Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: Mississippi sets the chancery clerk’s fee for opening an estate by statute at $85.00 statewide, plus $50.00 in additional state-fund fees on every civil case filed.
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What Mississippi charges to open probate
Mississippi sets the chancery clerk’s fee for opening an estate by statute at $85.00 statewide, plus $50.00 in additional state-fund fees on every civil case filed.
| Statewide statutory base fee | $85.00 |
| Additional fee on every civil case filed, Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund | $10.00 |
| Additional fee on every civil case filed, Judicial System Operation Fund | $40.00 |
Mississippi’s base clerk fee is set by state statute at $85.00 for an estate of deceased, plus $10.00 and $40.00 state-fund fees on every civil case filed.
Where this money goes and who sets it
The authority for this figure is Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9. Subsection (2) sets $85.00 as a total fee for all services performed by the clerk on a civil case that includes an estate of deceased, payable on filing; subsection (3) adds $10.00 and $40.00 in state-fund fees on every civil case filed.
What this fee doesn’t cover
Because Mississippi sets the base clerk fee by statute, the $85.00 base is the same in every county. Either way, this is the court’s own charge just to open the file and issue letters, separate from what an attorney charges to actually handle the estate and separate from any state estate or inheritance tax the estate itself might owe.
Sources
Source: Miss. Code Ann. § 25-7-9 (statewide base clerk fee; additional fees on every civil case filed).