new court fee schedule
The Judicial Conference of the United States adopted a new court fee schedule on September 13, which will become effective November 1, 2011. The revenue generated by the fee change will go into the Judiciary's budget.
The new filing fees will be:
- Chapter 7: $306.00
- Chapter 11: $1046.00
- Chapter 13: $281.00
The Judicial Conference also authorized a two-cent increase in the EPA fee - from $.08 to $.10 per page - in the Judiciary's electronic public access (EPA) fee. The two-cent per page increase will be implemented over several months.
PACER users who accrue less than $15 in charges in a quarterly billing cycle will not be charged a fee (the current exemption is $10 per quarter), and government agencies are exempt from the increase for three years.
Other fee changes:
Item |
Current Fee |
New Fee |
Certification |
$9.00 |
$11.00 |
Exemplification |
$18.00 |
$21.00 |
Audio Recording |
$26.00 |
$30.00 |
Amended Bankruptcy Schedules |
$26.00 |
$30.00 |
Record Search |
$26.00 |
$30.00 |
Adversary Proceeding Fee |
$250.00 |
$293.00 |
Document Filing/Indexing |
$39.00 |
$46.00 |
Title 11 Administrative Fee |
$39.00 |
$46.00 |
Record Retrieval Fee |
$45.00 |
$53.00 |
Returned Check Fee |
$45.00 |
$53.00 |
Notice of Appeal fee |
$250.00 |
$293.00 |
Lift/Stay Fee |
$150.00 |
$176.00 |