Section K

Magistrates Court: Family Cases: court fees

6 fee items, straight from the Judiciary's Court Fees Assessment Schedule. Fixed fees run from KSh 500 to KSh 2,000. Nothing in this section moves with the amount claimed.

Magistrates Court: Family Cases fees from the Court Fees Assessment Schedule
#	What you are filing	Fee
1	Succession or Inheritance cases (Testate or Intestate) This one fee covers P&A 79 - Petition with letters administration with annexed written or oral will P&A 78 - proof of oral will Affidavit P&A 80 - Petition P&A 5 - Supporting Affidavit P&A 11 - Justification of Proposed Surety P&A 12 - Justification of Proposed Administrator(s) P&A 57 - Guarantee by personal sureties P&A 38 - Consent Chiefs Letter Death Certificates Proof of ownership	KSh 2,000
2	Depositing, withdrawal or inspecting of a will This one fee covers Will Letter to deposit or withdraw will	KSh 500
3	Petition for resealing of a grant This one fee covers P&A 81 - Petition to High Court by personal representative P&A 82 - Petition to High Court by AG Certified Grant by the foreign court Affidavits Order	KSh 1,300
4	Entering a caveat (r. 15(2)) - Caveat	KSh 500
5	Every citation This one fee covers Citation Affidavit	KSh 650
6	Ad Litem This one fee covers Form 90 B - Petition Affidavit Certified Death certificate Chiefs Letter Police abstract Form 38 - Consent	KSh 1,000

Source: The Judiciary of Kenya, Court Fees Assessment Schedule, section K, page 15 of the published PDF. In force from 1 July 2021. Transcribed by hand from the page image on 2026-09-14 because the published file carries no text layer.

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