Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i)
Reviewed source note: (1) In probate matters the county court shall be entitled to receive the following fees: (a)(i) Twenty-two dollars for probate proceedings commenced and closed informally.
Nebraska court costs
Nebraska probate filing cost: $22
Nebraska charges $22 for proceedings commenced and closed informally; formal proceedings use another schedule.
$22 is the amount the statute states. Sources reviewed August 7, 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 proceedings commenced and closed informally
| Charge | $25,000 estate | $100,000 estate | $400,000 estate | $1,000,000 estate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County court probate fee | $22 | $22 | $22 | $22 |
| Total from this schedule | $22 | $22 | $22 | $22 |
Not included in this total
- Each subsequent petition or application filed within an informal proceeding, charged at $22
- Inheritance tax determination fee under section 33-126.03
- Certified copies
Section 33-125 charges $22 for each subsequent petition or application within the proceeding, so a case with several filings costs more than the opening fee.
Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i), Nebraska Legislature. Edition/currentness: Section history through Laws 2021, LB17, § 8. Verified October 3, 2026.
What the $22 is made of
Nebraska’s $22 figure is a single statutory charge, not a total assembled from parts. It is shown here with its own provision named, and with the neighbouring charges the Nebraska schedule prices separately — the ones a filer is most likely to add to it by mistake, or to be quoted alongside it.
- $22Probate commenced and closed informally, Neb. Rev. Stat. s 33-125(1)(a)(i)
Added together, these come to $22 — the figure this page headlines. If any component changed in the source, the sum would no longer match, and the build withholds the total rather than publishing a number whose parts no longer add up.
What the Nebraska figure leaves out
The Nebraska caveats are listed once, on the Nebraska overview.
Other costs: probate cost lines.
Nebraska’s county court probate fees are flat, small, and charged per filing
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-125(1)(a)(i) sets twenty-two dollars "for probate proceedings commenced and closed informally." Subdivision (ii) charges the same twenty-two dollars "for each subsequent petition or application filed within an informal proceeding," and subdivision (iii) applies twenty-two dollars to "any other proceeding under the Nebraska Probate Code for which no court fee is established by statute."
So the Nebraska court fee is not a single opening charge. An informal estate that needs several later applications pays twenty-two dollars each time, and the total depends on how many filings the administration actually generates.
Inheritance tax is metered separately. Section 33-126.03 gives the county court a twenty-two dollar fee "in all matters for the determination of inheritance tax under Chapter 77, article 20," and expressly does not charge it "if fees have been imposed pursuant to subdivision (1)(b) of section 33-125." Except in cases instituted by the county attorney, that fee is paid by the person petitioning for the determination.
Part of each fee is not kept by the court: four dollars of the inheritance-tax fee, and a share of the § 33-125 fee that stepped up annually to twelve dollars from July 1, 2025, is remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Retirement Fund for Judges.
Source: Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 33-125, 33-126.03, read from the enacting state’s own published code on 2026-09-17. Quoted wording is the statute’s; the surrounding explanation is this site’s reading of it and is not legal advice.
Filing-cost source
Nebraska record: 5/5 verified, 14 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction