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Oklahoma court costs
Oklahoma probate filing cost: $173
The statewide district-court flat fee for a probate case is $135.00 (28 O.S. § 152(A)(3)) plus permanent mandatory statewide surcharges: +$6 Law Library Fund (subsection B), +$25 Oklahoma Court Information System (subsection C), +$5 court-appointed special advocate/OCASA (subsection D), and +$2 miscellaneous (subsection E) — $173 total. A +$10 Court Clerk's Records Management and Preservation Fund surcharge (subsection G) applied only 'until November 1, 2023' in the cited Oklahoma State Senate edition (which raised the running total to $183 while in effect); the record before us does not show a later reauthorization. A separate $10 courthouse-security fee is county-optional (subsection F) and is excluded from the statewide figure.
$173 is the amount the statute states. 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.
Probate case filed in district court
| Charge | $25,000 estate | $100,000 estate | $400,000 estate | $1,000,000 estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probate and guardianship flat fee (28 O.S. s 152(A)(3)) | $135 | $135 | $135 | $135 |
| Law Library Fund (subsection B) | $6 | $6 | $6 | $6 |
| Oklahoma Court Information System Revolving Fund (subsection C) | $25 | $25 | $25 | $25 |
| Court-appointed special advocates, OCASA (subsection D) | $5 | $5 | $5 | $5 |
| Judicial Complaints and interpreter funds (subsection E) | $2 | $2 | $2 | $2 |
| Total from this schedule | $173 | $173 | $173 | $173 |
Not included in this total
- County-optional courthouse security fee of up to $10 (subsection F), which each county decides
- The $10 Records Management and Preservation Fund surcharge (subsection G), which applied only until November 1, 2023
- Certified copies, publication and service of process
- Attorney and appraiser fees
Every line is a permanent statewide charge the statute sets for a probate filing. A county may add the optional courthouse-security fee, and a specific case can carry further charges this section does not price.
Source: 28 O.S. § 152, Oklahoma State Senate. Edition/currentness: Laws 2019, c. 354, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.. Verified September 15, 2026.
What the $173 is made of
Oklahoma’s $173 figure is not a single line. It is the sum of the separate charges below, each set by its own part of the Oklahoma fee provision. Every one is a permanent, statewide charge on opening this kind of case, which is why they combine into one number a filer can check rather than take on trust.
- $135Probate and guardianship flat fee, subsection (A)(3)
- $6Law Library Fund, subsection (B)
- $25Court Information System Revolving Fund, subsection (C)
- $5Court-appointed special advocates, subsection (D)
- $2Judicial complaints and interpreter funds, subsection (E)
Added together, these come to $173 — 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.
Charges the $173 figure leaves out
These amounts appear in or beside the same Oklahoma schedule, so a reader can easily mistake one for part of the fee. Each is held out of the figure above for the specific reason given, which is the difference between an honest total and an inflated one.
A charge that has expired
- Records Management and Preservation Fund, subsection (G)
- applied only "until November 1, 2023" in the cited edition; no later reauthorization appears in the record before us.
A figure kept for context
- Running total while the (G) surcharge was in force
- historical total, shown to explain the sunset; not the current fee.
A charge set by the county
- Courthouse security fee, subsection (F)
- county-optional, so it cannot enter a statewide figure.
Money already inside the total
- Subsection (E) allocation: judicial complaints and interpreter split
- the $2.00 in subsection (E) is credited as $1.55 plus $0.45; the parts are inside the counted component, not additional to it.
A fee for a different filing
- Subsection (A) line items for proceedings other than probate
- the flat-fee schedule prices every civil proceeding; only paragraph (A)(3), probate and guardianship, is the operative one for this product.
A value boundary, not a charge
- Jurisdictional amount thresholds in paragraphs (A)(9) and (A)(10)
- these are the value boundaries that select a civil filing tier, not charges anyone pays.
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
- The cohort brief's §241/§393 labels were reversed relative to the harvested titles; the dossier follows the harvested text (§393 = $50,000 collection affidavit, §241 = $150,000 dispensing-with-regular-proceedings). Verifier correction applied: 58 O.S. § 245 (not § 241) is Oklahoma's summary-administration provision, with a $200,000 value threshold plus alternate routes for a decedent deceased more than five years or a nonresident decedent; § 241 is the separate 'dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000' route requiring a filed petition for probate and an appointed personal representative. Both are now sourced to the Oklahoma State Senate os58.pdf (§§ 241 and 245).
- FIGURE CHANGE: filing-fee total revised from $188 to $173. The Oklahoma State Senate 2019-12 edition sets OCASA at $5 (subsection D), not $10, and sunsets the $10 Records Management surcharge (subsection G) on Nov 1, 2023 rather than 2027. Permanent statewide surcharges therefore total $135 + $6 + $25 + $5 + $2 = $173. The cited edition may trail a later reauthorization of the records-management fee that OSCN reflected; OSCN is no longer fetchable to confirm.
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.
Oklahoma filing-cost map
Separate the Oklahoma filing charge from the estate budget
The Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma answer | Carry into the case |
|---|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393); dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000 (58 O.S. § 241); summary administration (58 O.S. § 245) | 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; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. | 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? | 10 days after death; No deadline is recorded here: Oklahoma runs a presentation period keyed to publication of notice to creditors plus special rules for known creditors; a single number would conflate publication and actual-notice triggers. | Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number. |
| What does the cost record establish? | $173 is the recorded statewide amount. | Ask the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings. |
| What does compensation use? | Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls. 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 Oklahoma cost record can answer
Probate case filed in district court
Basis: estate-value. Status: operative. Every line is a permanent statewide charge the statute sets for a probate filing. A county may add the optional courthouse-security fee, and a specific case can carry further charges this section does not price.
- Probate and guardianship flat fee (28 O.S. s 152(A)(3)) $135
- Law Library Fund (subsection B) $6
- Oklahoma Court Information System Revolving Fund (subsection C) $25
- Court-appointed special advocates, OCASA (subsection D) $5
- Judicial Complaints and interpreter funds (subsection E) $2
Case-file context
Keep the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma probate is handled by the District Court. Estates can proceed by a $50,000 collection affidavit (58 O.S. § 393), by dispensing with regular proceedings in estates up to $150,000 after appointment of a personal representative (§ 241), or by summary administration under § 245 (estate value not exceeding $200,000, or a decedent deceased more than five years, or a nonresident decedent). Personal-representative commissions follow the 5%/4%/2.5% schedule of 58 O.S. § 527.
Oklahoma offers three abbreviated tracks, keyed to different statutes and thresholds. (1) Affidavit for collection (58 O.S. § 393): collect the decedent's Oklahoma property when the fair-market value of property located in Oklahoma, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $50,000, usable ten or more days after death and only if no personal representative has been appointed. (2) Dispensing with regular proceedings (58 O.S. § 241): after a petition for probate is filed and a personal representative is appointed, if the value of the real and personal property in the estate does not exceed $150,000 the court may dispense with the regular proceedings and order notice to creditors and a combined final hearing — an abbreviated but court-supervised administration. (3) Summary administration (58 O.S. § 245): a person interested in an estate may petition for summary administration if the estate meets ONE of three conditions — the value of the estate is less than or equal to $200,000, OR the decedent has been deceased for more than five years, OR the decedent resided in another jurisdiction at the time of death. Section 241 and section 245 are separate routes with different thresholds ($150,000 vs $200,000) and different eligibility gates; only § 245 is titled summary administration.
Compensation context
Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls.
Where the will fixes no compensation, 58 O.S. § 527 allows commissions on the amount of the whole estate accounted for, excluding property not ranked as assets: 5% of the first $1,000; 4% of the next $5,000 (i.e., $1,000 to $6,000); and 2.5% of all amounts above $6,000. The court may allow further just-and-reasonable amounts for extraordinary services, and a will provision on compensation controls. The relevant base is the estate accounting.
Deadline context
No deadline is recorded here: Oklahoma runs a presentation period keyed to publication of notice to creditors plus special rules for known creditors; a single number would conflate publication and actual-notice triggers.
- The cohort brief's §241/§393 labels were reversed relative to the harvested titles; the dossier follows the harvested text (§393 = $50,000 collection affidavit, §241 = $150,000 dispensing-with-regular-proceedings). Verifier correction applied: 58 O.S. § 245 (not § 241) is Oklahoma's summary-administration provision, with a $200,000 value threshold plus alternate routes for a decedent deceased more than five years or a nonresident decedent; § 241 is the separate 'dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000' route requiring a filed petition for probate and an appointed personal representative. Both are now sourced to the Oklahoma State Senate os58.pdf (§§ 241 and 245).
- FIGURE CHANGE: filing-fee total revised from $188 to $173. The Oklahoma State Senate 2019-12 edition sets OCASA at $5 (subsection D), not $10, and sunsets the $10 Records Management surcharge (subsection G) on Nov 1, 2023 rather than 2027. Permanent statewide surcharges therefore total $135 + $6 + $25 + $5 + $2 = $173. The cited edition may trail a later reauthorization of the records-management fee that OSCN reflected; OSCN is no longer fetchable to confirm.
Court-material note: Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393. The Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) now answers automated requests with a bot-challenge page rather than the document, so no Oklahoma court link is published here: this site links only court material it can prove reachable. OSCN remains the official source for Oklahoma court forms and dockets -- open it directly in a browser, or ask the court clerk in the county of filing.
Arithmetic illustration
See the Oklahoma amount screen without mistaking it for a result
The recorded Oklahoma ceiling is $50,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $37,500 sits below the Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.
| Illustrative counted amount | Comparison to the Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma publishes no court artifact in this registry. Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.
Oklahoma probate is heard in the District Court of each county. There is no single statewide small-estate affidavit form promulgated by the Oklahoma courts; the affidavit is a statutory instrument under 58 O.S. § 393.
The Oklahoma State Courts Network (oscn.net) now answers automated requests with a bot-challenge page rather than the document, so no Oklahoma court link is published here: this site links only court material it can prove reachable. OSCN remains the official source for Oklahoma court forms and dockets -- open it directly in a browser, or ask the court clerk in the county of filing.
Source trail
Records used by this Oklahoma map
- 58 O.S. § 39358 O.S. § 393 - Payment or delivery of property to successor by affidavit (small estate affidavit); reviewed August 9, 2026
- 58 O.S. § 24158 O.S. § 241 - Dispensing with regular proceedings in estates under $150,000; reviewed August 9, 2026
- 58 O.S. § 24558 O.S. § 245 - Petition for summary administration - Conditions - Requirements; reviewed August 9, 2026
- 58 O.S. § 52758 O.S. § 527 - Fees and commissions; reviewed August 9, 2026
- 28 O.S. § 15228 O.S. § 152 - Flat fee schedule - In forma pauperis; 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.
28 O.S. § 152
Reviewed source note: 3. Probate and guardianship.....................$135.00 4. Annual guardianship report....................$33.00 5. Any proceeding for sale or lease of real or personal property or mineral interest in probate or guardianship........$43.00 6.