Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §1-602, as amended by PL 2003, c. 383, §1, is further amended to read:

§1-602. Filing and certification fees

The register of probate must receive the following fees for filing or certifying documents:

(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;

(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:

(i-a)__For filing a will for no probate, $10;

(ii) For filing a will to be probated and without an appointment, $10 $25;

(iii) $10,000 and under Under $40,000, $15 $75;

(iv) $10,001 to $20,000, $30;

(v) $20,001 to $30,000, $45;

(vi) $30,001 to $40,000, $60;

(vii) $40,001 to $50,000, $75 $125;

(viii) $50,001 to $75,000, $100 $200;

(ix) $75,001 to $100,000, $150 $250;