PROBATE DIVISION - FILING FEES
Check or Money Order is payable to the specific court: EXAMPLE: 1
st
Circuit - Family Division – Lancaster
If you wish to pay with MasterCard, Visa & Discover please attach a note to filing, include your phone number and the
court will call you to process payment over the phone.
Total Fee*
Accounting for Estates with a gross value of $25,000 or less ................................ $0.00
Accounting for Estates with a gross value greater than $25,000 ......................... $85.00
Accounting for Guardian, Conservator, Trustee .................................................. $85.00
Administration of Person not heard from
(presumed dead) ....................................... $220.00
Adoption Petition ................................................................................................ $150.00
Authenticated Copy of Will, Foreign Will ............................................................... e-filing
Change of Venue Petition ..................................................................................... $50.00
Conservator ........................................................................................................ $220.00
Estate with a value of $10,000 or less ................................................................... e-filing
Estate with value $10,001 to $25,000 ................................................................... e-filing
Estate with value more than $25,000 .................................................................... e-filing
Equity Action or Counterclaim ............................................................................ $250.00
Guardian of Incapacitated Person ......................................................................... e-filing
Guardian Minor Estate & Person and Estate** ...................................................... e-filing
Landlord Tenant Action ...................................................................................... $125.00
Name change ........................................................................................................ e-filing
Parentage Order Petition
(surrogacy) ...................................................................... $155.00
Re-examine Will, Motion to ................................................................................. $155.00
Remove Fiduciary, Motion to ................................................................................ $50.00
Reopen (Estate) or Bring Forward, Motion to; ..................................................... $150.00
Replevin Application or Complaint ...................................................................... $175.00
Request for Jury Trial/Small Claims Transfer Fee*** ......................................... $145.00
Request for New Orders of Notice (including Civil Summons) ............................ $25.00
Small Claim Entry & Counterclaim, $5000 or less*** ............................................ $80.00
Small Claim Entry & Counterclaim, $5001 to $10,000*** ................................... $135.00
Successor Guardian of Person
(incapacitated or minor) ................................................. $50.00
Successor Trustee, Executor,
Administrator, Guardian of Estate, Guardian of Person & Estate ......................... $85.00
*Total Fee means the base filing fee plus any applicable surcharges or other fees authorized by the Supreme Court and/or
New Hampshire Statutes. Fees may be paid with cash, credit card, or check.
04/01/2021