Hardy County Clerk of the County Commission Guide

Specific fee amounts are not available for this county. West Virginia imposes NO state or local probate tax and no state estate, inheritance, or gift tax. The cost to qualify the personal representative and record the will in Hardy County is built from flat statutory clerk of the county commission recording fees under W. Va. Code 59-1-10 (about $10 per instrument, plus $1 for each page over five), bundled across the several documents an estate records (will, oath, list of heirs, appraisement), so the total to open a full estate varies by county and by will length (documented statewide at roughly $44 to $100 for a full estate and about $14 to $56 for a small estate). The clerk collects a $20 fee to publish the notice of administration (W. Va. Code 44-1-14a), plus the newspaper Class II legal advertisement charge, which is set by the publisher. The fiduciary supervisor charges $10 for a short form settlement (W. Va. Code 44-3A-4a). For an estate referred to a fiduciary commissioner (generally one appraised above $200,000, exclusive of real estate specifically devised and nonprobate assets), the commissioner fee is capped at $300 plus expenses by default (W. Va. Code 44-2-1; 59-1-9). No single statewide full-administration filing fee exists, so none is published here as a bare figure. Verify the current opening fee with the Hardy County Clerk (clerk of the county commission) before relying on an amount.