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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-non-contentious-probate-fees-order-2017/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111154854",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-non-contentious-probate-fees-order-2017",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "FEES TO BE TAKEN",
  "text": "Column 1\nName and description of fee\nColumn 2\nAmount of fee\n1 Application for a grant or resealing of a grant\nOn an application for a grant or resealing of a grant where the assessed value of the estate:\n(a) exceeds £50,000 but does not exceed £300,000;\n£300\n(b) exceeds £300,000 but does not exceed £500,000;\n£1,000\n(c) exceeds £500,000 but does not exceed £1,000,000;\n£4,000\n(d) exceeds £1,000,000 but does not exceed £1,600,000;\n£8,000\n(f) exceeds £1,600,000 but does not exceed £2,000,000;\n£12,000\n(g) exceeds £2,000,000\n£20,000\nFee 1 is not payable on any application on which fee 2.1 or 2.2 is payable\n2 Special applications\n2.1 On an application for a duplicate or second or subsequent grant (including a grant following a revoked grant) in respect of the same estate as the original grant\n£20\nFee 2.1 is not payable if the application for the grant was preceded only by a grant limited to settled land, to trust property or to part of the estate\n2.2 On an application for a grant or resealing of a grant in respect of—\n(a) a death occurring on or after 20th March 2003; and\n(b) an estate exempt from inheritance tax by virtue of section 154 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (death in active service etc.)\n£10\n3 Caveats\nOn an application for the entry or extension of a caveat\n£20\n4 Search\nOn an application for a standing search to be carried out in an estate, for each period of six months and including the issue of a copy grant and will (if any) (irrespective of the number of pages)\n£10\n5 Deposit of wills\nOn depositing a will for safe custody in the Principal Registry or a district registry\n£20\n6 Inspection\nOn inspection of any will or other document retained by the Principal Registry or a district registry and in the presence of an official of that registry\n£20\n7 Copy documents\nOn a request for a copy of any document:\n(a) for the first copy;\n£10\n(b) for every subsequent copy if supplied at the same time as the first copy;\n50p\n(c) where the copy or copies are made available on a computer disk or in any other electronic form, for each such copy\n£10\nFees 7(a), (b) and (c) are payable whether or not the copy is provided as a certified copy\n8 Oaths\nFor administering an oath:\n(a) for each deponent to each affidavit;\n£11\n(b) for marking each exhibit\n£2\nFees 8(a) and (b) are not payable on an application for a grant which is a personal application\n9 Determination of costs\nFor determining costs\nThe same fees as are payable under the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 for determining costs (see Fee 5 (Determining costs in the Senior and County Court) in Schedule 1)\n10 Settling documents\nFor perusing and settling citations, advertisements, oaths, affidavits or other documents, for each document settled\n£12",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1053"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154854/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:46.443913+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}