Nebraska court costs
Nebraska charges $22 for proceedings commenced and closed informally; formal proceedings use another schedule.
$22 is the amount the statute states. Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
| Court filing | $22 |
|---|---|
| Commission | reasonable, not a rate |
Statute text checked October 3, 2026: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i) and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2480.
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.
| Charge | $25,000 estate | $100,000 estate | $400,000 estate | $1,000,000 estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County court probate fee | $22 | $22 | $22 | $22 |
| Total from this schedule | $22 | $22 | $22 | $22 |
Section 33-125 charges $22 for each subsequent petition or application within the proceeding, so a case with several filings costs more than the opening fee.
Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i), Nebraska Legislature. Edition: Section history through Laws 2021, LB17, § 8. Verified October 3, 2026.
Nebraska’s $22 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 Nebraska 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 $22 — 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.
The Nebraska caveats are listed once, on the Nebraska overview.
Other costs: probate cost lines.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i) sets twenty-two dollars "for probate proceedings commenced and closed informally." Subdivision (ii) charges the same twenty-two dollars "for each subsequent petition or application filed within an informal proceeding," and subdivision (iii) applies twenty-two dollars to "any other proceeding under the Nebraska Probate Code for which no court fee is established by statute."
So the Nebraska court fee is not a single opening charge. An informal estate that needs several later applications pays twenty-two dollars each time, and the total depends on how many filings the administration actually generates.
Inheritance tax is metered separately. Section 33-126.03 gives the county court a twenty-two dollar fee "in all matters for the determination of inheritance tax under Chapter 77, article 20," and expressly does not charge it "if fees have been imposed pursuant to subdivision (1)(b) of section 33-125." Except in cases instituted by the county attorney, that fee is paid by the person petitioning for the determination.
Part of each fee is not kept by the court: four dollars of the inheritance-tax fee, and a share of the § 33-125 fee that stepped up annually to twelve dollars from July 1, 2025, is remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Retirement Fund for Judges.
Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 33-125, 33-126.03, read from the enacting state’s own official publication on 2026-09-17. Quoted wording is the statute’s; the surrounding explanation is this site’s reading of it and is not legal advice.
Nebraska Revised Statutes, County Court Fees
(1) In probate matters the county court shall be entitled to receive the following fees: (a)(i) Twenty-two dollars for probate proceedings commenced and closed informally.
Sources rechecked October 3, 2026: Nebraska source list · how sources are checked · report a correction