{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999/schedule-1",
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  "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": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "FEES TO BE TAKEN",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nNumber and description of fee\nAmount of fee\nApplication for a grant\n1 On an application for a grant (or for resealing a grant) other than on an application to which fee 3 applies, where the value of the estate exceeds £5,000\n£50\nPersonal application fee\n2 Where the application under fee 1 is made by a personal applicant (not being an application to which fee 3 applies) fee 2 is payable in addition to fee 1, where the value of the estate exceeds £5,000\n£80\nSpecial applications\n3 For a duplicate or second or subsequent grant (including one following a revoked grant) in respect of the same deceased person, other than a grant preceded only by a grant limited to settled land, to trust property, or to part of the estate\n£15\nCaveats\n4 For the entry or the extension of a caveat\n£15\nSearch\n5 On an application for a standing search to be carried out in an estate, for each period of six months including the issue of a copy grant and will, if any (irrespective of the number of pages)\n£5\nDeposit of wills\n6 On depositing a will for safe custody in the principal registry or a district registry\n£15\nInspection\n7 On inspection of any will or other document retained by the registry (in the presence of an officer of the registry)\n£15\nCopy documents\n8 On a request for a copy of any document whether or not provided as a certified copy:\n(a) for the first copy\n£5\n(b) for every subsequent copy of the same document if supplied at the same time\n£1\n(c) where copies of any document are made available on a computer disk or in other electronic form, for each such copy\n£3\n(d) where 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 years\n£3\nOaths\n9 Except on a personal application for a grant for administering an oath,\n9.1 for each deponent to each affidavit\n£5\n9.2 for marking each exhibit\n£2\nDetermination of costs\n10 For determining costs\nThe same fees as are payable from time to time for determining costs under the Supreme Court Fees Order 1999 (the relevant fees are set out in fee 10 in Schedule 1 to that Order)\nSettling documents\n11 For perusing and settling citations, advertisements, oaths, affidavits, or other documents, for each document settled\n£10",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/687."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/642",
      "affecting_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (as para 3(1))",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1239",
      "affecting_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment)Order 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/688/schedule/1",
    "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."
}