| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §1-602, as amended by PL 2003, c. 383, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| §1-602. Filing and certification fees |
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| | The register of probate must receive the following fees for | filing or certifying documents: |
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| | (1) For making and certifying to the register of deeds copies | of devises of real estate, abstracts of petitions for appointment | of a personal representative or for an elective share and any | other document for which certification is required, $8 $15, | except as otherwise expressly provided by law. The fee must be | paid by the personal representative, petitioner or other person | filing the document to be certified when the copy of the devise | or abstracts is made. The register of probate shall deliver the | certified document to the register of deeds together with the fee | for recording as provided by Title 33, section 751. For making | and certifying to the register of deeds copies for an elective | share, $120. The personal representative, petitioner, applicant | or other person requesting the certification shall pay the | recording fee to the register of probate. deeds; |
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| | (2) For receiving and entering each petition or application | for all estates, testate and intestate, including foreign | estates, and the filing of a notice by a domiciliary foreign | personal representative, except for the filing of a successor | personal representative, when the value of the estate is: |
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| (i-a)__For filing a will for no probate, $10; |
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| (ii) For filing a will to be probated and without an | appointment, $10 $25; |
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| (iii) $10,000 and under Under $40,000, $15 $75; |
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| (iv) $10,001 to $20,000, $30; |
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| (v) $20,001 to $30,000, $45; |
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| (vi) $30,001 to $40,000, $60; |
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| (vii) $40,001 to $50,000, $75 $125; |
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| (viii) $50,001 to $75,000, $100 $200; |
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| (ix) $75,001 to $100,000, $150 $250; |
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