Idaho court costs
Idaho probate filing cost: $166, or $130 under summary administration
Idaho probate is heard in the magistrate division of the district court. Its filing fee is $120 (Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1)), and three other statutes add $26, $10 and $10 when an estate is opened there, $166 in all; a summary administration of a small estate is spared the $26 of § 1-2003(1) and the $10 of § 73-213, so it pays $130. Collecting personal property with the § 15-3-1201 affidavit takes no court filing and no fee.
$166 ($120 plus $26, $10 and $10 that other statutes add) to open an estate, or $130 under summary administration, as set by Idaho Code §§ 31-3201A(1), 1-2003(1), 31-3201(3), 73-213; copies and certificates are charged on top. Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
What Idaho statutes set in probate fees at a $100,000 estate
- Court filing: $166 to open a decedent’s estate: $120 (Idaho Code § 31-3201A(1), the filing fee for a case in the magistrate division, where probate is heard) plus $26 (Idaho Code § 1-2003(1), the added fee on every civil filing, decedents’ estates included), $10 (Idaho Code § 31-3201(3), the administrative surcharge on each civil case) and $10 (Idaho Code § 73-213, the levy on each civil action involving a decedent’s estate). A summary administration, open to an estate worth no more, net of liens, than the homestead allowance, exempt property and the costs of administration, the funeral and the last illness (§ 15-3-1203), is spared the $26 of § 1-2003(1) and the $10 of § 73-213, so it opens for $130; copies and certificates are charged on top of either.
- Personal representative: no percentage in the statute; Idaho Code § 15-3-719 provides for reasonable compensation.
| Court filing | $166, or $130 under summary administration |
|---|---|
| Commission | reasonable, not a rate |
Statute text checked November 2, 2026: Idaho Code §§ 31-3201A(1), 1-2003(1), 31-3201(3), 73-213.
Statute text checked October 3, 2026: Idaho Code § 15-3-719.
What Idaho's statutes add up to
Four statutes each fix a charge when a decedent's estate is opened in the magistrate division of the district court, where Idaho hears probate: § 31-3201A(1) sets the filing fee at $120; § 1-2003(1) adds $26 to a civil filing of any type and names the estates of decedents among them; § 31-3201(3) adds a $10 administrative surcharge to each civil case; and § 73-213 levies $10 on each civil action, again naming decedents' estates. They come to $166. Section 31-3201A makes its own fee additional to the other three, so $120 on its own understates what the clerk collects. A summary administration of a small estate is exempt from the § 1-2003 and § 73-213 charges, so it opens for $130. Copies of court records and the certificate on them are charged separately under § 31-3201(1), so the magistrate court clerk in the county of filing can confirm the full amount. Where the amount is set: Idaho Code §§ 31-3201A(1), 1-2003(1), 31-3201(3) and 73-213.
What the Idaho figure leaves out
Other costs: probate cost lines.
Sources rechecked October 3, 2026: Idaho source list · how sources are checked · report a correction