Richmond County Clerk of the Circuit Court Guide

At qualification the Clerk collects a Virginia state probate tax of about 10 cents per $100 of the estate's value (Va. Code 58.1-1712), plus an optional local probate tax of up to one-third of the state amount, plus clerk qualification and recording fees. No probate tax is due on estates of $15,000 or less. The Commissioner of Accounts charges separate fees for reviewing the inventory and the accounts. Local probate-tax adoption and exact current qualification, recording, copy, and certification amounts for Richmond County were not captured with dollar figures in this pass - verify current local amounts with the Richmond County Circuit Court Clerk and the assigned Commissioner of Accounts before relying on a figure.