Pend Oreille County Superior Court Clerk Guide

Note: WASHINGTON'S PROBATE FILING FEE IS A FLAT, STATEWIDE, STATUTORY $290 WHATEVER THE ESTATE IS WORTH. It is not banded by estate value, not a percentage, not a probate tax, and no county sets or varies it. The build is RCW 36.18.020(2)(f) $200 for the first document in a probate proceeding, plus two surcharges that the statute says the clerk 'must' collect: $40 under (5)(c), which applies to all filing fees except (2)(b), (d) and (h), and $50 under (6), which applies to (2)(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (g). Every subsection was read verbatim at the live statute on 2026-08-07. THE $50 SURCHARGE IS NEW: 2025 c 357 added subsection (6) effective 27 July 2025, so any source still quoting $240 predates it and any source quoting $200 has omitted both surcharges. A petition contesting a will admitted to probate, a petition to admit a rejected will, and a petition objecting to a written agreement under RCW 11.96A.220 each cost the same $290 under (2)(g) plus the same two surcharges. THE SMALL ESTATE AFFIDAVIT COSTS NOTHING IN COURT because it is an out-of-court procedure: RCW 11.62.010 has the claiming successor present the affidavit to whoever holds the property, not to the clerk. THERE IS NO STATEWIDE WASHINGTON JUDICIARY FEE SCHEDULE. RCW 36.18.080 makes posting the fees a per-county duty, so the statute is the schedule; where this county publishes its own posted schedule the URL is in fee_schedule_url, and where it does not that field is null rather than pointing at a judiciary page that does not exist. Confirm the current total with the county clerk before filing. PEND OREILLE COUNTY IS THE ONE COUNTY IN THIS BATCH THAT PUBLISHES ITS OWN SUPERIOR COURT CLERK FEE SCHEDULE, and it is stored in fee_schedule_url. Read at the source on 2026-08-07 (Content-Type application/pdf), headed 'FEE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE 6/11/2026' — the effective date of 2026 c 33. Its PROBATE/GUARDIANSHIP table prints 'Estate (Probate) Filing $250.00' cited to RCW 36.18.020(2)(f) plus 'Judicial surcharge $40.00' cited to (4)(b), TOTAL $290.00. The total agrees with the statute to the cent; the county's internal split does not, because the live statute sets the probate filing fee at $200 in (2)(f) and adds the $40 surcharge at (5)(c) and a further $50 at (6). The county has folded the $50 legacy-project surcharge into its $250 line. THE NUMBER A FAMILY PAYS IS $290 EITHER WAY. The same schedule prices a Petition Contesting Will or Trust (TEDRA) and a Petition To Admit Rejected Will at $250 + $40 = $290 under (2)(g); a Small Estate Affidavit filing at $20.00; a Certificate of Qualification (Form K) at $5.00; a certified copy of Letters of Administration, Testamentary or Guardianship at $5.00 with additional copies also $5.00; a will filed after death with no probate contemplated at $20.00; a will filed in the repository before death at $20.00; and a Notice of Probate, where the probate was filed in a county other than the decedent's residence, at $20.00. It also records the in-forma-pauperis waiver of the filing fee for financial hardship under RCW 36.18.022.