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Ohio court costs
Ohio probate filing cost: not published
Use the selected county probate court schedule for an exact filing total.
not published is not published as a current figure, because the statute states its amounts apply before adjustment by another authority. Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch September 15, 2026.
What the statute charges
Ohio does not fix this amount in a single statewide schedule, so this site reports it as unknown rather than publishing an estimate that no source supports.
Ohio publishes no component breakdown for this cost.
The controlling amount is set below the statute, so this site reports it as unknown rather than estimating it. The linked source explains where the figure comes from.
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
- Actual filing totals vary by probate court.
- The simplified procedure requires a court application.
- Summary release from administration (O.R.C. 2113.031) is a distinct, smaller track from the $35,000/$100,000 release from administration: it is limited to the lesser of $5,000 or the decedent's funeral and burial expenses for a person who paid them, or, for a surviving spouse, the statutory support allowance plus up to $5,000 for funeral and burial. Form 5.10 is the application.
- Executor compensation is not a single percentage of one figure. O.R.C. 2113.35(A) pays 4%/3%/2% on personal property and realty sold, while subsection (B) adds 1% on real property that is not sold and 1% on certain non-probate property, so the total depends on the estate accounting rather than on the probate value alone.
- Creditor claims are barred six months after the date of death under O.R.C. 2117.06(B), and that period runs whether or not an executor or administrator is appointed within it.
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.
Ohio does not provide one operative statewide total for this page. The exact answer must come from the receiving Probate Court and its current local schedule; this site will not turn a base charge into a made-up statewide estimate.
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.
Ohio filing-cost map
Separate the Ohio filing charge from the estate budget
The Ohio 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 Ohio answer | Carry into the case |
|---|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Release from administration | 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? | $35,000 | Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut. |
| What is the time or deadline record? | No universal waiting period stated; Ohio bars creditor claims six months after the decedent's death (O.R.C. 2117.06(B), (C)). The period runs from death, not from publication, actual notice, or appointment of the executor or administrator. | Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number. |
| What does the cost record establish? | No single statewide amount is published here; confirm the receiving court's current schedule. | Ask the Probate Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings. |
| What does compensation use? | Ohio applies a percentage schedule — 4% of the first $100,000, 3% of the next $300,000, and 2% above $400,000 — to personal property and the proceeds of real property that is sold (O.R.C. 2113.35(A)). Section 2113.35(B) then allows a separate 1% fee on the value of real property that is not sold, and a further 1% on certain non-probate property that would have been includable for Ohio estate tax (excluding joint-and-survivorship property). Because that 1% real-property component rests on a base the asset list does not supply on its own, the schedule above is not applied to a single combined figure. The relevant base is the estate accounting. | Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate. |
Filing record
What the Ohio cost record can answer
Ohio has no single statewide schedule in the accepted record.
Use the selected county probate court schedule for an exact filing total. This page therefore names the local confirmation path instead of turning a base charge into a statewide estimate.
Case-file context
Keep the Ohio 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 Ohio 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
Ohio calls its simplified procedure release from administration and provides a higher limit when a surviving spouse receives the entire estate.
The ordinary ceiling is $35,000. It rises to $100,000 when the surviving spouse is entitled to all estate assets. A separate, smaller procedure — summary release from administration under O.R.C. 2113.031 — is available to a person who paid the funeral and burial expenses when the assets do not exceed the lesser of $5,000 or those expenses, or to a surviving spouse up to the statutory support allowance plus up to $5,000 for funeral and burial.
Compensation context
Ohio applies a percentage schedule — 4% of the first $100,000, 3% of the next $300,000, and 2% above $400,000 — to personal property and the proceeds of real property that is sold (O.R.C. 2113.35(A)). Section 2113.35(B) then allows a separate 1% fee on the value of real property that is not sold, and a further 1% on certain non-probate property that would have been includable for Ohio estate tax (excluding joint-and-survivorship property). Because that 1% real-property component rests on a base the asset list does not supply on its own, the schedule above is not applied to a single combined figure.
Ohio applies a percentage schedule — 4% of the first $100,000, 3% of the next $300,000, and 2% above $400,000 — to personal property and the proceeds of real property that is sold (O.R.C. 2113.35(A)). Section 2113.35(B) then allows a separate 1% fee on the value of real property that is not sold, and a further 1% on certain non-probate property that would have been includable for Ohio estate tax (excluding joint-and-survivorship property). Because that 1% real-property component rests on a base the asset list does not supply on its own, the schedule above is not applied to a single combined figure. The relevant base is the estate accounting.
Deadline context
Ohio bars creditor claims six months after the decedent's death (O.R.C. 2117.06(B), (C)). The period runs from death, not from publication, actual notice, or appointment of the executor or administrator.
- Actual filing totals vary by probate court.
- The simplified procedure requires a court application.
- Summary release from administration (O.R.C. 2113.031) is a distinct, smaller track from the $35,000/$100,000 release from administration: it is limited to the lesser of $5,000 or the decedent's funeral and burial expenses for a person who paid them, or, for a surviving spouse, the statutory support allowance plus up to $5,000 for funeral and burial. Form 5.10 is the application.
- Executor compensation is not a single percentage of one figure. O.R.C. 2113.35(A) pays 4%/3%/2% on personal property and realty sold, while subsection (B) adds 1% on real property that is not sold and 1% on certain non-probate property, so the total depends on the estate accounting rather than on the probate value alone.
- Creditor claims are barred six months after the date of death under O.R.C. 2117.06(B), and that period runs whether or not an executor or administrator is appointed within it.
Court-material note: Ohio adopts statewide standard probate forms, but each county probate court sets its own filing charges and local rules.
Arithmetic illustration
See the Ohio amount screen without mistaking it for a result
The recorded Ohio ceiling is $35,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as gross value for this route. Counted that way, $26,300 sits below the Ohio figure and $43,800 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 Ohio counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.
| Illustrative counted amount | Comparison to the Ohio ceiling | What it does not decide |
|---|---|---|
| $26,300 | Below $35,000 | Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties |
| $43,800 | Above $35,000 | 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
- Form 5.10, Summary Release From AdministrationSupreme Court of Ohio
- Ohio standard probate forms, decedent estatesSupreme Court of Ohio
Ohio adopts statewide standard probate forms, but each county probate court sets its own filing charges and local rules.
Source trail
Records used by this Ohio map
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.03(A)Ohio Revised Code, Release from Administration; reviewed August 7, 2026
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2101.16Ohio Revised Code, Probate Court Fees; reviewed August 7, 2026
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.031(B)Ohio Revised Code, Summary Release From Administration; reviewed August 7, 2026
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35Ohio Revised Code, Executor and Administrator Fees; reviewed August 7, 2026
- Ohio Rev. Code § 2117.06(B)Ohio Revised Code, Presentation of Creditor Claims; reviewed August 7, 2026