Register of Wills - small estate probate fee

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Published small estate probate fee schedule.

Lookup fee (published: Case Search is free, Civil Judgment and Satisfaction Data is subscription-based)

$0 to under $200: $2; $200 to under $5,000: 1% of the value of the Small Estate; small estates over $5,000: see the regular estate schedule (as published)

Coverage start year (published values by court, case type, and county - for example, District Court criminal late 1991, civil 1989, Montgomery County civil 1978)

Available for the period that each county has maintained an automated case management system; the amount of historical information may vary by county based on when the system was deployed (as published)

Case types covered (traffic, criminal, civil, judgments and liens, estate, appeals)

All Register of Wills cases in the state: decedent's name, case number, date of death, personal representative's name, attorney's name, county of filing, estate type, estate status (as published)

Result cap (published: Case Search 600 results, Estate Search 500)

500 records (published message: 'The result set exceeds the limit of 500 records. Please narrow your search.')

Name search rules (exact match by default; partial match is the first letter of the surname + %; % is not allowed at the start or inside a word; company names go in the Person Search surname field)

Use a % as a wildcard at the end of a field (e.g. Smith%); searching a date range requires a last or first name (partials allowed)

Where and how to request copies (in person or in writing at the record-holding court; estates via the county Register of Wills)

At the Register of Wills' Office in the county where the estate record is on file; requests must be made in person or in writing (as published)

Non-public and automatic suppression (automatic suppression under expungement law, HB 1336, HB 837, stet after 3 years, as published)

Last Wills and Testaments filed for safekeeping by living persons are not public record; only the testator (the individual who filed the Will), or someone authorized by them in writing, may view or remove the Will from the safekeeping records (as published)

原データ更新日：2026-10-15
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出典・情報の根拠

• https://registers.maryland.gov/main/fees.html ↗