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Utah probate filing cost: $375

A probate petition that invokes District Court jurisdiction and is not governed by another fee subsection uses the $375 general civil-petition fee. The cited version is effective May 6, 2026 and expressly superseded January 1, 2027.

$375 is the amount the statute states. Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .

What Utah statutes set in probate fees at a $100,000 estate

  • Court filing: $375 (Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a)).
  • Personal representative: no percentage in the statute; Utah Code § 75-3-718 provides for reasonable compensation.
Worked example: Utah estate of $100,000
Court filing$375
Commissionreasonable, not a rate

Statute text checked October 3, 2026: Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a) and Utah Code § 75-3-718.

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 opening a probate case in District Court

Charge$25,000 estate$100,000 estate$400,000 estate$1,000,000 estate
General civil petition filing fee$375$375$375$375
Total from this schedule$375$375$375$375

Not included in this total

  • Certified copies
  • Publication of notice
  • Later estate-accounting fees

This is the opening petition fee under subsection (1)(a), not the separately tiered fee for filing an accounting.

Source: Utah Code § 78A-2-301(1)(a), Utah Legislature. Edition: Effective 5/6/2026. Verified October 3, 2026.

What the $375 is made of

Utah’s $375 figure is a single statutory charge, not a total assembled from parts. It is shown here with its own provision named, and with the neighbouring charges the Utah schedule prices separately — the ones a filer is most likely to add to it by mistake, or to be quoted alongside it.

  • $375Civil complaint or petition, Utah Code s 78A-2-301(1)(a)

Added together, these come to $375 — 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.

What the Utah figure leaves out

The Utah caveats are listed once, on the Utah overview.

Other costs: probate cost lines.

Filing-cost source

Sources rechecked October 3, 2026: Utah source list · how sources are checked · report a correction

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