Texas Probate Statistics
Compare county-level filing fees, e-filing access, and probate process signals across Texas. Use the statewide view to spot local differences, then confirm the county page before filing.
Data for all 254 Texas counties, most recently verified May 7, 2026.
Average Filing Fee
$303
County averages are directional only. Always confirm the live county fee schedule before filing.
Average Small Estate Fee
$352
Other fee categories often capture summary or simplified administration cost differences.
Filing fees are only part of the cost. Estimate total probate costs with the Texas fee calculator.
Where the Filing Fee Differs
201 of the 212 counties with a captured fee charge $300. These counties charge a different amount: 42 counties have no captured statewide fee field; check the county page for its official fee schedule.
- $360
- Atascosa, Cameron, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Travis
- $363
- Montgomery
See every countyAll 254 counties: filing fees, e-filing status, and creditor periods
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| County | Filing Fee | E-Filing | Creditor Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Andrews | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Angelina | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Aransas | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Archer | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Armstrong | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Atascosa | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Austin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bailey | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bandera | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bastrop | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Baylor | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bee | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bell | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bexar | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Blanco | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Borden | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bosque | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Bowie | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Brazoria | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Brazos | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Brewster | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Briscoe | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Brooks | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Brown | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Burleson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Burnet | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Caldwell | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Calhoun | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Callahan | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Cameron | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Camp | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Carson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Cass | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Castro | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Chambers | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Cherokee | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Childress | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Clay | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Cochran | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Coke | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Coleman | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Collin | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Collingsworth | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Colorado | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Comal | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Comanche | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Concho | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Cooke | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Coryell | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Cottle | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Crane | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Crockett | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Crosby | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Culberson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Dallam | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Dallas | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Dawson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Deaf Smith | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Delta | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Denton | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| DeWitt | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Dickens | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Dimmit | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Donley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Duval | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Eastland | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Ector | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Edwards | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| El Paso | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Ellis | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Erath | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Falls | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Fannin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Fayette | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Fisher | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Floyd | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Foard | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Fort Bend | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Franklin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Freestone | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Frio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Gaines | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Galveston | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Garza | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Gillespie | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Glasscock | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Goliad | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Gonzales | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Gray | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Grayson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Gregg | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Grimes | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Guadalupe | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hale | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hamilton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hansford | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hardeman | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hardin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Harris | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Harrison | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hartley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Haskell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hays | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hemphill | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Henderson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hidalgo | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hill | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hockley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hood | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hopkins | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Houston | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Howard | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hudspeth | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hunt | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Hutchinson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Irion | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jack | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jackson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jasper | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jeff Davis | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jefferson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jim Hogg | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jim Wells | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Johnson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Jones | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Karnes | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kaufman | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kendall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kenedy | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kent | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kerr | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kimble | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| King | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kinney | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Kleberg | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Knox | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| La Salle | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lamar | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lamb | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lampasas | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lavaca | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lee | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Leon | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Liberty | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Limestone | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lipscomb | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Live Oak | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Llano | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Loving | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lubbock | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Lynn | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Madison | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Marion | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Martin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Mason | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Matagorda | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Maverick | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| McCulloch | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| McLennan | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| McMullen | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Medina | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Menard | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Midland | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Milam | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Mills | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Mitchell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Montague | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Montgomery | $363 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Moore | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Morris | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Motley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Nacogdoches | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Navarro | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Newton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Nolan | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Nueces | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Ochiltree | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Oldham | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Orange | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Palo Pinto | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Panola | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Parker | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Parmer | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Pecos | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Polk | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Potter | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Presidio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Rains | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Randall | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Reagan | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Real | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Red River | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Reeves | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Refugio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Roberts | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Robertson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Rockwall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Runnels | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Rusk | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Sabine | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| San Augustine | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| San Jacinto | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| San Patricio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| San Saba | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Schleicher | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Scurry | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Shackelford | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Shelby | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Sherman | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Smith | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Somervell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Starr | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Stephens | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Sterling | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Stonewall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Sutton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Swisher | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Tarrant | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Taylor | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Terrell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Terry | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Throckmorton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Titus | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Tom Green | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Travis | $360 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Trinity | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Tyler | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Upshur | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Upton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Uvalde | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Val Verde | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Van Zandt | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Victoria | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Walker | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Waller | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Ward | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Washington | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Webb | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wharton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wheeler | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wichita | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wilbarger | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Willacy | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Williamson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wilson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Winkler | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wise | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Wood | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Yoakum | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Young | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Zapata | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
| Zavala | $300 | ✓ (Required) | 4 mo |
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the Texas probate statistics on this page measure?
This page compares county-level filing fees, e-filing availability, creditor-claim periods, and data coverage so you can see how probate logistics vary across Texas.
Why do probate costs vary by county within Texas?
Counties can charge different filing fees, certification fees, and local add-on costs. They can also vary on e-filing rules, hearing logistics, and which simplified procedures are easiest to access.
Should I rely on the state average before I file?
No. Use the averages for comparison, but confirm the exact county page before filing. Probate fees and submission requirements can change, and local clerk instructions control the real filing process.
Information current as of May 31, 2026
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