Court Costs

Payment of Filing Fees

Payment may be made by money order, cashier's check, certified check, attorney business check, or personal check.  Credit or debit card may be used in e-filing, marriage license, and other limited circumstances. 

Cashier Closes at 4:30 p.m. Please arrive no later than 4:00 p.m. if your business with Court requires a payment.
 

• Please make money orders, certified, cashier's or other checks payable to: The Franklin County Probate Court.
• Personal checks must include state ID number and telephone number. Attorney checks must include OSC registration number. This information may be handwritten if needed. 
• The county will not accept starter checks, counter checks, or other checks without account and check number information. 
• Online requests for Marriage Abstract copies are processed by Point & Pay which charges a transaction service fee.
• For allowable card transactions, there is a separate 3% service charge payable to US Bank or its subsidiary.
• The following cost information covers basic costs only. Additional filings have additional costs. For additional cost information, please contact the appropriate department.
• If leaving cash for a filing fee on a case to be filed after review, you must have the exact filing fee. The court will only make change on real-time filing transactions. The court will not make change for cases to be opened at a later date. 

Administrative Order Regarding Cost of Copies