Notary fee caps rise in Poland from 5 November, wills now up to 200 zł

What changed on 5 November

The maximum fees notaries may charge in Poland rose on Thursday, 5 November 2026, under a regulation of the Minister of Justice dated 13 October. The regulation was published in Dziennik Ustaw on 21 October, and the new caps apply from the 5 November start date. The rates had not been revised for more than 20 years, and the change is the first of this scale since 2004. The figures are ceilings rather than fixed prices: the notary and the client agree the final amount, which may be lower. The increases reach simple, frequent services as well as complex work on real estate, company matters and inheritances, and in some cases the maximum rises threefold.

Wills, powers of attorney and inheritance documents

Drafting a basic will now carries a maximum of 200 zł, up from 50 zł. A will containing an ordinary bequest, an instruction or an exclusion from the right to the forced share may cost up to 300 zł, previously 150 zł, while a will with a vindication bequest is capped at 400 zł, previously 200 zł. Revoking a will may cost up to 50 zł instead of 30 zł. A power of attorney covering one act is capped at 100 zł, up from 30 zł, and one covering several acts at 200 zł, up from 100 zł.

Basic will200

Ordinary bequest, instruction or forced-share exclusion300

Vindication bequest400

Basic will

200 zł

Ordinary bequest, instruction or forced-share exclusion

300 zł

Vindication bequest

400 zł

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Inheritance documents follow the same pattern. The maximum for an inheritance certification deed rises from 50 zł to 200 zł, and for a European certificate of succession from 400 zł to 600 zł.

Property values and new line items

Fees tied to the value of the transaction keep their structure, but the top threshold is now split in two. Above 2 million zł the maximum stays at 6,770 zł plus 0.25% of the excess over 2 million zł. A new tier above 5 million zł sets 14,270 zł plus 0.15% of the excess over that amount. The cap on the surcharge for excess value stays at 10,000 zł (7,500 zł in tax group I) for the 2 million zł threshold, while for the 5 million zł tier it is 25,000 zł (15,000 zł in tax group I). A new item sets a maximum of 300 zł for an application for an entry in the land register, and acts not listed in the regulation rise from 200 zł to 400 zł.

Why the caps were raised

The Ministry of Justice pointed to cost increases since the rates were set, listing the prices of consumer goods and services, labour, energy, premises rent and IT services. It also cited the organisational and public-law duties placed on notaries, along with the growing complexity and time that notarial acts now require. The existing caps dated from a 2004 regulation, and the ministry said the socio-economic changes since then had made them unsuited to the work notaries do.

What the taksa is

The taksa is an official schedule setting the upper limit of notarial fees, and the minister of justice sets it, unlike the older tariff of the First Republic that voivodes set. Many notarial acts must be performed in notarial form, for instance buying a flat or signing a prenuptial agreement, so the state decides a notary is needed and takes responsibility for what the client pays. Under the caps, the actual fee is agreed between the notary and the client. Because the rates had not been indexed for more than 20 years, notaries had been working with fees set before that point.