{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/688",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order revokes the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 1981 and replaces it by specifying new fees for non-contentious probate matters in the principal registry and district registries. A flat fee has been prescribed for the fee payable on application for a grant (fees 1 and 2) in place of scale fees payable under the 1981 Order. Most of the other fees have been increased.\nThe table of comparison below shows the comparison between the old fees and the new fees. The table also shows where new fees have been introduced.\nTable of comparison\nNumber and summary of new fee (for full description see Schedule 1)\nAmount of new fee (for full details see Schedule 1)\nAmount of old fee\nNumber of old fee\nApplication for a grant\n1 On an application for a grant (estate over £5,000)\n£50\nNo fee up to £10,000 then £40 rising in bands to £300 on estates up to £200,000. For estates over £200,000 add £50 per £100,000.\n1(a)1(b)\nPersonal application fee\n2 On personal application for a grant (additional to fee 1)\n£80\nScale, e.g. estates over £5,000…£1 per £1,000\n2(a)2(b)\nSpecial applications\n3 For a duplicate of second or subsequent grant\n£15\n£2\n3(d)(e)\nCaveats\n4 For the entry or the extension of a caveat\n£15\n£4\n4\nSearches\n5 Standing search per 6 months\n£5\n£2\n5\nDeposit of wills\n6 On depositing a will for safe custody\n£15\n£1\n6\nInspection\n7 On inspection of any will or other document\n£15\n25p\n7\nCopies of documents\n8 (a) for the first copy\n£5\n25p–£6\n8(a)(b)(c);9(a)(b)(c); 9(d)(e)\nsubsequent copy, same document at same time\n£1\n25p–£6\nelectronic copy of document\n£3\nNew fee\nNew fee\nwhere a search of the index is required, in addition to fee 8(a), (b) or (c) as appropriate, for each period of 4 years searched after the first 4\n£3\nNew fee\nNew fee\nOaths\n9\n9.1 Oath fee, except on personal application\n£5\n£2\n10(a)\n9.2 for marking each exhibit\n£2\n50p\n10(b)\nDetermination of Costs\n10 For determining costs\nFee 3 in Supreme Court Fees Order 1999\nFee as in action\n11\nSettling documents\n11\n£10\n£5\n12",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/688/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:17.448617+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."
}