Utah probate cost vs living trust cost
The probate side of this comparison reuses the same approach as the Utah Probate Cost Calculator: the flat $375 District Court filing fee under Utah Code § 78A-2-301, the same for informal or formal probate, plus a reasonable attorney fee under § 75-3-718 — often a flat $3,500–$6,000 for a routine informal estate, or quoted as roughly 2–3.5%. The trust side is market data, not a statutory figure: Utah attorneys typically charge roughly $1,500–$3,000 for a basic revocable living trust, with Utah-specific hourly-rate data putting a fuller plan closer to $3,580–$5,370. See the full breakdown in Utah Living Trust Setup Cost.
Worth noting: Utah is a Uniform Probate Code state with a genuinely low, flat court fee and no death tax, so the case for a trust here often rests less on cost than in a state with a mandatory percentage commission or its own estate tax.