U.S. District Court
Fee Schedule
Payment to the clerk's office can be made for some of the below fees at Pay.gov. Please note that some of the below items cannot be delivered by email and must be picked up in person.
| Filing a civil action | $350 plus a $55 administrative fee. |
| Filing a writ of habeas corpus | $5 |
| Appeal of a district court decision to U.S. Circuit Court | $605 |
| Filing or indexing any document not in a case or proceeding for which a filing fee has been paid (miscellaneous case) | $52 |
| Search of the Records (per name or item searched) | $34 |
| Certification of any document or paper | $12 |
| Exemplification of any document or paper | $24 |
| Issuance of an apostille | $50 |
| Reproducing any record or paper | 50¢ per page |
| Reproduction of recordings of proceedings | $34 |
| Microfiche (per sheet of film, where available) | $7 |
| Retrieval of one box of records from a Federal Records Center, National Archives or other storage location removed from the place of business of the court | $70 |
| For retrievals involving multiple boxes | $43 for each additional box. |
| For any payment returned or denied for insufficient of funds | $53 |
| Appeal to a district judge from judgment of conviction by a magistrate in a misdemeanor case | $41 |
| Attorney admission, including a certificate of admission | $199 |
| Duplicate certificate of admission or certificate of good standing | $21 |
| Attorney admission pro hac vice | $100 |
| Handling of registry funds (for invested funds only) | 2.0% - 10% of interest on the account depending on the size of the investment and the length of time investment funds are held |
| Filing a case under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, P.L. 104-114, 110 Stat § 785 (1996). This fee is in addition to the filing fee for a civil action |
$7,202 |
| Processing fee for a petty offense charged on a federal violation notice | $30 |
| 28:1821 Witness fee | $40 |
| Mileage: | Automobiles - $0.70 per mile Motorcycles - $0.68 per mile |
| Retrieval of records via the SmartScan service (maximum of 100 pages) from the Federal Records Center, the fee consists of three components: | $11 Judiciary administrative fee, plus $9.90 charge for the FRC pulling and refiling of paper records, plus $.65 FRC charge per PDF page. |