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County of Ocean, New Jersey Jeffrey W. Moran, Surrogate 118 Washington Street, P. O. Box 2191 Toms River, NJ 08754-2191 - Phone: 732-929-2011

PROBATE OF WILLS AND COPIES
PROBATE OF WILL (NOT MORE THAN 2 PAGES)	$100.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
PROBATE OF WILL WITHOUT LETTERS	$50.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
PROBATE OF CODICIL (NOT MORE THAN 1 PAGE)	$25.00
WHERE CODICIL REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL WITNESS	$5.00
TO REOPEN PROCEEDINGS FOR QUALIFICATION OF EXECUTOR OR TAKING PROOF OF EXTRA WITNESS	$25.00
EACH ADDITIONAL WITNESS	$5.00
RECORDING EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE OF WILL OR CODICIL	$5.00
COMMISSION	$35.00
COPY OF WILL PER PAGE	$3.00
CERTIFIED EXTRA COPY OF WILL PER PAGE	$5.00
FOR EACH CERTIFICATE	$5.00
CERTIFIED COPY OF WILL WITH PROOFS FOR NEW JERSEY COUNTY, NOT EXCEEDING 2 PAGES INCLUDING WILL/CODICIL	$50.00
FOR PAGES IN EXCESS OF TWO	$5.00
WILLS FILED BUT NOT PROBATED, FIRST TWO PAGES	$10.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
PLUS COVER LETTER STATING NO ASSETS	$5.00
PLUS DEATH CERTIFICATE	$5.00
EXEMPLIFYING WILL FOR ANOTHER STATE, NOT EXCEEDING 2 PGS. INCLUDING WILL AND CODICIL	$75.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
FILING AN EXEMPLIFIED COPY OF WILL AND PROBATE PROCEEDING FROM ANOTHER STATE, PER PAGE	$5.00
FILING A CERTIFIED COPY OF WILL WITH PROOF FROM NEW JERSEY, PER PAGE	$5.00
SUPERIOR COURT DOCUMENT FILING PER PAGE	$5.00
LETTERS OF TRUSTEESHIP
ACCEPTANCE OF TRUSTEE AND LETTERS OF TRUSTEESHIP. INCLUDING ONE CERTIFICATE	$50.00
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$125.00
FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS PER PAGE	$5.00
ADMINISTRATION AD PROSEQUENDUM	$50.00
FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS	$5.00
EXEMPLIFYING ADMINISTRATION	$75.00
CERTIFIED COPY OF ADMINISTRATION	$50.00
AFFIDAVIT OF SURVIVING SPOUSE OR NEXT OF KIN (NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 OR $5,000 RESPECTIVELY, FOR EACH $100 OR PART THEREOF...) (NOT TO EXCEED $25.00) (NOT TO EXCEED $50.00)	$5.00
LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP
GRANTING LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP, ACCEPTANCE OF GUARDIANSHIP & FILING POWER OF ATTORNEY	$50.00
AFFIDAVIT OF ESTATE OF MINORS (WHERE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY DOES NOT EXCEED $5,000)	$5.00
MISCELLANEOUS PETITIONS AND ORDERS, PER PAGE	$5.00
INVENTORIES
INVENTORIES (FOR ALL SERVICES IN APPOINTMENT OF APPRAISERS)	$25.00
INVENTORIES (FILING NOT TO EXCEED ONE PAGE) AND AFFIDAVIT OF APPRAISERS & EXECUTOR	$25.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING FILING COMPLAINT, ONE PAGE, UP TO AND INCLUDING $2,000	$175.00
ACCOUNTING FILING COMPLAINT, FROM $2001 TO AND INCLUDING $10,000 ADDITIONAL FEE	$100.00
ACCOUNTING FILING COMPLAINT, FROM $10,001 TO AND INCLUDING $30,000 ADDITIONAL FEE	$125.00
ACCOUNTING FILING COMPLAINT, FROM $30,001 TO AND INCLUDING $65,000 ADDITIONAL FEE	$150.00
ACCOUNTING FILING COMPLAINT, FROM $65,000 TO $200,000 3/10 OF 1% BUT NOT LESS THAN $300.	NEW
IN ESTATES EXCEEDING $200,000 4/10 OF 1% BUT NOT LESS THAN	$400
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
FOR PREPARING NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND COPIES OF THE SAME	$50.00
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS
PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO PRESUMPTION OF DEATH FILING	$175.00
SALE OF LAND TO PAY DEBTS	$175.00
SALE OF LAND IN FULFILLMENT OF CONTRACT MADE BY DECEDENT	$175.00
SALE OF LAND WITHIN 1 YEAR	$175.00
SALE OF MINOR’S LAND	$175.00
DISTRIBUTION, FILING AND ENTERING COMPLAINT	$175.00
FILING COMPLAINT AND ONE PAGE OF ACCOUNTING	$175.00
FILING OF ANSWERING PLEADINGS OR OTHER ANSWERING PAPERS IN SUPERIOR COURT	$110.00
ADOPTION OF ADULTS	$175.00
ADOPTION OF MINORS	$175.00
APPLICATiON FOR RELIEF SUBSEQUENT TO FINAL JUDGEMENT IN SUPERIOR COURT	$25.00
PROCEEDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CONSERVATOR WITH OR WITHOUT JURY TRIAL	$175.00
PROCEEDING FOR THE DETERMINATION OF INCAPACITY AND APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN	$200.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES: UP TO AND INCLUDING $500.00	$20.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES $501 TO AND INCLUDING $1,000	$25.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES $1,001 TO AND INCLUDING $5,000	$30.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES $5,001 TO AND INCLUDING $10,000	$35.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES $10,001 TO AND INCLUDING $25,000	$40.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES $25,001 TO AND INCLUDING $50,000	$60.00
INTERMINGLED ACCOUNT FEES IN EXCESS OF $50.000	$100.00
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
SHORT CERTIFICATES	$5.00
VALIDATION SHORT CERTIFICATES	$3.00
SUBPOENAS EACH	$25.00
STAMPING TRUE COPIES - SUBPOENAS - EACH	$3.00
STAMPING TRUE COPIES. ORDERS TO SHOW CAUSE - EACH	$3.00
STAMPING TRUE COPIES - OTHER PAPERS - EACH	$3.00
AUTHORIZATION OF PROCESS	$5.00
SWEARING EACH WITNESS	$2.00
ADJOURNMENT OR CONTINUANCE	$15.00
MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS OF COURT, FIRST PAGE	$5.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
RECORDING, MICROFILMING OR PHOTOSTATING ALL PAPERS NOT HEREIN PROVIDED FOR, EACH	$5.00
FOR MAKING COPIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, EACH	$3.00
FILING DEATH CERTIFICATE	$5.00
POWER OF ATTORNEY. PER PAGE	$5.00
FOR CERTIFIED MAIL	$5.00
SEARCH FEE, PER ESTATE	$10.00
PROCEEDINGS RELATIVE TO APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN AD LITEM	$25.00
RENUNCIATION BY ONE PERSON	$5.00
RENUNCIATION- EACH ADDITIONAL PERSON	$3.00
CAVEAT - FILING OR WITHDRAWING	$25.00
REFUNDING BOND AND RELEASE OF NOT MORE THAN TWO PAGES	$10.00
COMBINED REFUNDING BOND FOR MORE THAN TWO PAGES- EACH	$5.00
ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR COUNTY CLERK’S CERTIFICATE	$5.00
RELEASE OF NOT MORE THAN TWO PAGES OF REFUNDING BOND AND RELEASE	$10.00
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$5.00
ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR COUNTY CLERK’S CERTIFICATE	$5.00
ASSIGNMENT OF LEGACY OR INTEREST, PER PAGE	$10.00
ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR COUNTY CLERK’S CERTIFICATE	$5.00
FILING ALL PAPERS NOT HEREIN PROVIDED FOR	$5.00
PLAIN COPY OF TWO PAGE WILL	$6.00
EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE	$3.00
FILING OF MOTION IN SUPERIOR COURT	$15.00
NOTICE OF APPEAL	$10.00
MINIMUM CHARGE FOR ALL OTHER PAPERS OR SERVICES - SUPERIOR COURT	$5.00
SERVICE OF PROCESS BY SURROGATE	$25.00
DUPLICATING OR COPYING OF MICROFICHE, DIGITAL TAPE, HIGH DENSITY DISKS....ETC., PER MEDIUM	$150.00
PROCESSING FEE FOR RETURNED CHECK - PLUS BANK FEE	$20.00