Livingston County Circuit Court Guide

Note: Livingston County's published circuit clerk schedule (2022) lists the Probate (PR) filing fee at $262.00 with a $187.00 appearance fee and no charge to file a will, but it predates the current statewide practice of publishing an all-in decedent-estate total and does not show the flat $100 guardianship and advocacy operations fee that 705 ILCS 105/27.3f adds to decedent estate administration filings (newer schedules in nearby Eleventh Circuit counties publish all-in decedent-estate totals of $356.00 to $382.00), so no single filing-fee number is stored here. The decedent-estate total is the civil Schedule 2 case filing fee set by the county board under 705 ILCS 105/27.1b (probate cases are assigned to Schedule 2 by Illinois Supreme Court order M.R. 29741) plus the flat $100 guardianship and advocacy operations fee charged on decedent estate administration filings under 705 ILCS 105/27.3f. The small estate affidavit (755 ILCS 5/25-1) is presented directly to banks and other asset holders, not filed with the court, so it has no court filing fee. Newspaper publication costs are paid directly to the newspaper. County fee schedule accessed 2026-07-18. Verify the current all-in amount with the Livingston County Circuit Clerk before filing.