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Court Fees

Court Fees - Decorative

Fees may be paid at the Clerk’s Office by check, money order, or credit card; or online at Pay.gov.  Checks and money orders must be made out to: CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT.


Schedule of Fees Effective February 12, 2024

FeeAmount
Apostille $50.00
Attorney Admission$226.00
Certificate of Good Standing$21.00
Document Certification$12.00
Exemplification$24.00
Filing Fee for Civil Case$405.001
Habeas Corpus Filing Fee$5.00
Microfilm/Microfiche$7.00
Misdemeanor Appeal$41.00
Miscellaneous Case Filing Fee$52.00
Notice of Appeal$605.00 2
Petty Offense Violation Processing Fee$30.00
Photocopy (per page)$   .50
Pro Hac Vice Application$200.00
Record Retrieval (one box)$70.00
Record Retrieval involving multiple boxes, each additional box$43.00
Record Search (per name or item searched) $34.00
Registration of Foreign Judgment$52.00
Reproduction and transmitting in any manner 
a copy of an electronic record stored outside of the
court’s electronic case management system
$33.00
Reproduction of an Audio Recording of Court Proceeding$34.00
Returned Check Fee$53.00
Solidarity Act of 1996 (in addition to filing fee)$7,202.00
  
1 Includes a $55.00 administrative fee for filing a civil action, suit or proceeding.
The administrative fee is applied to all civil actions except petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and where a person has been granted IFP status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
2 Includes a $5.00 statutory fee that is collected in 28 U.S.C. § 1917