633.31  Calendar--fees in probate.

1.  The clerk shall keep a court calendar, and enter thereon such matters as the court may prescribe.

2.  The clerk shall charge and collect the following fees in connection with probate matters, which shall be deposited in the account established under section 602.8108: 

a. For services performed in short form                                                                             
 probates pursuant to sections 450.22 and                                                                                        
 450.44 . . . . . . . . .            $ 15.00

b. For services performed in probate of                                                                             
 will without administration . . . . . . . . .    15.00

c. For filing and indexing a transcript                                                                             
 . . . . . . . . .                     5.00

d. For taking and approving a bond, or                                                                              
 the sureties on a bond . . . . . . . . .    20.00

e. For entering a rule or order . . . . . . . . .    10.00

f. For certificate and seal . . . . . . . . .    10.00

g. For making a complete record where                                                                               
 real estate is sold . . . . . . . . .  per 100 words                            .20

h. For making a transcript or copies of                                                                             
 orders or records filed in the clerk's office                                                                                   
 . . . . . . . . .        per 100 words                            .50

i. For certifying change of title . . . . . . . . .    10.00

j. For issuing commission to appraisers                                                                             
 . . . . . . . . .                     2.00

k. For other services performed in the settlement of the estate of any decedent, minor, person with mental illness, or other persons laboring under legal disability, except where actions are brought by the administrator, guardian, trustee, or person acting in a representative capacity or against that person, or as may be otherwise provided herein, where the value of the personal property and real estate of such a person falls within the following indicated amounts, the fee opposite such amount shall be charged. 

 

Up to $3,000.00 . . . . . . . . .     5.00                                                                                            
 

3,000.00 to  5,000.00 . . . . . . . . .    10.00                                                                                     
 

5,000.00 to  7,000.00 . . . . . . . . .    15.00                                                                                     
 

7,000.00 to 10,000.00 . . . . . . . . .    20.00                                                                                     
 

10,000.00 to 15,000.00 . . . . . . . . .    25.00                                                                                    
 

15,000.00 to 25,000.00 . . . . . . . . .    30.00                                                                                    
 

For each additional $25,000.00 or major                                                                                      
 fraction thereof . . . . . . . . .    25.00 


l. For services performed in small estate                                                                           
 administration . . . . . . . . .      15.00 


3.  The fee set forth in subsection 2,
 paragraph "k", shall not be charged on any property
 transferred to a testamentary trust from an estate that has
 been administered in this state and for which court costs have
 been assessed and paid.

Section History: Early form
  [C97, § 3269; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11844; C46, 50, 54, 58,
 62, § 632.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 633.31]
 

Section History: Recent form
  83 Acts, ch 186, § 10124, 10201; 88 Acts, ch 1258, §3; 89 Acts,
 ch 207, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1074, §12, 13; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 99 Acts, ch 56, §3
 

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