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Civil Department Fees
Circuit Civil (for each defendant over five add $2.50) $ 400.00
Adoption Action (filing fee $400+sealing $42.00) $ 442.00
Name Change Action $ 400.00
Issue Summons, per summons, per defendant, incl. Alias, pluries

Summonses

$ 10.00
Circuit Civil Counterclaim, Counter petition, Cross claim.

Third-party complaint

$ 395.00
Mortgage Foreclosure/Real Property Actions
Claim = 0-$50,000
$ 400.00
Claim = $50,000.01 -$250,000.00
$ 905.00
Claim + $250,000.01 or more
$ 1,905.00
Mortgage Foreclosure/Real Property Counterclaims

Claim =0-$50,000
$ 395.00
Claim = $50,000.01-$250,000.00
$ 900.00
Claim = $250,000.01 or more
$ 1,900.00
Judicial sale 45.031(1) Fl. Stat. $ 70.00
Dissolution $ 408.00
Dissolution Counter petition $ 295.00
Dissolution Counterclaim (when subsequent filing seeks Dissolution) $ 392.50
Paternity, Petition for Grandparent Visitation, Supervised

Visitation or Child Support
$ 300.00
Paternity, Grandparent Visitation, Supervised Visitation or

Child Support Counterclaim/counter petition
$ 295.00
Domestic, Repeat, Date, Sexual Violence Injunction $.00
Attachment, Replevin, Distress (in addition to main case fee) $ 85.00

Garnishment Action ($88.00 plus $100.00 Att & Registry)

(Two Separate checks)

$ 188.00
Severance of action $ 18.00
Non-resident plaintiff FS 57.011, Fla. Stat. $ 100.00
Foreign Judgment, enforcement (money judgment) $ 42.00
Reopen Fee $ 50.00
Malpractice 90-day extension $ 42.00
Eminent Domain Registry Fee $ 170.00
COUNTY CIVIL
Claims (For each defendant over five add $2.50)
- Less than $100.00 $ 55.00
- $100 to $500 $ 80.00
- $500.01 to $2,500 $ 175.00
- $2,500.01 to $15,000 $ 300.00
Issue Summons, per summons, per defendant, incl. Alias, pluries

Summonses
$ 10.00
Replevin: 28.241(1) (A)

(Attachment, Replevin, Distress (in addition to main case filing fee)
$ 85.00
- Less than $100.00 $ 140.00
- $100 to $500 $ 165.00
- $500.01 to $2.500 $ 260.00
- $2,500.01 to $15,000 $ 385.00
Counterclaim, Cross claim, Third-party complaint

> $2,500 & <$15,000
$ 295.00
County Civil $5000 - $15,000.00 $ 300.00
Mediation CC Cases only $ 60.00
Removal of Tenant and/or claims up to $15,000.00

NOTE FEE WILL BE GOING DOWN JULY 1, 2009

$ 270.00
Garnishment Action ($88.00 plus $100.00 Atty. & Registry)

(two separate checks)

$ 188.00
Reopen (Claims < $500) $ 25.00

Reopen (Claims > $500) $ 50.00

PROBATE

Summary Administration < $1,000 $ 235.00
Summary Administration > $1,000 $ 345.00
Formal Administration $ 400.00
Ancillary Administration $ 400.00
Curatorship $ 400.00
Caveat/Notice of Trust $ 41.00
Disposition of personal property without administration $ 231.00

Petition to determine heirs $ 231.00
Petition to open safe deposit box, enter rooms and placesPetition to admit authenticated copies/exemplified copies or

$ 231.00
Transcript to record $ 231.00
Signing of Oath of Witness to Will $ 3.50
Petition to Determine Homestead $ 231.00
Petition to Settle Minor’s Claim $ 231.00
Foreign Wills $ 231.00
Reopen Fee $ 50.00

GUARDIANSHIP

Guardianship (Person and Property) $ 400.00
Guardianship (Person Only) $ 235.00
Guardianship (Advocate) $ 235.00
Guardianship (Veterans’) $ 235.00
Petition for determination of incompetency $ 231.00
Petition for settlement of a minor’s claim $ 231.00
Foreign guardian to manage property of a foreign ward $ 231.00
Audit Inventory more than $25,000.00 $ 20.00
Audit Annual Accounting $25,000.01 < $100,000.00 $ 85.00
Audit Annual Accounting $100.000.01 < $500,000.00 $ 170.00
Audit Annual Accounting over $500,000.00 $ 250.00
Reopen Fee $ 50.00

APPEALS

Appeal from County to Circuit $ 281.00
Cross appeal County to Circuit Court for claims > $2,500

(34.041(1)© Florida Statue
$ 295.00

Appeal to District Court of Appeal: (Separate Checks)

Fee to Clerk of Circuit Court $ 100.00
Fee to Clerk of DCA $ 300.00
Certification of the record $ 7.00
Preparing, numbering and indexing an original record of Appellate proceedings per document $ 3.50

DOMESTIC RELATIONS/CHILD SUPPORT

Child Support Contest Fee $ 25.00
Child Support Non payment DL: 322.245(2) $ 25.00
Payoff Statement: 61.14(6) (f) (1) Fla. Stat. $ 25.00
Delinquency Charge plus costs 61.14(6) (f) (1) $ 25.00
Delinquency Final Judgment Charge: 61.14(6) (d) & (e) Fla. Stat. $ 25.50 + costs

Preparation of Satisfaction Document: 28.24(8) Fla. Stat. $ 7.00
Recording of Satisfaction of Delinquency Final Judgment

28.24(12, 61.14(6) (f) (2) Fla. Stat
$ 10.00
Central Depository Fee for Support Payments: 61.181(2) Fla. Stat

- Each support payment up to $25.00
$ 1.00
- Each support payment between $25.00 and $131.25, additional fee 4%
- Each support payment greater than $131.25 $ 5.54

PRO SE PACKETS

Dissolution of Marriage with dependant or minor children/property $ 20.00
Dissolution of marriage with no dependent or minor children or

Property
$ 15.00
Dissolution of marriage with property but no dependant or minor

Children
$ 15.00
Supplemental petition for modification of child support $ 15.00
Supplemental petition to modify custody, visitation, and other relief $ 15.00
Motion for contempt $ 5.00
Income Deduction Order $ 5.00
Adult Name Change $ 5.00

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES

Preparation of document, including signing and sealing per page:

28.24(8) Fla. Stat
$ 7.00
Certifying copies of any instrument in the public records:

28.24(3) Fla. Stat.
$ 2.00
Searches of records, for each year’s search: 28.24(20) Fla. Stat $ 2.00
Copies per page $ 1.00
Oath, administering, attesting and sealing: 28.24(13) Fla. Stat.

$ 3.50
Additional Person Fee
$ 2.50
Court Ordered Mediation >50K <100K $120.00
Court Ordered Mediation <50K $ 60.00
Postage/Certified Mail $ 5.32
For receiving money into the registry of the Court:

- First $500.00: 28.24(10) (a) (1) Fla. Stat. 3%
- Each subsequent $100.00: 28.24(10) (a) (2) Fla. Stat. 1.5%
Eminent domain actions, per deposit: 28.24(10) (b) Fla. Stat. $ 170.00
For approving bond: 28.24(19) Fla. Stat $ 8.50
Judicial sale and recording title pursuant to Section 45.031(1) Fl.Stat. $ 70.00
Subpoena signing and sealing witness subpoena: 28.24(18) (b) Fla. Stat. $ 2.00
Verify a document to be certified from other than clerk $ 3.50
Preparing witness subpoena or summons: 28.24(18) (a) Fla. Stat. $ 7.00
Expungement/Sealing-sealing any court file or expunging any record

28.24(25) Fla. Stat.
$ 42.00
Exemplified Certificates, including signing and sealing: 28.24(16)

Fla. Stat. (cost of copies and certification extra in accordance with

Fees set forth above)
$ 7.00
Attorney appearing pro hac vice $ 100.00
Notary Fee $ 10.00
Copies of Docket $ .15
****Reopen fee does not apply to writs of garnishment, replevin, distress, attachment: motion for rehearing filed within 10 days; motion for attorney’s fees filed within 30 days; motion for dismissal after mediation agreement filed; a disposition of personal property without administration; any probate case prior to discharge of personal representative; any guardianship pleading prior to discharge; any mental health pleading; motions to withdraw by attorney;: motions exclusively for the enforcement of child support; petitions for credit of child support; stipulations; responsive pleadings; and cases in which there is no initial filing fee.

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