Wahkiakum 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. No Wahkiakum County superior court clerk fee schedule was read at an official source in this pass, so fee_schedule_url is null. The statute is the schedule.