Alabama court costs
The statewide statutory fee for a grant of letters of administration is $45.00 (Ala. Code § 12-19-90(a)(2)), including three certified copies and final settlement when not more than 10 pages. Ala. Code § 12-19-90(d) preserves county/local fee laws for judges of probate, so a particular county may add local charges on top of the statewide figure.
$45 is the amount the statute states. Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 28, 2026. This page last revised .
| Court filing | $45 |
|---|---|
| Commission | not priced here |
Statute text checked October 28, 2026: Ala. Code § 12-19-90 and Ala. Code § 43-2-848.
Alabama states one statewide amount rather than a schedule of components, so there is no line-by-line breakdown to compute. The figure above is that amount. It is a court charge only, and it is not an estimate of the total cost of settling an estate.
The statute states one statewide amount rather than a schedule of parts, so there is nothing to itemise. The figure shown above is that amount, and the linked source is the text that sets it.
Alabama’s $45 figure is a single statutory charge, not a total assembled from parts. It is shown here with its own provision named, and with the neighbouring charges the Alabama schedule prices separately — the ones a filer is most likely to add to it by mistake, or to be quoted alongside it.
Added together, these come to $45 — the figure this page headlines. If any component changed in the source, the sum would no longer match, and the build withholds the total rather than publishing a number whose parts no longer add up.
These amounts appear in or beside the same Alabama schedule, so a reader can easily mistake one for part of the fee. Each is held out of the figure above for the specific reason given, which is the difference between an honest total and an inflated one.
The Alabama caveats are listed once, on the Alabama overview.
Other costs: probate cost lines.
Ala. Code § 12-19-90 — Judge of Probate; Schedule of Fees
Grant of letters of administration with three certified copies of letters of administration and including final settlement when not more than 10 pages (when over 10 pages an additional charge of $3.00 per page) ..... 45.00
What this means: Statewide $45.00 for grant of letters of administration; § 12-19-90(d) preserves local fee laws so counties may add charges on top.
Sources rechecked October 28, 2026: Alabama source list · how sources are checked · report a correction