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Harney County Clerk-Probate Fees
Deliver all filings to the Harney County Clerk's Office:Maria Iturriaga, County Clerk/Recorder
450 N. Buena Vista #14
Burns, OR 97720
Phone: 541-573-6641
Effective September 28, 2009, with the legislatures’ passage of House Bill 2436 we are required to collect an additional $15.00 for each recorded document. This fee is for Low Income Housing and will be forwarded on to the Oregon Dept. of Revenue for that purpose. With the addition of this fee, the basic fee for recording a one page document in Harney County will be $36.00. The fee for each additional page will continue to be $5.00.
- The ONLY documents Exempt from this fee are the following:
- Any document recorded by the Oregon Dept. of Revenue
- Oregon Employment Dept. Warrants
- Certified Copies of Judgments and Satisfactions
- Lien Record Abstracts
- Any Satisfaction, Release, Assignment, or Extension of the above documents
- Affidavits of Annual Compliance (Mining)
If you have any questions, or need further information, please feel free to contact our office.
Please view the new Probate Fee Schedule which will be effective October 1, 2011. Any Probate filed PRIOR to October 1, 2011 continues to follow the old fee schedule below.
Harney County Court Probate Fees
Effective: October 1, 2011
| Instrument | Fee Authority |
Base Fee | Clerk's Record | OJD Surcharge | Law Library |
Total Fee |
| Estates/Conservatorships: | ORS |
ORS 21.310 |
Until 6/30/09 |
ORS 21.350 |
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| Not More than $10,000 | $23.00 | $.40 | $ .95 | $6.65 | $31.00 | |
| $10,001 - $25,000 | $77.00 | $1.30 | $ 3.80 | $20.90 | $103.00 | |
| $25,001 - $50,000 | $154.00 | $2.60 | $ 7.60 | $41.80 | $206.00 | |
| $50,001 - $100,000 | $231.00 | $3.85 | $ 11.40 | $61.75 | $308.00 | |
| $100,001- $500, 000 | $308.00 | $5.10 | $ 14.25 | $82.65 | $410.00 | |
| $500,001- $1,000,000 | $385.00 | $6.35 | $ 18.05 | $102.60 | $512.00 | |
| More than $1,000,000 | $462.00 | $7.65 | $ 21.85 | $123.50 | $615.00 | |
| Small Estate Affidavit | $23.00 | $.40 | $7.60 | $31.00 | ||
| Guardianship | ||||||
| Petition | ORS21.310(3) | > $23.00 | $.40 | $ .95 | $6.65 | $31.00 |
| Trail/Hrg. Fee | ORS21.310(7) | $39.00 | $.10 | $ 1.90 | $ 0.00 | $41.00 |
| Letters | CJO85-44(4) | $5.00 | $5.00 | |||
| Administration | ||||||
| Conservatorship | ||||||
| Guardianship | ||||||
| Testamentary | ||||||
| Small Estates | ORS 114.515(4) | $ 23.00 | $ .40 | $ .95 | $ 6.65 | $ 31.00 |
| Wills w/o Petition for Probate | ORS 21.310(4) | $ 8.00 | $ .15 | $ 0.00 | $ 2.85 | $11.00 |
Instrument |
Fee Authority |
Base Fee |
Clerk's Record |
OJD Surcharge |
Law Library |
Total Fee |
Answer, Motion, Objection, |
ORS 21.310(5) |
$19.00 |
$.35 |
$ .95 |
$5.70 |
$26.00 |
Determination or Request for notice under ORS 125.060(4) |
ORS 21.310(5) |
$19.00 |
$.35 |
$ .95 |
$5.70 |
$26.00 |
Claimant Request for Summary Determination |
ORS 128.280 |
$107.00 |
$1.75 |
$ 4.75 |
$28.50 |
$142.00 |
Trustee Petition to Determine Creditor Claims |
ORS 128.258 |
$107.00 |
$1.75 |
$ 4.75 |
$28.50 |
$142.00 |
Additional Filings in ANY PROBATE or GUARDIAN/CONSERVATORSHIP: ORS 205.320-Filing and making entry when required by law of any Instrument required or permitted to be filed, when it is not Recorded (Each individual Probate Filing-$5.00 per filing). |
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AS PER ORS 111.075: Jurisdiction of all Probate matters, causes and proceedings is vested in the County Courts of Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Sherman and Wheeler Counties, and in the Circuit Courts of all other Counties.