Circuit Civil Court: Fees
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Circuit Court I & II Civil Fees
Please note all fees are subject to change.
| NEW CASE - CATEGORY 1: |
| Clerk’s Fee |
$227.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total with Service |
$369.00 |
| Total without Service |
$317.00 |
| For Case Types: |
- Abstract or Structured settlement
- Breach of Contract
- Cases Not Otherwise Specified
- Civil Rights Suits
- Contracts/Debts (bond may be used)
- Employment Discrimination
- Malpractice/Wrongful Death
- Special Remedies
- Tax Disputes
- Torts/Personal Injury
|
| NEW CASE - CATEGORY 2: |
| Clerk’s Fee |
$152.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$294.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$242.00 |
| For case types: |
- Worker’s Comp (bond may be used)
- Appeal to Circuit From Sessions, Juvenile, City Courts and
- Other Courts – Divorces or Civil Cases
- Transferred from another County (Lit tax up front)
- Condemnation/Inverse Condemnations
- Petition for Certiorari
- Quo Warrant Actions
- Transfers From Foreign Counties
- Writs of Mandamus
|
| Conservatorships: |
|
| Clerk’s Fee |
$162.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$304.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$252.00 |
| Letter of conservatorship (Existing Case) |
$5.50 |
| Annual Accounting (Existing case) |
$40.00 |
| Guardianships: |
|
| Clerk’s Fee |
$162.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$304.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$252.00 |
| Judicial Hospitalizations: |
|
| Clerk’s Fee |
$162.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$304.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$252.00 |
| NEW CASE - CATEGORY 3: |
| Clerk’s Fee |
$102.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$244.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$192.00 |
| For Case Types: |
- Adoptions (check to Vital Records $30.00 for Birth Certificate) add’l certificate $15.00
- Legitimations
- Paternity Cases
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Domestic Relations Matters Not Otherwise Designated
- Restoration of Citizenship
- Name Change
- Minor’s Settlement
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgment (Registration of Foreign Decree)
- Order of Protection (fee not required in advance)
|
| CATEGORY 4: (Existing Cases) |
| Clerk’s Fee |
$77.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$129.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$77.00 |
| For Case Types: |
- Child Support Enforcement and Modification
- Interstate Support Cases
- Modification of Parenting Plan
- Civil/Criminal Contempt or Modification of Order
|
Circuit Court I & II Domestic Fees
| Divorce with Children (and/or Annulment) |
| Clerk’s Fee |
$202.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$344.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$292.00 |
| Divorce without Children (Annulment) |
| Clerk’s Fee |
$127.00 |
| Archive Fee |
$5.00 |
| Litigation Tax |
$85.00 |
| Service Fee (per defendant) |
$52.00 |
| Total With Service |
$269.00 |
| Total Without Service |
$217.00 |
Circuit Court I & II Miscellaneous & Fax Fees
| MISCELLANEOUS (Existing Cases) |
| Counter-Complaints, Cross Filings |
$100.00 |
| Contempt (+ Service Fee if needed $52.00=$129.00 total) |
$77.00 |
| Third Party Complaints – Same as Original Complaint less Litigation Tax |
|
| Secretary of State Service (must be certified) (per defendant) |
$20.00 |
| Commissioner of Insurance Service (per defendant) |
$15.00 |
| Publication Service Wilson Post |
$36.00 |
| Publication Service Lebanon Democrat |
$40.00 |
| Certification and Seal (plus $.50 per page) |
$5.00 |
| Subpoenas ($6.00 clerk plus $52.00 service fee) |
$58.00 |
| Post Judgment Orders |
$25.00 |
| Slow Pay Motions (clerk) |
$25.00 |
| Garnishments/Levy w/Service to be paid when issued |
$67.00 |
| Without Service |
$25.00 |
| Property Levy w/Service to be paid when issued |
$77.00 |
| Without Service |
$25.00 |
| Copies (per page) |
$0.50 |
| Qualified Domestic Relations Orders |
$25.00 |
| Petitions for New Bonding Companies – Category 1 filing |
See Category 1 |
| Changes to Existing Bonding Co (adding person) |
$77.00 |
| Appeal to Court of Appeals (Clerk plus $1000.00 bond) |
$300.00 |
| Continuances (taxed at end of case) + $5.00 each add’l |
$7.00 |
| Annual Accountings (Clerk) |
$40.00 |
| Final Accountings (Clerk) |
$40.00 |
| Expungements – Civil |
$100.00 |
FAXING / COPIES
(JUDGE HAGAN WILL NOT ACCEPT OR SIGN FAX FILED ORDERS) |
| Copies |
$.50 per page |
| Certification (Certified Copies) |
$5.00 |
| Faxing |
Faxing: $5.00 plus $1.00 per page
Fax sheets will calculate your fax costs but must be opened with Adobe reader.
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| Pleadings / Filings |
Filings are limited to 50 pages
|
| File Retrieval from archives (Standard Delivery: Requested by 12:00 PM-Available by 10 AM next day) - $11.25 |
