Maryland court costs

Maryland probate filing cost: $200

The statewide probate fee is $0 below $50,000; $100 from $50,000 to below $100,000; $200 from $100,000 to below $500,000; $1,000 from $500,000 to below $1 million; $2,000 from $1 million to below $2.5 million; $5,000 from $2.5 million to below $5 million; $7,500 from $5 million to below $7.5 million; $10,000 from $7.5 million to below $10 million; and $10,000 plus 0.02% of excess over $10 million thereafter, with no stated cap.

$200 is the statutory total at a $100,000 estate. Sources reviewed August 9, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

What the statute charges

Every line below is computed from the statutory schedule quoted at the end of this page. These are court charges only. They are not an estimate of the total cost of settling an estate.

Probate fees assessed on the value of the probate estate

Published value bands

These are the fee bands stated in the source. The worked examples below apply them to sample values; they do not replace the published thresholds.

Maryland statutory probate fee
Value bandPublished calculation
Up to $49,999.99$0
More than $49,999.99 to $99,999.99$100
More than $99,999.99 to $499,999.99$200
More than $499,999.99 to $999,999.99$1,000
More than $999,999.99 to $2,499,999.99$2,000
More than $2,499,999.99 to $4,999,999.99$5,000
More than $4,999,999.99 to $7,499,999.99$7,500
More than $7,499,999.99 to $9,999,999.99$10,000
More than $9,999,999.99$10,000 plus 0.02% of the amount over $10,000,000
Maryland Probate fees assessed on the value of the probate estate cost, itemised at four values of the amount this charge is assessed on
Charge$25,000 estate$100,000 estate$400,000 estate$1,000,000 estate
Maryland statutory probate fee$0$200$200$2,000
Total from this schedule$0$200$200$2,000

Not included in this total

  • Certified copies and recording charges
  • Publication and service costs
  • Fees for later accounts, motions or contested proceedings

The schedule prices the opening filing on the statutory basis. A specific case can carry further charges the statute does not set out here.

Source: Md. Code, Est. & Trusts § 2-206, Maryland General Assembly. Edition/currentness: Publisher edition or effective date not stated. Verified October 3, 2026.

What the Maryland figure leaves out

The Maryland caveats are listed once, on the Maryland overview.

Other costs: probate cost lines.

Filing-cost source

Maryland record: 7/7 verified, 25 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction