Publication
Newspaper pricing is commercial rather than a statewide fee.
New York court costs
New York probate filing cost: $420
SCPA § 2402(7) sets a statewide banded probate/administration filing fee based on the gross estate: under $10,000 = $45; $10,000–under $20,000 = $75; $20,000–under $50,000 = $215; $50,000–under $100,000 = $280; $100,000–under $250,000 = $420; $250,000–under $500,000 = $625; $500,000 and over = $1,250. (The small-estate voluntary-administration affidavit costs $1 under SCPA § 1304.)
$420 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.
New York probate filing
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 York filing fee by estate value
| Value band | Published fee |
|---|---|
| Up to $9,999.99 | $45 |
| More than $9,999.99 to $19,999.99 | $75 |
| More than $19,999.99 to $49,999.99 | $215 |
| More than $49,999.99 to $99,999.99 | $280 |
| More than $99,999.99 to $249,999.99 | $420 |
| More than $249,999.99 to $499,999.99 | $625 |
| More than $499,999.99 | $1,250 |
| Charge | $25,000 estate | $100,000 estate | $400,000 estate | $1,000,000 estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York filing fee by estate value | $215 | $420 | $625 | $1,250 |
| Total from this schedule | $215 | $420 | $625 | $1,250 |
Not included in this total
- Certified copies and recording charges
- Publication and service of process
- Later accounts, motions and contested proceedings
- Attorney and appraiser fees
This schedule prices the filing the statute names. A specific case can carry further court charges, and it never includes attorney, appraiser or publication costs.
Source: N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2402(7), New York State Senate (Open Legislation). Edition/currentness: Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22). 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
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 York filing-cost map
Separate the New York filing charge from the estate budget
The New York 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 York answer | Carry into the case |
|---|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Voluntary administration / small estate (SCPA art. 13) | 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 with statutory exemptions not classified by this worksheet. | Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately. |
| What is the amount screen? | $50,000 | Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut. |
| What is the time or deadline record? | No universal waiting period stated; SCPA § 1802 bars claims not presented within 7 months from the date letters are first issued, but this is a calendar-month period running from appointment (not a fixed day count), and it interacts with the fiduciary's separate publication/notice practice; a single day number would mislead. | 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 Surrogate's Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings. |
| What does compensation use? | SCPA § 2307 sets commissions on the sums of money the fiduciary receives and pays out: 5% on the first $100,000, 4% on the next $200,000, 3% on the next $700,000, 2.5% on the next $4,000,000, and 2% on all sums above $5,000,000. Commissions are computed on receipts and expenditures, not on gross estate value. A will may fix different rates for a corporate executor (subd. f). The relevant base is money received and paid out during administration. | Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate. |
Filing record
What the New York cost record can answer
New York probate filing
Basis: estate-value. Status: operative. This schedule prices the filing the statute names. A specific case can carry further court charges, and it never includes attorney, appraiser or publication costs.
- New York filing fee by estate value 7 value bands
Case-file context
Keep the New York 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 York 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
In New York, decedents' estates are administered by the Surrogate's Court in the decedent's county. Estates of $50,000 or less in personal property may use the simplified voluntary-administration (small estate) procedure. New York publishes real statutory schedules for both court filing fees (SCPA § 2402) and executor commissions (SCPA § 2307).
A 'small estate' is one leaving personal property with a gross value of $50,000 or less, exclusive of property required to be set off to a surviving spouse/children under EPTL 5-3.1(a). Real property is not covered. The summary voluntary-administration procedure has no waiting period after death, and the clerk charges $1 to file the affidavit.
Compensation context
SCPA § 2307 sets commissions on the sums of money the fiduciary receives and pays out: 5% on the first $100,000, 4% on the next $200,000, 3% on the next $700,000, 2.5% on the next $4,000,000, and 2% on all sums above $5,000,000. Commissions are computed on receipts and expenditures, not on gross estate value. A will may fix different rates for a corporate executor (subd. f).
SCPA § 2307 sets commissions on the sums of money the fiduciary receives and pays out: 5% on the first $100,000, 4% on the next $200,000, 3% on the next $700,000, 2.5% on the next $4,000,000, and 2% on all sums above $5,000,000. Commissions are computed on receipts and expenditures, not on gross estate value. A will may fix different rates for a corporate executor (subd. f). The relevant base is money received and paid out during administration.
Deadline context
SCPA § 1802 bars claims not presented within 7 months from the date letters are first issued, but this is a calendar-month period running from appointment (not a fixed day count), and it interacts with the fiduciary's separate publication/notice practice; a single day number would mislead.
Court-material note: New York probate is handled by the Surrogate's Court in each county. The New York Courts self-help pages (nycourts.gov) return HTTP 403 to automated fetches (Cloudflare interstitial), so no court-resource URL could be verified to return HTTP 200 in this session. Primary statutory text is taken from the New York State Senate's official Open Legislation service (www.nysenate.gov) over HTTPS. New York's Surrogate's Court forms, including the small-estate (voluntary administration) affidavit, are published by the Unified Court System, whose servers refuse automated requests. No New York court link is published here rather than one this site cannot prove reachable: obtain the affidavit from the Surrogate's Court of the county where the decedent lived.
Arithmetic illustration
See the New York amount screen without mistaking it for a result
The recorded New York ceiling is $50,000, and it is tested against personal probate property only, on a basis this site records as gross value with statutory exemptions not classified by this worksheet. Counted that way, $37,500 sits below the New York figure and $62,500 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 New York counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.
| Illustrative counted amount | Comparison to the New York ceiling | What it does not decide |
|---|---|---|
| $37,500 | Below $50,000 | Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties |
| $62,500 | Above $50,000 | 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
New York publishes no court artifact in this registry. New York probate is handled by the Surrogate's Court in each county.
New York probate is handled by the Surrogate's Court in each county.
The New York Courts self-help pages (nycourts.gov) return HTTP 403 to automated fetches (Cloudflare interstitial), so no court-resource URL could be verified to return HTTP 200 in this session. Primary statutory text is taken from the New York State Senate's official Open Legislation service (www.nysenate.gov) over HTTPS.
Source trail
Records used by this New York map
- N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1301N.Y. SCPA § 1301 - Definitions (small estate / voluntary administration); reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1304N.Y. SCPA § 1304 - Summary procedure (voluntary administration); reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2402(7)N.Y. SCPA § 2402 - Surrogate's Court fees; reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2307N.Y. SCPA § 2307 - Commissions of fiduciaries other than trustees; reviewed August 9, 2026
- N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 1802N.Y. SCPA § 1802 - Effect of failure to present claim; 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.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2402(7) (SCPA 2402(7))
Reviewed source note: Less than $10,000 ....................................... $ 45.00 10,000 but under 20,000 ................................. 75.00 20,000 but under 50,000 ................................. 215.00 50,000 but under 100,000 ................................ 280.00 100,000 but under 250,000 ............................... 420.00 250,000 but under 500,000 ............................... 625.00 500,000 and over ........................................ 1,250.00
What this means: Subdivision 7 sets a statewide banded fee applied to the gross estate (for probate, the gross estate passing by will; for administration, the value of the estate). An additional fee is due if the estate's value is later shown to be higher. Primary text is taken from the New York State Senate's official Open Legislation service over HTTPS. The page carries the publisher's own currentness marker ('Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22)'), which is pinned and re-checked each release. Confirm anything decision-critical with the Surrogate's Court.