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Use This County Probate Reference Before You File

This page is built for the detailed county-level checks that generic probate guides usually miss: local filing fees, clerk contact details, administrative orders, e-filing rules, and hearing logistics for Clinton County.

Local Fee Schedule

Review county-specific probate filing charges before you estimate total case cost.

Court Rules and Orders

Check the local rules, judge procedures, and administrative orders that can change how a case moves.

Clerk and Filing Logistics

Confirm where to file, whether e-filing is allowed, and how hearings or notices are handled locally.

Clinton County Probate Court Guide

Clinton County Court of Common Pleas probate court information · Updated May 2026

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Filing & Fees

Fee Schedule Signals

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Probate Filing Fees

Specific fee amounts are not available for this county. The county links a Register and Recorder and Clerk of Orphans' Court fee sheet. Verify current Orphans' Court, Register of Wills, copy, certification, payment, and petition fees with the office before quoting totals.

The county links a Register and Recorder and Clerk of Orphans' Court fee sheet. Verify current Orphans' Court, Register of Wills, copy, certification, payment, and petition fees with the office before quoting totals.

Required Documents

  • County Register of Wills probate or administration petition packet(County ROW packet)

    Opening forms are county-specific. Use the current Register of Wills packet for the county where probate or administration is being opened.

  • Certified death certificate

    Registers of Wills commonly require a certified death certificate for opening letters; confirm copy count and accepted format with the county office.

  • Original will and codicils

    If a will exists, Pennsylvania probate proof is governed by 20 Pa.C.S. Section 3132 and county Register practice.

  • Petition details for letters

    Section 3153 describes petition contents for letters, including decedent, petitioner, interested-party, estate, and requested-letter details.

  • Renunciations, consents, or bond papers

    Whether these are needed depends on the will, priority to serve, bond requirements, and county packet instructions.

  • Short certificate or certified-copy request

    Request after appointment when banks, title companies, agencies, or other holders need certified proof of authority.

  • Inventory materials

    20 Pa.C.S. Section 3301 governs inventory timing after appointment; this is not always an opening-day filing.

  • Small-estate petition and proposed distribution papers(20 Pa.C.S. 3102 petition)

    Use only when the estate may qualify for Pennsylvania small-estate settlement of personal property and the county Orphans' Court accepts the petition.

E-Filing & Filing Methods

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Records portal

Use this county-linked source to check live court-record information when available. Search results may not include every probate record.

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The county Online Public Records Access page says most public access records are online through Infocon, Inc., with a usage fee and over 200,000 scanned documents. It lists Clerk of Court docket information and scanned documents, plus Register and Recorder deed, property-related, survey, and marriage-license records. The page does not identify a complete free public probate-estate index, so use this only as searchable-not-complete online records context.

Filing Methods: in person, mail

Timelines & Proceedings

Deadlines & Creditor Claims

Key Deadlines

Will Deposit
0 days
Creditor Claims
12 months
Known Creditor Notice
60 days

Creditor Claims

Period Starts
first complete advertisement of grant of letters
Statute
20 Pa.C.S. Section 3532

Publication Requirements

Related Proceedings

Property Recording

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Clinton County Treasurer and Tax Claim Bureau

2 Piper Way, Suite 124, Lock Haven, PA 17745

(570) 893-4004

Tax Collector Tax Search

The Treasurer page says the Treasurer Department is the tax collector of county real estate taxes for listed municipalities, the Treasurer is also the Tax Claim Director, the office sends out past-due delinquent real estate taxes, and the Tax Claim Bureau holds tax sales for properties at least two years delinquent. The online records page lists Tax Claim Information through Infocon, and the tax collector page lists municipal collectors. Online records, payment, tax-sale, and repository information are not certified tax payoff or title reports.