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Table of Contents

 
Circuit Civil
Dissolution's of Marriage
Garnishment 
Money Judgment
Mediation Fees
Appeals
 
County Civil
Removal of Tenant
Attachment, Replevin, Distress
Garnishment
Money Judgment
Probate
Disposition of Personal Property
Mediation Fee
Guardianships
Miscellaneous Service Charges
Registry of the Court
Child Support
Recording
Documentary Stamp Tax
Intangible Tax
Indexing
Copies
Marriages

Description
Fee

Circuit Civil

$300.00
(For each defendant over five add $2.50)
$2.50
Dissolution of Marriage
$408.00
Dissolution Counter Claims
$403.00
Attachment, Replevin, Distress (in addition to the filling fee)
$85.00
Garnishment Action
$188.00
Severence
$18.00
Foreign Judgement (in addition to the filling fee)
$85.00
Malpractice 90 Day Extension
$42.00
Adoptions
$342.00
Attorney Pro Hac Vice
$100.00
Mediation - Combined Income < $50,000 - Per Person Per Session
$60.00
Mediation - Combined Income > $50,000 - Per Person Per Session
$120.00
Foreclosure Sale Fee
$70.00
Eminent Domain Registry Fee
$170.00
Court Registry Registry Fee - 3% of first $500, 1.5% thereafter
Transfer of Lien
$20.00
Additional Transfer of Lien
$10.00
Appeal From Circuit to DCA - Additional $300 to DCA
$100.00
Partial Payment Fee - One Time Charge
$25.00
Filing Cross-Claim
$295.00
Issuing Summons
$10.00
Reopen Fee
$50.00

(Reopen fee does not apply to writs of garnishment, replevin, distress,
attachment; motion for rehearing filed within 10 days; motion for attorney's
fees filed within 30 days; motion for dismissal after mediation agreement filed;
a disposition of personal property without adm.; any probate case prior to discharge of personal rep.; any guardianship pleading prior to discharge; any mental health pleading; motions to withdraw by attorneys; motions exclusively for the enforcement of child support; petitions for credit of child support; stipulations; responsive pleadings; and cases in which there is no initial fee.)

Examining, comparing, correcting, verifying and certifying transcripts of record in appellant proceedings prepared by attorney for appellant of someone else other than clerk, Per Page

$4.50
Preparing, numbering and indexing an original record of appellate proceedings PER DOCUMENT
$3.00

County Civil

Claims (for each defendant over five add $2.00)
$2.50
Less than $100.00
$55.00
$100.00 < $500.00
$80.00
$500.01 < $2,500.00
$175.00
$2,500.01 - $15,000.00
$300.00
Evictions
$270.00
Attachment, Replevin, Distress
(In addition to main case filing fee)
$85.00
Garnishment 
($75.00 plus $103.00 Atty. & Registry)
$188.00
Foreign Judgment, enforcement
$42.50
Money Judgment
Reopen Fee (Claims < $500)
$25.00

Reopen Fee (Claims > $500)

$50.00

Ordinance violation

$10.00

Mediation - Per Person Per Session $60.00
Partial Payment Fee - One Time Charge $25.00
Appeal From County to Circuit $281.00
Foreclosure Sale Fee $70.00
Court Registry Registry Fee - 3% of first $500, 1.5% thereafter  
Filing Cross Claim $295.00
Issuing Summons $10.00
Probate
Opening Any Estate $116.00
Open Safe Deposit Box $116.00
Settlement of Minor's Claims $116.00
Summary Administration < $1,000 value
$120.00
Summary Administration > $1,000 value
$230.00
Formal Administration
$285.00
Ancillary Administration
$285.00
Curatorship, Conservatership
$285.00
Guardianship Person Only $120.00
Veteran's Guardianship $120.00
Caveat
$41.00
Notice of Trust
$41.00
Foreign Wills
$116.00
Petition of Incompetency $116.00
Disposition of Personal Property
Without administration
$116.00
Petition to determine heirs
$101.00
Petition to open safe deposit box, enter rooms and places
$101.00
Petition to admit authenticated copies/exemplified copies or transcript to record
$101.00
Signing of Oath of Witness to Will
$3.00
Petition to Determine Homestead
$101.00
Petition to Settle Minor's Claim
$101.00
Mediation Fee
Per Person, Per Session
$40.00

All Courts:
Certified/Registered mail costs to be paid by party requesting service

Guardianships
Guardianship (Person Only)
$120.00
Guardianship (Veterans)
$120.00
Determination of incompetency
$116.00
Reopen Fee
$50.00
Verified Inventory
$85.00
Annual Accounting less than $25,000
$20.00
Annual Accounting $25,000 =< $100,000
$85.00
Annual Accounting > $100,000 =< $500,00
$170.00
Annual Accounting over $500,000
$250.00
Professional Guardian File
$7.50
Miscellaneous Service Charges
Partial Payment Fee $25.00
Subpoena - signing and sealing
$2.00
Preparing witness subpoena or summons
$7.00
Registry of the Court
First $500
3%
Each subsequent $100
1.5%
Making a copy of a court document (PER PAGE)
$1.00
Certifying copies of court documents (PER DOC)
$2.00
Non-court copies (PER PAGE)
$.15
Oath: Administering, attesting and sealing
$3.50
Notary: Administer Oath, sign and sealing
$3.50
Searches of records, Each Year
$1.50
Bond: Approving
$8.50
Restitution payments, Per payment
$3.50
Lis Pendens Recording Fee - One Page
$5.00
Preparation of a document
$6.00
Attorney appearing Pro Hac Vice
$100.00
Eminent Domain Registry Deposit
$170.00
Transfer of Lien
$20.00
Additional Transfer of Lien
$15.00
Sealing/expungement of court file
$42.00
Copy audio CD (Except Recording Info)
$6.00

Child Support

Payoff Statement
$7.50
Satisfaction of Delinquency and recording
$16.00
Transfer of Lien
$20.00
Delinquency Final Judgment Charge and cost
$7.50
Recording & Official Records
First page or fraction thereof
$10.00
Each additional page or fraction thereof
$8.50
Recording Lis Pendens
$5.00
Each additional page of Lis Pendens
$4.00
Documentary Stamp Tax
On real estate conveyance, per $100.00 consideration
$.70
On obligations to pay money, per $100.00 indebtedness
$.35
Intangible Tax
2 mills per 1.00 obligation
$.002
Indexing
Indexing instruments recorded in official records which contain more than 4 entries,
per additional name
$1.00
Copies
Up to legal size, Per Page
$1.00
Larger than legal, Per Page
$5.00
Transfer of Lien or Judgment to Security, Making and serving certificate, or
of lien transfer
$20.00
Each additional transfer
$15.00
Surety bond approval
$8.50 
Marriages