New Jersey court costs
New Jersey probate filing cost: $100.00 + $5.00 per page over two
Set statewide by N.J.S. 22A:2-30 and paid to the county Surrogate: probate is charged by the page count of the will, with codicils, extra witnesses and copies charged separately, so no single total is asserted.
No single total: $100.00 for a will of up to two pages, $5.00 per extra page (N.J.S. 22A:2-30). Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
What New Jersey statutes set in probate fees at a $100,000 estate
- Court filing: no single total; $100.00 to probate a will of up to two pages, letters included, plus $5.00 for each additional page (N.J.S. 22A:2-30); codicils, extra witnesses and copies are charged separately, so the total depends on the documents filed.
- Personal representative: up to $5,000 on a base of $100,000 (all corpus received by the fiduciary, P.L.2000, c.29; N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14), the most the statute lets one executor take; the court may reduce it on a beneficiary’s application.
| Court filing | $100.00 + $5.00 per page over two |
|---|---|
| Maximum commission at 5% | $5,000 |
Statute text checked October 10, 2026: N.J.S. 22A:2-30.
Statute text checked October 3, 2026: P.L.2000, c.29; N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14.
Why New Jersey has no single total
No single statewide total is stated because N.J.S. 22A:2-30 prices probate by the number of pages in the will and charges codicils, extra witnesses and copies separately, so the amount depends on the documents filed; the Surrogate of the county of venue collects it for the county. Where the amount is set: N.J.S. 22A:2-30, applied by the Surrogate of the county of venue (an official county Surrogate site such as https://www.bergencountysurrogate.com/).
What the New Jersey figure leaves out
The New Jersey caveats are listed once, on the New Jersey overview.
Other costs: probate cost lines.
The New Jersey surrogate charges by the page, and the schedule is statutory
N.J.S. 22A:2-30 fixes the surrogate’s fees and directs that they "shall be for the use of the county in which the fees are collected." Probate of a will of not more than two pages is $100.00, with $5.00 for each additional page.
That fee is not just for stamping the will. The statute enumerates what it covers: "all services in preparation and execution of complaint, filing proof of death, deposition of one witness, qualification of executor, filing power of attorney, surrogate’s certificate, judgment for probate, letters testamentary, plain copy of will, binding, recording, microfilming or photostating, comparing, docketing, report to the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury, report and transmission to the Clerk of the Superior Court."
Variants are priced separately. Probate of a will of not more than two pages without letters is $50.00 plus $5.00 per additional page, covering the same services "except letters, surrogate’s certificate and qualification of executor." Probate of each codicil not exceeding one page is $25.00, with $5.00 where the codicil requires an additional witness, and $25.00 to reopen probate proceedings for qualification of an executor or to take proof of an extra witness.
Witnesses and copies have their own lines: one witness in the probate proceedings carries no charge, each additional witness is $5.00, a plain extra copy of the will is $3.00 per page, and a certified extra copy is $5.00 per page plus $5.00 for the certificate. Where there are no assets, a will filed but not probated costs $10.00 for the first two pages and $5.00 for each additional page, plus $5.00 for the cover letter stating no assets and $5.00 for the death certificate.
Source: N.J.S. 22A:2-30, 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.
Sources rechecked October 3, 2026: New Jersey source list · how sources are checked · report a correction