Sacramento Superior Court Filing Fees and Waivers

Applies to

Daily transcript

Parties requesting a daily transcript in a civil case must pay the fees to the Clerk before each day of trial; otherwise reporting services are deemed waived.

In either case, all amounts so paid may be recovered as taxable costs. If the entire fee is not paid, reporting services shall be deemed waived. The party(ies) requesting a daily transcript in a civil case shall pay the fees therefore to the Clerk of the Court prior to the commencement of each day of trial.

Applies to

Civil document

Documents submitted without the required filing fees per the court's Fee Schedule will be returned unfiled.

Documents submitted without appropriate filing fees according to the court’s Fee Schedule will be returned unfiled.

Applies to

Discovery motion

Each discovery-related motion filed simultaneously must be a separate document with a separate filing fee; motions on different discovery types may not be combined.

When simultaneously filing multiple discovery-related motions in the same case with the same hearing date, each motion shall be filed as a separate document and a separate filing fee paid for each. Parties may not combine motions pertaining to different types of discovery within the same document.

Applies to

Court fee payment

Non-cash payments (check, credit card, electronic funds transfer) must be processed for the exact amount required by law or the fee schedule, without rounding.

This Order shall apply only to cash transactions. Payments made by check, credit card, or electronic funds transfer shall be processed for the exact amount required by law or under the operative fee schedule.

Cash payments to the Court must be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment using symmetrical rounding rules.

IT IS THE ORDER OF THIS COURT, that cash payments made to the Court shail be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment, following general accounting principles for symmetrical rounding, as follows: e If the final digit of the amount is 1 or 2, it shall be rounded down so that the amount ends in 0. e If the final digit of the amount is 3 or 4, it shall be rounded up so that the amount ends in 5. e If the final digit of the amount is 6 or 7, it shall be rounded down so that the amount ends in 5. e If the final digit of the amount is 8 or 9, it shall be rounded up so that the amount ends in 0.

Applies to

Ex parte application

Ex parte applications and supporting documents must be paid for and submitted with the hearing date/time set as TBD.

Ex Parte Applications and supporting documents shall be paid for and submitted with the date and time of the hearing set as TBD.

Applies to

Jury fees

Jury fees must be paid in advance per CCP 631, with daily deposits during voir dire and trial; if the responsible party fails to pay, another party may preserve the jury by depositing fees.

Advance jury fees shall be paid pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 631. At the commencement of the second day of voir dire examination, and on each succeeding day of voir dire, such party shall deposit with the Clerk of the Court a sum equal to the panel's one-day jury fees and mileage. When the trial commences after voir dire, and on each succeeding day of the trial, such party shall deposit with the Clerk of the Court a sum equal to one day's jury fees and mileage for the jurors and alternates. If, during voir dire or trial, the party responsible for jury fees waives the jury or fails to pay jury fees as prescribed in (C) or (D), any other party may preserve their right to jury trial by depositing fees as therein required. If no other party deposits jury required jury fees, the jury is waived and the trial shall proceed without a jury.

Applies to

Court reporting services

In civil and family law cases, parties requesting court reporting services must pay the fee in equal proportion to the Clerk before each trial day; if one refuses, the other may pay.

In civil and family law cases, the parties requesting reporting services shall pay in equal proportion the appropriate fee to the Clerk of the Court prior to the commencement of each day of trial. Should any party refuse to pay the pro rata fee, the other party may elect to pay the

Applies to

Bench warrant

The judgment creditor must prepare the bench warrant and submit it to the Civil Clerk's office with a check for service payable to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department.

The judgment creditor shall prepare the bench warrant and submit it to the Civil Clerk’s office, together with a check for service of the bench warrant in the appropriate amount and made payable to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

Applies to

Ex parte application

Ex parte applications must be paid for by 4:00 p.m. one court day before the hearing.

Ex Parte Applications and supporting documents shall be filed pursuant to Rule 2.02 and paid for by 4:00 p.m. one court day prior to the hearing.

Applies to

Request for free transcript

Requests for free appeal transcripts require a current financial declaration, and free reporter's transcripts require a showing of colorable need.

All requests for a free clerk or reporter's transcript on appeal shall be accompanied by a current financial declaration. A request for a free reporter's transcript will be granted only on a showing of colorable need for the transcript.

Fee

$250

Applies to

Criminal expert claim

Court-appointed criminal experts may claim $250.00 for time and expense after two or more unsuccessful attempts to meet with a defendant at the jail/prison, submitted as a reasonable effort to examine the defendant and prepare a report.

That a Court-Appointed Criminal Expert can claim $250.00 for their time and expense if the expert attempts to meet with a defendant unsuccessfully on two or more occasions at the jail/prison. The claim can be submitted as a reasonable effort by the criminal expert to conduct an examination of the defendant and prepare a report for the court.

Applies to

Pleading

Filing fees are waived for pleadings filed by minor's counsel on behalf of a minor child; the court may assess the fee to a party or parties.

The filing fee for a pleading filed by minor's counsel on behalf of a minor child is waived for said minor. The court may assess the filing fee to a party, or parties, to the action.