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Connecticut court costs
Connecticut probate filing cost: $465
Connecticut charges a statewide graduated probate fee under C.G.S. § 45a-107 (decedents dying on or after July 1, 2016), computed on the basis for fees (generally the greatest of the gross estate for succession-tax purposes, the inventory, the Connecticut taxable estate, or the gross estate for estate-tax purposes; the surviving-spouse share reduced by 50%). Bands: $25 up to $500; $50 for $501–$1,000; $50 plus 1% of the excess over $1,000 up to $10,000; $150 plus .35% of the excess over $10,000 up to $500,000; $1,865 plus .25% of the excess over $500,000 up to $2,000,000; $5,615 plus .5% of the excess over $2,000,000 up to $8,877,000; and a flat $40,000 at $8,877,000 and over. Minimum fee $25 ($150 if the basis is under $10,000 and a full estate is opened); maximum $40,000.
$465 is the statutory total at a $100,000 estate. Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch September 15, 2026.
What the statute charges
Every line below is computed from the statutory schedule quoted at the end of this page. These are court charges only. They are not an estimate of the total cost of settling an estate.
Probate fees for a decedent dying on or after July 1, 2016
Published value bands
These are the fee bands stated in the source. The worked examples below apply them to sample values; they do not replace the published thresholds.
Connecticut statutory probate fee
| Value band | Published calculation |
|---|---|
| Up to $500 | $25 |
| More than $500 to $1,000 | $50 |
| More than $1,000 to $10,000 | $50 plus 1% of the amount over $1,000 |
| More than $10,000 to $500,000 | $150 plus 0.35% of the amount over $10,000 |
| More than $500,000 to $2,000,000 | $1,865 plus 0.25% of the amount over $500,000 |
| More than $2,000,000 to $8,877,000 | $5,615 plus 0.5% of the amount over $2,000,000 |
| More than $8,877,000 | $40,000 |
Minimum: $25. Maximum: $40,000. Assessment basis: greatest of the gross estate for succession-tax purposes, inventory, Connecticut taxable estate, or gross estate for estate-tax purposes; surviving-spouse portion reduced 50%.
| Charge | $25,000 estate | $100,000 estate | $400,000 estate | $1,000,000 estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut statutory probate fee | $202.50 | $465 | $1,515 | $3,115 |
| Total from this schedule | $202.50 | $465 | $1,515 | $3,115 |
Not included in this total
- Certified copies and recording charges
- Publication and service costs
- Fees for later accounts, motions or contested proceedings
The schedule prices the opening filing on the statutory basis. A specific case can carry further charges the statute does not set out here.
Source: C.G.S. § 45a-107, Connecticut General Assembly. Edition/currentness: Publisher edition or effective date not stated. Verified September 15, 2026.
Costs no statute prices
These are the costs executors most often meet after the filing fee. None of them has a statewide statutory amount, so this site does not estimate them.
Bond
Premiums depend on the bond amount, the estate, and the applicant.
Copies and local charges
Certified copies, recording, inventory, accounting, and county surcharges are billed separately.
Professional fees
Attorney, accountant, and appraiser fees are negotiated or court-reviewed.
State-specific limits
- Eligibility also requires no solely owned Connecticut real property. Eligibility requires the decedent left no solely owned real property in Connecticut.
- § 45a-107 is a base-plus-marginal schedule; applying the band 'amount' as a flat fee (ignoring the '+% of excess') would materially understate fees for large estates. Integrator must honor excessRate/excessOver.
- Fiduciary-compensation 'reasonable' standard is characterized from Rule 39's caption plus the verified absence of any statutory schedule; the substantive rule text could not be extracted from the image-based PDF.
Use this as a starting point.
This is general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Probate law varies by state and county and changes over time. Verify the current rule with the court or a licensed attorney in the relevant state.
How to verify the amount for this case
Name the proceeding before asking for a total. A small-estate affidavit, an application for letters, formal administration, a later inventory or account, and a certified copy can each carry a different charge. Asking only “what does probate cost?” invites an answer for the wrong filing.
- Identify the county where the proceeding will be filed.
- Identify the exact route or petition you expect to use.
- State the value basis the schedule uses; it is not always the gross estate value.
- Ask the clerk to separate the opening fee, mandatory surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings.
- Record the schedule date or rule cited.
- Record whether payment is due at filing.
Keep that clerk quote with the estate record and compare it with the itemised statutory lines above. For the broader budget, use the probate cost-line guide; court filing is only one category.
Connecticut filing-cost map
Separate the Connecticut filing charge from the estate budget
The Connecticut filing record prices a proceeding, not every cost of settling an estate. This map connects the published amount or schedule to its value basis and identifies the local items that still need a clerk or court schedule.
| Question | Recorded Connecticut answer | Carry into the case |
|---|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Settlement of small estates (affidavit in lieu of administration) | Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route. |
| What property and basis count? | personal probate property only; gross value for this route. | Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately. |
| What is the amount screen? | $40,000 | Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut. |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; No deadline is recorded here: Connecticut runs a notice-to-creditors period plus separate rules for failure to present and for allowance/rejection of claims; a single number would conflate the publication/notice trigger with the outer limit. | Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number. |
| What does the cost record establish? | 1 published schedule; the proceeding and value basis control the total. | Ask the Probate Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings. |
| What does compensation use? | Connecticut has no statutory percentage schedule for fiduciary compensation; an executor or administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation, governed by Rule 39 (Section 39.1) of the Probate Court Rules of Procedure. The court reviews reasonableness rather than applying a fixed percentage. The relevant base is the estate accounting. | Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate. |
Filing record
What the Connecticut cost record can answer
Probate fees for a decedent dying on or after July 1, 2016
Basis: estate-value. Status: operative. The schedule prices the opening filing on the statutory basis. A specific case can carry further charges the statute does not set out here.
- Connecticut statutory probate fee 7 marginal bands
Case-file context
Keep the Connecticut answer with its neighboring conditions
A route answer is easier to use when the facts that can change it stay in the same record. These are the reviewed Connecticut descriptions adjacent to this page\'s main question; they are not a substitute for the source quotations or the receiving court\'s instructions.
Route context
Connecticut settles decedents' estates in the Court of Probate. Small estates up to $40,000 in solely owned personal property use an affidavit (§ 45a-273). Probate fees follow the statewide graduated § 45a-107 schedule (min $25/$150, max $40,000). Fiduciary compensation is 'reasonable' under Probate Court Rule 39; there is no statutory percentage schedule.
Connecticut's small-estate settlement (C.G.S. § 45a-273) applies when the aggregate value of the decedent's solely owned tangible and intangible personal property, excluding property passing outside probate by operation of law, does not exceed $40,000 (gross), and the decedent left no solely owned Connecticut real property. The Probate Court will not issue its decree until 30 days after a copy of the affidavit is sent to the Department of Administrative Services.
Compensation context
Connecticut has no statutory percentage schedule for fiduciary compensation; an executor or administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation, governed by Rule 39 (Section 39.1) of the Probate Court Rules of Procedure. The court reviews reasonableness rather than applying a fixed percentage.
Connecticut has no statutory percentage schedule for fiduciary compensation; an executor or administrator is entitled to reasonable compensation, governed by Rule 39 (Section 39.1) of the Probate Court Rules of Procedure. The court reviews reasonableness rather than applying a fixed percentage. The relevant base is the estate accounting.
Deadline context
No deadline is recorded here: Connecticut runs a notice-to-creditors period plus separate rules for failure to present and for allowance/rejection of claims; a single number would conflate the publication/notice trigger with the outer limit.
- Eligibility also requires no solely owned Connecticut real property. Eligibility requires the decedent left no solely owned real property in Connecticut.
- § 45a-107 is a base-plus-marginal schedule; applying the band 'amount' as a flat fee (ignoring the '+% of excess') would materially understate fees for large estates. Integrator must honor excessRate/excessOver.
- Fiduciary-compensation 'reasonable' standard is characterized from Rule 39's caption plus the verified absence of any statutory schedule; the substantive rule text could not be extracted from the image-based PDF.
Court-material note: Connecticut probate is heard in the Court of Probate (Probate Court). Form PC-212 is the statewide small-estate affidavit; the ctprobate.gov Fees & Calculators page implements the § 45a-107 schedule.
Arithmetic illustration
See the Connecticut amount screen without mistaking it for a result
The recorded Connecticut ceiling is $40,000, and it is tested against personal probate property only, on a basis this site records as gross value for this route. Counted that way, $30,000 sits below the Connecticut figure and $50,000 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Connecticut counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.
| Illustrative counted amount | Comparison to the Connecticut ceiling | What it does not decide |
|---|---|---|
| $30,000 | Below $40,000 | Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties |
| $50,000 | Above $40,000 | Whether another statutory route or court process applies |
Next evidence to collect
Name the proceeding and ask for mandatory surcharges, copies, publication, and later filings separately.
- Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
- Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
- Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
- Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.
Official material
- PC-212 Affidavit in Lieu of Administration or Probate of Will (Small Estate)Connecticut Probate Court
- Fees, Expenses & CalculatorsConnecticut Probate Court
- Connecticut Probate CourtsConnecticut Probate Court
Connecticut probate is heard in the Court of Probate (Probate Court). Form PC-212 is the statewide small-estate affidavit; the ctprobate.gov Fees & Calculators page implements the § 45a-107 schedule.
Source trail
Records used by this Connecticut map
- C.G.S. § 45a-273C.G.S. Chapter 802b, Sec. 45a-273 Settlement of small estates; reviewed August 9, 2026
- C.G.S. § 45a-107C.G.S. Chapter 801b, Sec. 45a-107 Fees and expenses for settlement of decedent's estate; reviewed August 9, 2026
- Conn. Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39Connecticut Probate Court Rules of Procedure, Rule 39 Fiduciary and Attorney's Fees; reviewed August 9, 2026
Filing-cost source
Each legal input links to the government source reviewed for this page. Source text can change; confirm the current rule before acting.
C.G.S. § 45a-107
Reviewed source note: Basis for Computation Of Fees Total Fee 0 to $500 $25 $501 to $1,000 $50 $1,000 to $10,000 $50, plus 1% of all in excess of $1,000 $10,000 to $500,000 $150, plus .35% of all in excess of $10,000 $500,000 to $2,000,000 $1,865, plus .25% of all in excess of $500,000 $2,000,000 to $8,877,000 $5,615, plus .5% of all in excess of $2,000,000 $8,877,000 and over $40,000
What this means: Connecticut probate 'fees' under § 45a-107 are a graduated schedule computed on the basis for fees (greatest of the gross estate for succession/estate-tax and inventory figures) for decedents dying on or after July 1, 2016. It is a base-plus-marginal-rate schedule (each band adds a percentage of the amount in excess of the band floor), NOT a flat banded table, so it does not map cleanly to fixed/banded FilingFeeComponent kinds; the raw bands are captured for the integrator. Minimum fee $25 (or $150 where the basis is under $10,000 and a full estate is opened); statutory maximum $40,000.