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Texas Probate Statistics
Compare county-level filing fees, e-filing access, and probate process signals across Texas. Use the statewide view to spot local differences, then confirm the county page before filing.
Data for all 254 Texas counties, most recently verified May 7, 2026.
Average Filing Fee
$303
County averages are directional only. Always confirm the live county fee schedule before filing.
Average Small Estate Fee
$352
Other fee categories often capture summary or simplified administration cost differences.
Filing fees are only part of the cost. Estimate total probate costs with the Texas fee calculator.
Where the Filing Fee Differs
201 of the 212 counties with a captured fee charge $300. These counties charge a different amount: 42 counties have no captured statewide fee field; check the county page for its official fee schedule.
- $360
- Atascosa, Cameron, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Travis
- $363
- Montgomery
See every countyAll 254 counties: filing fees, e-filing status, and creditor periods
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| County | Filing Fee | E-Filing | Creditor Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Andrews | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Angelina | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Aransas | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Archer | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Armstrong | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Atascosa | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Austin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bailey | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bandera | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bastrop | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Baylor | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bee | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bell | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bexar | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Blanco | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Borden | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bosque | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Bowie | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Brazoria | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Brazos | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Brewster | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Briscoe | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Brooks | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Brown | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Burleson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Burnet | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Caldwell | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Calhoun | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Callahan | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Cameron | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Camp | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Carson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Cass | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Castro | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Chambers | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Cherokee | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Childress | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Clay | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Cochran | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Coke | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Coleman | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Collin | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Collingsworth | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Colorado | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Comal | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Comanche | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Concho | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Cooke | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Coryell | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Cottle | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Crane | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Crockett | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Crosby | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Culberson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Dallam | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Dallas | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Dawson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Deaf Smith | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Delta | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Denton | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| DeWitt | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Dickens | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Dimmit | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Donley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Duval | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Eastland | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Ector | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Edwards | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| El Paso | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Ellis | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Erath | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Falls | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Fannin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Fayette | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Fisher | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Floyd | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Foard | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Fort Bend | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Franklin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Freestone | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Frio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Gaines | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Galveston | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Garza | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Gillespie | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Glasscock | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Goliad | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Gonzales | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Gray | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Grayson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Gregg | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Grimes | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Guadalupe | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hale | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hamilton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hansford | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hardeman | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hardin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Harris | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Harrison | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hartley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Haskell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hays | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hemphill | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Henderson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hidalgo | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hill | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hockley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hood | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hopkins | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Houston | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Howard | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hudspeth | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hunt | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Hutchinson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Irion | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jack | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jackson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jasper | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jeff Davis | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jefferson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jim Hogg | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jim Wells | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Johnson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Jones | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Karnes | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kaufman | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kendall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kenedy | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kent | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kerr | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kimble | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| King | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kinney | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Kleberg | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Knox | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| La Salle | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lamar | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lamb | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lampasas | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lavaca | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lee | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Leon | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Liberty | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Limestone | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lipscomb | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Live Oak | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Llano | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Loving | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lubbock | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Lynn | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Madison | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Marion | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Martin | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Mason | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Matagorda | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Maverick | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| McCulloch | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| McLennan | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| McMullen | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Medina | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Menard | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Midland | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Milam | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Mills | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Mitchell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Montague | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Montgomery | $363 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Moore | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Morris | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Motley | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Nacogdoches | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Navarro | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Newton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Nolan | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Nueces | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Ochiltree | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Oldham | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Orange | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Palo Pinto | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Panola | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Parker | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Parmer | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Pecos | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Polk | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Potter | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Presidio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Rains | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Randall | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Reagan | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Real | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Red River | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Reeves | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Refugio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Roberts | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Robertson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Rockwall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Runnels | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Rusk | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Sabine | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| San Augustine | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| San Jacinto | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| San Patricio | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| San Saba | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Schleicher | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Scurry | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Shackelford | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Shelby | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Sherman | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Smith | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Somervell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Starr | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Stephens | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Sterling | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Stonewall | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Sutton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Swisher | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Tarrant | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Taylor | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Terrell | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Terry | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Throckmorton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Titus | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Tom Green | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Travis | $360 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Trinity | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Tyler | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Upshur | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Upton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Uvalde | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Val Verde | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Van Zandt | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Victoria | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Walker | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Waller | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Ward | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Washington | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Webb | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wharton | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wheeler | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wichita | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wilbarger | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Willacy | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Williamson | Not listed | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wilson | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Winkler | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wise | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Wood | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Yoakum | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Young | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Zapata | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
| Zavala | $300 | ✓ (Required) | Verify locally |
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the Texas probate statistics on this page measure?
This page compares county-level filing fees, e-filing availability, creditor-claim periods, and data coverage so you can see how probate logistics vary across Texas.
Why do probate costs vary by county within Texas?
Counties can charge different filing fees, certification fees, and local add-on costs. They can also vary on e-filing rules, hearing logistics, and which simplified procedures are easiest to access.
Should I rely on the state average before I file?
No. Use the averages for comparison, but confirm the exact county page before filing. Probate fees and submission requirements can change, and local clerk instructions control the real filing process.
Information current as of May 31, 2026
Settled Estate is not a law firm, and this content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Probate laws and procedures in Texas can change. Consult with a qualified attorney for advice specific to your situation. Full disclaimer.