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New Hampshire court costs
New Hampshire probate filing cost: $305
The New Hampshire Circuit Court Probate Division publishes a statewide estate-administration filing fee that steps with estate value: a Petition for Estate Administration is $150 for a value of $10,000 or less, $205 for $10,001 to $25,000, and $305 for more than $25,000 (schedule effective 07/01/2025, issued under Probate Division Rule 169 and RSA 490:26-a). The footnoted total is the base fee plus any Supreme-Court-authorized surcharges; certified-mail and later-accounting fees are separate.
$305 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.
Petition for Estate Administration (Circuit Court, Probate Division)
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.
New Hampshire estate-administration filing fee by estate value
| Value band | Published fee |
|---|---|
| Up to $10,000 | $150 |
| More than $10,000 to $25,000 | $205 |
| More than $25,000 | $305 |
| Charge | $25,000 estate | $100,000 estate | $400,000 estate | $1,000,000 estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire estate-administration filing fee by estate value | $205 | $305 | $305 | $305 |
| Total from this schedule | $205 | $305 | $305 | $305 |
Not included in this total
- Certified-mail costs for orders of notice (RSA 463:6, V)
- Accounting fee for estates over $25,000 gross value
- Supreme-Court-authorized surcharges added to the base fee
The schedule's "Total Fee" is the base filing fee plus any applicable surcharges authorized by the Supreme Court and/or New Hampshire statutes; the band figures are the base estate-administration fees.
Source: N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a, New Hampshire Judicial Branch. Edition/currentness: 07/01/2025. 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
- Executor compensation remains UNKNOWN because the suggested RSA does not address compensation and the official court materials returned 403.
- The estate-administration filing fee is now pinned from the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (tiered $150 / $205 / $305, effective 07/01/2025); the HTML fee/forms pages remain HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, and the PDF's Drupal path (documents/2021-06/) could change on re-upload, so the URL needs re-verification each release.
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.
New Hampshire filing-cost map
Separate the New Hampshire filing charge from the estate budget
The New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire answer | Carry into the case |
|---|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Summary administration (post-appointment closing) | Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route. |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; gross value for this route. | Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately. |
| What is the amount screen? | No numeric ceiling verified | Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut. |
| What is the time or deadline record? | No waiting-period number verified; New Hampshire uses appointment-based stages: no action in the first six months, exhibition and demand within six months after the original grant, and suit within one year after that grant, with suspension and statutory exceptions. These are distinct procedural deadlines rather than one claim-bar number. | 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 Circuit Court, Probate Division about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings. |
| What does compensation use? | No compensation amount is recorded here: No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403. | Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate. |
Filing record
What the New Hampshire cost record can answer
Petition for Estate Administration (Circuit Court, Probate Division)
Basis: estate-value. Status: operative. The schedule's "Total Fee" is the base filing fee plus any applicable surcharges authorized by the Supreme Court and/or New Hampshire statutes; the band figures are the base estate-administration fees.
- New Hampshire estate-administration filing fee by estate value 3 value bands
Case-file context
Keep the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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
New Hampshire probate is handled by the Circuit Court’s Probate Division, organized by county. Its summary-administration route is a post-appointment closing mechanism without a dollar cap, not a low-value affidavit procedure.
Summary administration is a closing procedure with no monetary cap. An administrator may move after the estate has been open at least six months, with no outstanding debts, obligations, unpaid or unresolved claims, taxes addressed, beneficiary assents, and no need for further court supervision. RSA 553:32 separately waives inventory, bond, and accounting in specified beneficiary/assent situations.
Compensation context
No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403.
No compensation amount is recorded here: No personal-representative compensation standard was found in the harvested probate-title statutes. RSA 554:26, suggested during discovery, only requires annual accounts and does not set compensation; the Judiciary rules/resources needed for a further check returned HTTP 403.
Deadline context
New Hampshire uses appointment-based stages: no action in the first six months, exhibition and demand within six months after the original grant, and suit within one year after that grant, with suspension and statutory exceptions. These are distinct procedural deadlines rather than one claim-bar number.
- Executor compensation remains UNKNOWN because the suggested RSA does not address compensation and the official court materials returned 403.
- The estate-administration filing fee is now pinned from the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (tiered $150 / $205 / $305, effective 07/01/2025); the HTML fee/forms pages remain HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, and the PDF's Drupal path (documents/2021-06/) could change on re-upload, so the URL needs re-verification each release.
Court-material note: The official Circuit Court Probate Division HTML and forms pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (effective 07/01/2025) is machine-fetchable and returns the estate-administration fee table verbatim; it is the pinned fee source. RSA 490-F:3 creates the Probate Division, and RSA 490-F:4 makes each county a judicial district for that division.
No numeric shortcut is available for New Hampshire
This registry does not establish a numeric New Hampshire ceiling from an accepted primary source. The safe next step is to follow the reason and source lane on this page, then ask the Circuit Court, Probate Division for the current rule rather than importing a neighboring state\'s amount.
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
- New Hampshire Circuit Court Filing Fees (Probate Division)New Hampshire Judicial Branch
The official Circuit Court Probate Division HTML and forms pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official Circuit Court Filing Fees PDF (effective 07/01/2025) is machine-fetchable and returns the estate-administration fee table verbatim; it is the pinned fee source.
RSA 490-F:3 creates the Probate Division, and RSA 490-F:4 makes each county a judicial district for that division.
Source trail
Records used by this New Hampshire map
- N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 553:32-:33RSA 553:32-:33, waiver and summary administration; reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-aNew Hampshire Circuit Court Filing Fees — Probate Division; reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 556:1-:7RSA chapter 556, claims and suits against administrators; reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 490-F:3-:4RSA 490-F:3-:4, Circuit Court Probate Division; 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.
N.H. Circuit Court Filing Fees, Probate Division (eff. 07/01/2025); N.H. Prob. Div. R. 169; RSA 490:26-a
Reviewed source note: Petition for Estate Administration with a value of $10,000 or less ..................... $150.00 Petition for Estate Administration with a value of $10,001 to $25,000 ............ $205.00 Petition for Estate Administration with a value more than $25,000 ................. $305.00
What this means: The statewide estate-administration filing fee is set by the New Hampshire Supreme Court's fee schedule (Probate Division Rule 169) under RSA 490:26-a, not by a dollar figure in the RSA text. The HTML fee pages return HTTP 403 to a machine fetch, but the official PDF schedule returns the fee table verbatim and is the pinned source. Fees are tiered by estate value: $150 / $205 / $305.