Sec. 101.1215. COUNTY COURT FEES AND COSTS: ESTATES CODE. The clerk of a county court shall collect the following fees and costs under the Estates Code:

(1) fee for deposit of a will with the county clerk by a testator or another person for a testator during the testator's lifetime or by an attorney, business entity, or other person unable to maintain custody of a testator's will and unable to contact or locate the testator (Sec. 252.001, Estates Code) . . . $5;

(2) security deposit on filing, by any person other than the personal representative of an estate, an application, complaint, or opposition in relation to the estate, if required by the clerk (Sec. 53.052, Estates Code) . . . probable cost of the proceeding;

(3) security deposit on filing, by any person other than the guardian, attorney ad litem, or guardian ad litem, an application, complaint, or opposition in relation to a guardianship matter, if required by the clerk (Sec. 1053.052, Estates Code) . . . probable cost of the guardianship proceeding;

(4) nonrefundable fee to cover the cost of administering Subchapter G, Chapter 1104, Estates Code (Sec. 1104.303, Estates Code) . . . $40; and

(5) costs for attorney ad litem appointed to pursue the restoration of a ward's capacity or modification of the ward's guardianship (Sec. 1202.102, Estates Code) . . . reasonable compensation.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 7.106(a), eff. September 1, 2007.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 11.109(b), eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 9.114, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 8.114, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 701 (H.B. 2207), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017.