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Civil Fees & Costs
Initial Filing Fees
Filing Type | Cost |
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Administrative Appeal | $281 |
Eminent Domain Action | $400 |
General Circuit Civil (claims more than $50,000) | $400 |
General County Civil (claims more than $8,000, up to $15,000) | $300 |
General County Civil (claims more than $15,000, up to $50,000) | $400 |
Malpractice 90-Day Extension | $42 |
Other Real Property Actions (not involving commercial or residential foreclosure) $50,000 and less | $400 |
Other Real Property Actions (not involving commercial or residential foreclosure) more than $50,000 and less than $250,000 | $905 |
Other Real Property Actions (not involving commercial or residential foreclosure) $250,000 and above | $1,905 |
Other Fees
Fee Type | Cost |
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Additional Defendant(s) more than five, per defendant | $2.50 |
Attorney Pro Hac Vice | $100 |
Bond Approval | $8.50 |
Circuit Civil Counterclaim/Cross Claim/Third Party Claim | $395 |
County Civil Counterclaim/Cross Claim/Third Party Claim more than $2,500 | $295 |
Eminent Domain Deposit Fee, per deposit | $170 |
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Service Fee (in addition to filing fee and recording fees) | $42 |
Motor Vehicle Repair Act (preparing and recording) | $17 |
Notice of Lis Pendens – Recording first page | $5 |
Notice of Lis Pendens – Recording additional page(s), per page | $4 |
Notice of Lis Pendens – Recording additional name(s) more than four, per name | $1 |
Judicial Sale Fee | $70 |
Electronic Sale Fee | $70 |
Payment Plan Contract Fee | $25 |
Reopen Fee | $50 |
Registry of Court Fee (placing funds into Registry) – First $500** | 3% |
Registry of Court Fee (placing funds into Registry) – Each subsequent $100** | 1.5% |
Satisfaction, Dismissal, Foreign Judgment, or Release of Lis Pendens – Recording first page | $10 |
Satisfaction, Dismissal, Foreign Judgment, or Release of Lis Pendens – Recording additional page(s), per page | $8.50 |
Satisfaction, Dismissal, Foreign Judgment, or Release of Lis Pendens – Recording additional name(s) more than four, per name | $1 |
Sealing any Court File or Expungement of Record | $42 |
Subpoena Issuance (sign and seal only), per subpoena | $2 |
Subpoena Preparation and Issuance (prepare, sign, and seal), per subpoena | $7 |
Summons Issuance (sign and seal only), per summons | $10 |
Summons Preparation and Issuance (prepare, sign, and seal), per summons | $17 |
Surplus Fund Fee | $28 |
Surplus Fund Disbursement Fee, per disbursement | $15 |
Transfer of Lien Certificate, first certificate | $20 |
Transfer of Lien Certificate, each additional certificate | $10 |
Writ Issuance (Garnishment, Replevin, Attachment & Distress Writs), per writ | $85 |
Payments Options:
Acceptable forms of payment for fees and costs:
- Bank check
- Cash
- Credit/Debit Card – Debit/credit transactions incur a 3.5% transaction fee charged by MyFloridaCounty.
- American Express
- Discover
- MasterCard
- Visa
- In-state business check
- Money order
- Personal in-state check with proper identification
Payments for fees and costs must be remitted in U.S. currency. Do not send cash through the mail.
**Registry payments must be submitted in the form of certified funds: cash, cashier's checks, or money orders.
Payments by check or money order:
Make payments submitted by check or money order payable to:
Nikki Alvarez-Sowles, Clerk & Comptroller