CIRCUIT CIVIL
Effective July 1, 2004
Case Type Fee
Eminent Domain (per deposit) $150.00
Timeshare Foreclosure $256.00
Dissolution $364.00
Other $256.00
Add’l filing fee: ea defendant over 5 = $2.00 ea
Proceedings of Garnishment (Writ) $178.00
Proceedings of Attachment,
Replevins and Distress $75.00
Severance (each severance) $15.00
ReOpen Civil Action
(Includes Petition for Modification) $50.00
Appealed cases (Circuit to Appellate(1st DCA)) $300.00
Appealed cases (Inferior Court to Circuit) $250.00
Attorney appearing pro hac vice $100.00
Automatic 90-Day Extension in
Medical Malpractice $37.50
Receiving Money Into the Registry of the Court
First $500 - 3%, Each subsequent $100 - 1.5% $0.00
Postal Chgs (cert/reg mail)
Copies $1/pg
Approval of Bond $7.50
Foreclosure Sale $60.00
Transfer of Lien (money lien)
Sum equal to amount of claim + 3 yrs interest
+ $500 to apply to court costs + $15.00 clk fee
+ recording fee - $10.00 for certificate.
($7.50 Clk fees for each add’l lien + $10.00
recording fees for each add’l lien
(2nd pg + = $8.50/Pg))
Transfer of Lien (construction lien)
Sum equal to amount of claim + 3 yrs interest
+ $1,000 or 25% (whichever is greater) of the claim
to apply to attorney fees and court costs + $15.00
clk fees + recording fee - $10.00 for certificate.
($7.50 Clk fees for each add’l lien + $10.00
recording fees for each add’l lien
(2nd pg + = $8.50/Pg))
DCA Fee $300.00
Foreign Judgment (Money Judgment Only) $292.50
When court ordered mediation services are provided by a circuit court’s mediation program, the following fees shall be collected by the clerk of court:
per person per session in family mediation when
parties combined income is > $50,000 but < $100,000 $80.00
per person per session in family mediation when
parties combined income is < $50,000
$40.00
1An additional filing fee of $5 for each timeshare estate joined in that action shall be paid to the Clerk of Court
COUNTY CIVIL
Effective July 1, 2004
Case Type Fee
All Claims < $100 $55.00
All Claims = > $100 but no > $500 $80.00
All Claims > $500 but not > $2,500 $155.00
All Claims > $2,500 $255.00
Add’l filing fee: ea defendant over 5 = $2.00 ea
Proceedings of Garnishment (Writ) $178.00
Proceedings of Attachment, Replevins and Distress $75.00
Removal of Tenant Action $80.00
Foreign Judgment [Note: The $37.50 fee is in addition to the filing fee for the case type]
ReOpen Civil Action for Claims < = $500 $25.00
ReOpen Civil Action for Claims > $500 $50.00
Attorney appearing pro hac vice $100.00
Receiving Money Into the Registry of the Court:
First $500 - 3%, Each subsequent $100 - 1.5%
Postal Chgs (cert/reg mail)
Copies $1/pg
Approval of Bond $7.50
Writing, signing & sealing subpoena $6.00
Signing & sealing only $1.50
Transfer of Lien (money lien):
Sum equal to amount of claim + 3 yrs interest
+ $500 to apply to court costs + $15.00 clk fee
for making and serving the certificate + recording
fee of $10.00 for certificate. ($7.50 Clk fees for
each add’l lien + $10.00 recording fees for each lien
(2nd pg + = $8.50/Pg))
Transfer of Lien (construction lien):
Sum equal to amount of claim + 3 yrs, interest +
$1,000 or 25% (whichever is greater) to apply to
attorney fees and court costs + $15.00 clk fee +
recording fee - $10.00 for certificate. ($7.50 Clk fees
for each add’l lien + $10.00 recording fees for each
lien (2nd pg + = $8.50/Pg))
When court ordered mediation services are provided by a circuit court’s mediation program, the following fees shall be collected by the clerk of court:
per person per session in family mediation
$40.00
PROBATE/GUARDIANSHIP
Effective July 1, 2004
Case Type Fee
Opening an Estate - one document or more
(including but not limited to petitions and
orders to approve settlement of minor’s claims;
to open a safe deposit box; to enter rooms and
places; for the determination of heirs, if not formal
administration; and for a foreign guardian to
manage property of a nonresident; but not to include
issuance of letters or order of summary
administration $101.00
Caveat / Notice of Trust (s.737.308) $36.00
Petition and order to admit foreign wills,
authenticated copies, exemplified copies,
or transcript to record $101.00
For disposition of personal property
without administration $101.00
Summary Administration -
estates valued at $1,000 or more $205.00
Summary Administration -
estates valued at less than $1,000 $105.00
Formal administration, guardianship,
ancillary, curatorship, or conservatorship $255.00
proceedings
Guardianship proceedings of person only $105.00
Veterans’ guardianship pursuant to chapter 744 $105.00
Petition for determination of incompetency $101.00
Reopen Fee $50.00
Appeal (Circuit to Appellate) $300.00
Attorney appearing pro hac vice $100.00
DCA Fee $300.00
Maintain professional guardian files at $7.50 $7.50
Verified Inventory: Value of ward’s
property exceeds $25,000, filing of verified
inventory for auditing inventory1 $75.00
Upon the filing of the annual accounting, service charges according to the following schedule:
Estates with value of $25,000 or less $15.00
Estates with value more than $25,000
up to and including $100,000 $75.00
Estates with value more than $100,000
up to and including $500,000 $150.00
Estates with a value exceeding $500,000 $225.00
Copies $1.00/page
Exemplified Certificates $6.00
Receiving Money Into the Registry of the Court
First $500 - 3%, Each subsequent $100 - 1.5%
1Note: If a ward’s property has a value of less than $25,000, audit fee must be paid from the general fund of the county in which the guardianship proceeding is conducted. S.744.365
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Effective July 1, 2004
Descriptions and Charges Fee
Upon receipt of an application for a
marriage license, for preparing
and administering of oath, issuing,
sealing, and recording marriage license; and
providing a certified copy $93.50
Upon receipt of an application for a marriage license
above less $32.50 for valid certificates of completion
of a premarital preparation course from a
qualified course provider registered
under 741.0305(5) $61.00
For solemnizing matrimony $30.00
SERVICE CHARGES
Effective July 1, 2004
Statute Descriptions and Charges Fee
s.28.24(1) Examining, comparing, correcting,
verifying & certifying transcripts in
appellate proceedings $4.50 per Page
s.28.24(2) Preparing, numbering, & indexing
original record of appellate
proceedings $3.00 per Instrument
s.28.24(3) Certifying copies in public
record $1.50 per Instrument
s.28.24(4) Verifying an instrument presented
for certification prepared by someone
other than clerk $3.00 per Page
s.28.24(5) (a) Copies by photographic in public
records not more than
14 in. by 8 1/2 in. $1.00 per Page
s.28.24(5) (b) Copies by photographic in public
records more than
14 in. by 8 1/2 in. $5.00 per Page
s.28.24(6) (a) Microfilm copies 16 mm 100’ roll
of any public records $37.50 per Roll
s.28.24(6) (b) Microfilm copies 35 mm 100’ roll
of any public records $52.50 per Roll
s.28.24(6) (c) Microfiche, per fiche $3.00 per Fische
s.28.24(7) Copying any instrument in the
public records by other than
photographic process $6.00 per Page
Statute Descriptions and Charges Fee
s.28.24(8) Writing paper other than herein
specifically mentioned, same as
for copying, including
signing and sealing $6.00 per Page
s.28.24(9) Indexing each entry not recorded $1.00 ea.
s.28.24(10)(a)1 Receiving money into registry
of Court-First $500 - 3% 3%
s.28.24(10)(a)2 Each subsequent $100 - 1.5% 1.5%
s.28.24(10)(b) Eminent Domain per
Deposit at $150.00 $150.00
s.28.24(11) For examining, certifying, and
recording plats and for recording
condominium exhibits larger than
14 inches by 8 1/2 inches:
s.28.24(11)(a) First page $30.00
s.28.24(11)(b) Each additional page $15.00
s.28.24(12) For recording, indexing, and filing
any instrument not more than
12 inches by 8 1/2 inches, including
required notice to property
appraiser where applicable:
s.28.24(12)(a),(d)&(e) First pages or fraction
thereof $10.00
s.28.24(12)(a),(d)&(e) Each additional page
or fraction thereof $8.50
s.28.24(12)(c) For indexing instruments recorded
in the official records which
contain more than four
names $1.00 per Add’l Name
s.28.24(13) Oath, administering, attesting and
sealing not otherwise provided herein $3.00
s.28.24(14) For validating certificates, any
authorized bonds $3.00 Each
s.28.24(14)5 For preparing affidavit of domicile $5.00
s.28.24(16) For exemplified certificates, including
signing & sealing $6.00
s.28.24(17) For authenticated certificates,
including signing & sealing $6.00
s.28.24(18)(a) Issuing & filing subpoena for a
witness, not otherwise provided herein
(includes writing, preparing,
signing and sealing) $6.00
s.28.24(18)(b) Signing and sealing ONLY $1.50
s.28.24(19) For approving Bond $7.50
s.28.24(20) For searching records, each
year’s search $1.50
s.28.24(21) For processing and application
for a tax deed sale (includes
application, sale, issuance, and
preparation of tax deed, and
disbursement of proceeds of sale),
other than excess proceeds $60.00
s.28.24(22) For disbursement of excess proceeds of tax
deed sale, first $100 of fraction thereof $10.00
s.28.24(23) Upon receipt of an application for
a marriage license, for preparing and
administering of oath, issuing, sealing,
and recording marriage license; and
providing a certified copy $30.00
s.28.24(24) For solemnizing matrimony $30.00
s.28.24(25) For sealing any court file or
expungement of record $37.50
s.28.24(26)(a) For receiving and disbursing
all restitution payments, per payment $3.00
s.28.24(26)(b) For receiving and disbursing
all partial payments, other than
restitution payments, for which an
administrative processing service
charge is not imposed pursuant to
s.28.246, per month $5.00
s.28.24(26)(c) For setting up a payment plan,
a one-time administrative processing
charge in lieu of a per month charge
under paragraph (b) $25.00
s.28.24(27) Postal charges incurred by the clerk
of the circuit court in any mailing
by certified or registered mail shall be
paid by the party at whose instance
the mailing is made
Civil Procedure
s.45.031 (1) Foreclosure Sales $60.00
Judgments
s.55.10 (5) Transfer of Lien $15.00
s.55.10 (5) Additional lien transfers $7.50
s.55.505 (3) Notice of recording foreign judgment $37.50
Liens (If processed in courts division)
s.713.24 (1) (b) Filing bond executed as
surety by surety insure licensed
to do business in the state.
(Mechanic Lien) $15.00
s.713.24 (1) (b) Filing bond executed as surety
by surety insure licensed to do
business in the state.
Each additional lien $7.50