Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-109

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through June 5, 2024.

Section 45a-109 - Miscellaneous fees: Recordings, notices, service of process, copies

In addition to the basic fees specified in sections 45a-106a, 45a-107 and 45a-108a, the following expenses shall be payable to the Probate Courts:

(1) For recording each page or fraction thereof after the first five pages of any one document, three dollars;

(2) for each notice in excess of two with respect to any hearing or continued hearing, two dollars;

(3) for any expenses incurred by the Probate Court for newspaper publication of notices, certified or registered mailing of notices, or for service of process or notice, the actual amount of the expenses so incurred;

(4) for providing copies of any document from a file in the court of any matter within the jurisdiction of the court, five dollars for a copy of any such document up to five pages in length and one dollar per copy for each additional page or fractional part thereof as the case may be, except that there shall be furnished without charge to the fiduciary or, if none, to the petitioner with respect to any probate matter one uncertified copy of each decree, certificate or other court order setting forth the action of the court on any proceeding in such matter;

(5) for certifying copies of any document from a file in the court of any matter before the court, five dollars per each copy certified for the first two pages of a document, and two dollars for each copy certified for each page after the second page of such document, except that no charge shall be made for any copy certified or otherwise that the court is required by statute to make;

(6) for retrieval of a file not located on the premises of the court, the actual expense or ten dollars, whichever is greater;

(7) for copying probate records through the use of a hand-held scanner, as defined in section 1-212, twenty dollars per day;

(8) for providing a digital copy of an audio recording of a hearing, twenty-five dollars; and

(9) for filing any document other than a will under any provision of the general statutes if the court is not required to take action, twenty-five dollars, in addition to any applicable recording fee.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-109

(P.A. 90-146, S. 5; P.A. 93-279, S. 11, 20; P.A. 11-128, S. 3; P.A. 12-45, S. 5; P.A. 13-199, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 451.)

Amended by P.A. 15-0005, S. 451 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Special Session, eff. 1/1/2016.