Filing fee is $10.00 at the time of filing. Probate Court can accept cash, money order or check payable to the Chippewa county Probate Court.

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Forms included in this packet:

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Petition and Order to Open Safe-Deposit Box to Locate Will or Burial Deed (PC551)

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Safe-Deposit Box Certificate and Receipt (PC552)

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Petition must be completed by an interested person in the county in which the probate court has jurisdiction and that the safe deposit box may contain a will or burial plot.

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The Court will issue an order to permit the petition to examine the safe-deposit box in the presence of an officer of authorized employee of the lessor of the safe deposit box.

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Only the will or burial plot of the decedent shall be removed from the box and delivered by the petitioner to the probate register or deputy register.