When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction. For inquiries, please call (207) 780-3356.
Privacy Act-A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C.§ 552a(e)(3) stating our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check, and explaining the purposes and routine uses which will be made of your check information, is available from the Federal Register at: (https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2003/02/04/03-2521/privacy-act-of-1974-as-amended-system-of0records), or by calling toll free at (1-866-945-7920) to obtain a copy by mail. Furnishing the check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so may require you to make payment by some other method.
DISTRICT COURT FEE SCHEDULE
Effective April 1, 2024
FILING FEES
Filing fee for civil actions (includes $55 administrative fee)
$405
Filing fee for appeal
$605
Filing fee for certain miscellaneous cases. Applicable in the following instances:
For filing any document that is not related to a pending case or proceeding.
Filing of a petition to perpetuate testimony, Rule 27(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Filing of papers by trustees under 28 U.S.C. § 754
Filing of letters rogatory or letters of request
Registering of a judgment from another district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963.
Registration of Foreign Judgment
Power of Attorney
$52
For an appeal to a district judge from a judgment of conviction by a magistrate judge in a misdemeanor case.
$41
For filing an action brought under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, P.L. 104-114, 110 Stat. 785 (1996).
$7,202
CVB Processing Fee
$30
COPY & RECORDS RETRIEVAL FEES
For conducting a search of the district court records. *¹
*¹Note: This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the information requested is available through electronic access.
$34 per name or item searched
For reproducing any record of paper. *²
*²Note: This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the record or paper requested is available through electronic access
50 cents per page
For printing electronic records.
10 cents per page
For reproduction of an audio recording of a court proceeding. *³
*³ Note: This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the recording is available electronically.
$34 including the cost of materials
For 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. For retrievals involving multiple boxes, additional charges apply.
$70 for one box, $43 for each additional box
SmartScan electronic record retrieval from Federal Records Center
$20.90 plus $0.65 per page
For reproduction of records that are in electronic form (does not apply to records stored in CM/ECF of PACER)
$33
ATTORNEY ADMISSIONS FEES
For admission of attorneys to practice, including a certificate of admission.
$199
For a duplicate certificate of admission or certificate of good standing.
$21
For each Pro Hac Vice attorney added to a case.
$200
MISCELLANEOUS FEES
For certification of any document.
$12
For exemplification of any document.
$24
For a check paid into the court which is returned for lack of funds.
$53
The clerk shall assess a charge for the handling of registry funds deposited with the court, to be assessed from interest earnings. See Local Rule 67
