1) provides: “In all decedents' estates in which proceedings are instituted for probate, the probate court shall charge and collect the following fees as an expense of administration on the value of all assets, as of the date of death of the decedent, as follows:

  1. In an estate of value of less than $1,000.00, $5.00 plus 1% of the amount over $500.00.
  2. In an estate of value of $1,000.00 or more, but less than $3,000.00, $25.00.
  3. In an estate of value of $3,000.00 or more, but less than $10,000.00, $25.00 plus 5/8 of 1% of the amount over $3,000.00.
  4. In an estate of value of $10,000.00 or more, but less than $25,000.00, $68.75 plus 1/2 of 1% of the amount over $10,000.00.
  5. In an estate of value of $25,000.00 or more, but less than $50,000.00, $143.75 plus 3/8 of 1% of the amount over $25,000.00.
  6. In an estate of value of $50,000.00 or more, but less than $100,000.00, $237.50 plus 1/4 of 1% of the amount over $50,000.00.
  7. In an estate of value of $100,000.00 or more, but less than $500,000.00, $362.50 plus 1/8 of 1% of the amount over $100,000.00.
  8. For each additional $100,000.00 value, or larger fraction thereof, over $500,000.00, $62.50.
  9. For each additional $100,000.00 value, or larger fraction thereof, over $1,000,000.00, $31.25."

*NOTE: Effective December 27, 2005, all inventory fees are to be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. Round down if the fee calculates to a number ending in 1 to 49 cents and round up if the number ends in 50 to 99 cents.

View a complete schedule of filing fees.