Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County, Pennsylvania Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICALCivil cases

If the Hearing Officer determines that complex custody issues require additional funds for the Hearing Officer’s fees, the Hearing Officer must prepare a Court order directing the deposit and allocating responsibility for it.

If the Hearing Officer determines at the pre-hearing conference that the custody issues are complex and that additional sums should be deposited to cover the payment of the Hearing Officer’s fees, the Hearing Officer shall prepare an order for the Court directing the deposit of additional sums of money and allocating who shall be responsible for deposit of additional funds.

CRITICAL

The District Court Administrator must forward transcript checks to the filing office holding the original case file, which must record the payments and forward the funds to Carbon County.

All checks submitted for transcripts shall be forwarded by the District Court Administrator to the appropriate filing office where the original case file is located. Said filing office shall deposit and record the transcript costs paid and shall forward the funds to the County of Carbon.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript request

When the transcript is complete, the requesting party must deliver a check for the final balance, payable to the County of Carbon, to the District Court Administrator.

When the transcript is completed, the court reporter shall so notify the District Court Administrator and the requesting party of this fact and of the final balance due. A check payable to the County of Carbon for the final balance due shall be delivered to the District Court Administrator by the requesting party.

CRITICAL

Fee

20 dollars

Private citizens must pay $20 for non-criminal electronic fingerprints.

private citizens SHALL BE ASSESSED a cost of twenty dollars ($20.00) for all non-criminal electronic fingerprints taken.

CRITICAL

Fee

100 dollars

Qualifying adults must pay a $100 central booking fee, effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

ORDERED and DECREED, that effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, every adult person SHALL BE ASSESSED a central booking fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) as follows: 1. Any person who is placed on probation without verdict pursuant to Section 17 of the Act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64) known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. 2. Any person who receives Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for, pleads guilty to or nolo contendere to or is convicted of a crime under 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 106 (a) (relating to classes of offenses), 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3735 (relating to homicide by vehicle while driving under influence), 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), and a violation of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.

CRITICAL

Fee

75 dollars

Adults who prepay when their electronic fingerprints and photos are taken are charged the reduced rate of $75.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND DECREED that a reduced rate of seventy- five dollars ($75.00) SHALL BE IMPOSED on adult persons who prepay the assessed cost at the time said electronic fingerprints and photos are taken.

CRITICAL

Fee

25 dollars

Juvenile delinquent offenders must pay $25 for electronic fingerprints and photos.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND DECREED that all juvenile delinquent offenders SHALL BE ASSESSED a cost of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for said electronic fingerprints and photos

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript request

Unless the Court or County is responsible for the cost, the requesting party must deliver to the District Court Administrator a check payable to the County of Carbon for at least half the estimated transcript cost.

Upon receipt of a transcript request, the court reporter shall provide the District Court Administrator and the requesting party with an estimated cost of the transcript requested and except where the Court or County is responsible for the cost, shall notify the requesting party to submit a check payable to the County of Carbon in an amount of no less than one-half of the estimated total cost. Said check shall be delivered to the District Court Administrator.

CRITICALCivil cases

Fee

150 $

Applies to

Custody claim or modification petition

When filing a custody claim or modification petition, the moving party must deposit $150.00 in addition to the filing fee unless the Court excuses the deposit.

Upon the filing of any claim or modification petition for custody the moving party shall deposit with the Prothonotary in addition to the filing fee the sum of $150.00 unless excused by the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

Litigants approved for legal-aid representation need not prove economic hardship and are entitled to ordinary transcripts at no cost.

Litigants who have been approved for representation by legal aid services shall not be required to prove economic hardship and shall be entitled to obtain ordinary transcripts at no cost.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

CRN and AHSP surcharge payments

Payments made before sentencing, an ARD disposition, or another pre-trial diversionary program must be used exclusively for completed CRN evaluations and AHSP classes.

CRN or AHSP payments made prior to sentencing, ARD disposition or other pre-trial diversionary program shall be applied directly and exclusively to the costs of CRN evaluations and AHSP classes completed or held by the Carbon County Adult Probation Office.

CRITICAL

Fee

$75

Applies to

Booking fee

To receive the $75 booking-fee discount, payment must be made in cash at the Magisterial District Court where the charges are filed before the preliminary hearing, not at the prison.

as to the $75.00 discounted rate of the booking fee if paid prior to an accused’s preliminary hearing, the fee is no longer to be paid at the prison at the time the electronic fingerprints and photographs are taken, but must be paid in cash at the Magisterial District Court where the charges are filed prior to the preliminary hearing to receive this discount.

CRITICAL

Fee

$300

Applies to

Remote access

Remote access to docketing and document images costs $300 per user per year, effective May 1, 2014.

ORDERED and DECREED that, effective May 1, 2014, the Carbon County Court of Common Pleas hereby ADOPTS a fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per year per user for remote access to the docketing and images of documents filed in the Prothonotary’s Office and Register of Wills/Orphans Court Office.

CRITICAL

Fee

$100

Applies to

Booking fee

After a case is bound over, the $100 non-discounted booking fee may be paid using an office-approved method, currently cash, credit card, certified or cashier’s check, or money order; personal checks are not accepted.

After the case is bound over to the Court of Common Pleas, the Carbon County Bureau of Collections will accept payment of the non-discounted booking fee of $100.00 by a method of payment approved by that office and which currently provides for payment in cash, credit card, certified check, cashier’s check, or money order (no personal checks).

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

$100

Each defendant owes a $100.00 Livescan/CPIN processing fee, reduced to $75.00 if prepaid.

Each defendant shall be assessed a fee of $100.00 for Livescan/CPIN processing as required by 42 Pa.C.S.A. 1725.5 unless the defendant prepays the Livescan/CPIN processing fee of $75.00.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

500

Parties placed in either treatment court must pay a $500 administrative fee upon placement.

all parties placed into either the Carbon County Veterans Treatment Court or the Carbon County Drug Treatment Court shall be assessed an Administrative Fee of $500.00 upon placement in the program.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

$425

Applies to

AHSP class surcharge

The AHSP class surcharge is $425, discounted to $375 if paid before sentencing, an ARD disposition, or another pre-trial diversionary program.

the four-hundred twenty-five dollar ($425.00) surcharge ($375.00 is the discounted rate if paid prior to sentencing, ARD disposition or other pre-trial diversionary program) collected for the ALCOHOL HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM (AHSP) class

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

CRN and AHSP surcharges

Surcharge payments must be made at the Carbon County Clerk of Courts Office by 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, using an authorized payment method.

payment of these surcharges be made in the Carbon County Clerk of Courts Office no later than 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the form of a personal check, certified check, cashier’s check, bank check, money order or cash.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

$80

Applies to

CRN pre-screening evaluation surcharge

The CRN pre-screening surcharge is $80, discounted to $70 if paid before sentencing, an ARD disposition, or another pre-trial diversionary program.

the eighty dollar ($80.00) surcharge ($70.00 is the discounted rate if paid prior to sentencing, ARD disposition or other pre-trial diversionary program) collected for COURT REPORTING NETWORK (CRN) pre-screening evaluations

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applicable filing fees must be paid using the Clerk of Courts' procedures and at the time and amount required by the governing statute, rule, order, or published fee schedule.

Applicable filing fees shall be paid through procedures established by the Clerk of Courts and at the same time and in the same amount as required by statute, Court rule or order, or published fee schedule.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

CRN and AHSP surcharge payments

After sentencing, an ARD disposition, or another pre-trial diversionary program, surcharge payments must be added to the case costs and distributed under the UDS in CPCMS.

After sentencing, ARD disposition or other pre-trial diversionary program such payments shall be added to the costs associated with the case and distributed according to the breakdown as established in the Uniform Distribution Schedule (UDS) as established in the Common Pleas Case Management System (CPCMS).

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Realty posting

When posting realty as bail, the depositor must pay the Prothonotary-established fee to the Clerk of Courts for recording and satisfying the judgment of record.

The depositor shall pay a fee, which is established by the Prothonotary, for the cost of recording and satisfying the Judgment of Record to the Clerk of Courts upon the posting of the realty.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

CRN and AHSP surcharges

Payments made after 4 p.m. may be collected by the Carbon County Adult Probation Office if paid by personal check, certified check, cashier’s check, bank check and money order provided any such check or money order is made payable to the Carbon County Clerk of Courts, with all such payments to be delivered to the Clerk of Courts Office the next business day accompanied by a memorandum containing the required information as set forth below.

Payments made after 4 p.m. may be collected by the Carbon County Adult Probation Office if paid by personal check, certified check, cashier’s check, bank check and money order provided any such check or money order is made payable to the Carbon County Clerk of Courts, with all such payments to be delivered to the Clerk of Courts Office the next business day accompanied by a memorandum containing the required information as set forth below.

CRITICAL

Fee

8 $

Applies to

Requested court documents

Preparing, copying, and re-filing requested court documents costs $8.00 per quarter hour, with no charge for the first fifteen minutes.

Preparing, copying and re-filing requested court documents -- $8.00 per ¼ hour with no fee charged for the first fifteen minutes;

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

ARD program costs

All ARD Program costs set from time to time by Administrative Order must be paid.

PAY ALL the ARD Program costs as may be set from time to time by Administrative Order.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

450

Applies to

ARD administrative fee

For DUI offenders with an alcohol rate of .16 or higher, or who refused, one-half of the $450 ARD Administrative Fee must be paid by the scheduled ARD hearing date.

PAY one-half of the ARD Administrative Fee of $450.00 on or before your scheduled ARD hearing date.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

25

A $25 victim services fee applies to every criminal and juvenile case beginning March 1, 2013.

Carbon County Court of Common Pleas hereby ADOPTS a fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for all criminal and juvenile cases for the purposes of sustaining victim services. This fee shall be imposed in every juvenile and criminal case.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

50

Applies to

CRN evaluation

The $50 CRN evaluation fee must be paid in full at the evaluation; Mastercard, Visa, check, and money order are accepted.

The cost of the CRN evaluation is $50. Payment in full is required at the time of the evaluation. Failure to appear, failure to bring the $50 fee and/or the above- requested information, will result in the re-scheduling of your appointment. A $15 no-show fee will be assessed for missed appointments. MASTERCARD AND VISA ARE ACCEPTED OR MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: Carbon-Monroe-Pike Drug & Alcohol Commission, Inc.

CRITICAL

Postage is charged at actual cost.

Postage at actual cost;

CRITICAL

Estimated costs must be prepaid, and any difference between estimated and actual costs must be paid before the requested materials are delivered.

Estimated costs are to be prepaid; any outstanding difference between the actual and estimated costs shall be paid before delivery of the requested materials;

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

350

Applies to

ARD administrative fee

PAY one-half of the ARD Administrative Fee of $350.00 on or before your scheduled ARD hearing date.

PAY one-half of the ARD Administrative Fee of $350.00 on or before your scheduled ARD hearing date.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

400

Applies to

ARD administrative fee

For DUI offenders with an alcohol rate of .10 to .159, one-half of the $400 ARD Administrative Fee must be paid by the scheduled ARD hearing date.

PAY one-half of the ARD Administrative Fee of $400.00 on or before your scheduled ARD hearing date.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

500

Applies to

ARD administrative fee

DUI offenders whose ARD was not stipulated at the District Court level must pay one-half of the $500 ARD Administrative Fee by the scheduled ARD hearing date.

DUI OFFENDERS – ARD not stipulated at the District Court level must PAY one-half of the ARD Administrative Fee of $500.00 on or before your scheduled ARD hearing date.

CRITICAL

Fee

0.25 $

Copies cost $0.25 per page.

Copying per page -- $.25;

WARNING

Fee

2

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

The ordinary electronic-transcript rate is $2.00 per page, with an additional copy charge for other requesting parties subject to an aggregate cap.

(1) $2.00 per page for an ordinary transcript, plus $1.00 per page for a copy requested by a party other than the Commonwealth or a political subdivision (provided that if more than one such party requests a copy, the aggregate cost of these copies to all requesting parties shall not exceed $2.50 per page);

WARNING

Fee

0.75

Applies to

Copy of filed transcript

Copies of previously filed transcripts cost $0.75 per page for bound paper copies.

a. $0.75 per page bound, paper format;

WARNING

Megan law registrants are exempt from electronic fingerprint and photo fees.

All Megan law registrants SHALL NOT BE ASSESSED any electronic fingerprint or photo fee.

WARNING

Fee

5

Applies to

Same day transcript

Same-day electronic transcript delivery within six hours of the session's close costs $5.00 per page when available, with an additional copy charge subject to an aggregate cap.

(4) $5.00 per page for same day delivery for transcripts delivered within six (6) hours of the close of the court session (when available), plus $1.00 per page for a copy requested by a party other than the Commonwealth or a political subdivision (provided that if more than one such party requests a copy, the aggregate cost of these copies to all requesting parties shall not exceed $6.50 per page).

WARNING

The Court may waive transcription costs in its discretion upon a showing of good cause.

Costs may be waived at the Court's discretion upon good cause shown.

WARNING

Fee

3

Applies to

Expedited transcript

The expedited electronic-transcript rate is $3.00 per page when available, with an additional copy charge subject to an aggregate cap.

(2) $3.00 per page for an expedited transcript (when available), plus $1.00 per page for a copy requested by a party other than the Commonwealth or a political subdivision (provided that if more than one such party requests a copy, the aggregate cost of these copies to all requesting parties shall not exceed $3.50 per page);

WARNING

Fee

0.5

Applies to

Copy of filed transcript

Copies of previously filed transcripts cost $0.50 per page for electronic copies.

b. $0.50 per page electronic copy.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

Daily transcript

A daily electronic transcript, when available, costs $4.50 per page for a requesting party other than the Commonwealth or a political subdivision.

(3) $4.50 per page for daily transcript (when available);

WARNING

Fee

2.5

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

An ordinary electronic transcript costs $2.50 per page for a requesting party other than the Commonwealth or a political subdivision.

(1) $2.50 per page for an ordinary transcript;

WARNING

Fee

4

Applies to

Daily transcript

The daily electronic-transcript rate is $4.00 per page when available, with an additional copy charge subject to an aggregate cap.

(3) $4.00 per page for a daily transcript (when available), plus $1.00 per page for a copy requested by a party other than the Commonwealth or a political subdivision (provided that if more than one such party requests a copy, the aggregate cost of these copies to all requesting parties shall not exceed $4.50 per page); and

WARNING

Fee

150 $

Applies to

Arbitration panel member fee

If counsel or a self-represented party fails to appear and advise the Board of a settlement award or discontinuance, or fails to provide the required notice or copy, and a panel member appears, the defaulting party must pay that member’s current arbitration fee of $150 to the Prothonotary of Carbon County.

In the event counsel/self-represented party fails to appear and advise the Board of the settlement award or discontinuance, or to provide such notice or copy, and a panel member appears, the defaulting party shall be responsible for payment of that panel member's current arbitration fee, which is currently set at $150.00, said payment to be made by the defaulting party to the Prothonotary of Carbon County.

WARNING

Fee

0.25

Applies to

Transcript

A transcript prepared in bound paper format carries a $0.25-per-page surcharge.

Any transcript prepared in bound paper format shall include a $0.25 per page surcharge.

WARNING

Fee

150 $

Applies to

Arbitration panel member fee

If the required continuance notice is not provided and a panel member appears, the defaulting party must pay that member’s current arbitration fee of $150 to the Prothonotary of Carbon County.

In the event such notice is not provided and a panel member appears, the defaulting party shall be responsible for payment of that panel member's current arbitration fee, which is currently set at $150.00, said payment to be made by the defaulting party to the Prothonotary of Carbon County.

WARNING

Applies to

Real time transmission

A real-time transmission requester must pay the cost of the electronic connection needed for the transmission.

For any party who requests real time transmission of the court reporter’s translated notes instantaneously by an electronic feed to a laptop, tablet, phone or other portable electronic device via cable, Wi-Fi, router or Bluetooth, the party, media or other interested individual making such request (after first checking with the District Court Administrator that real time transmission is available) shall (1) file their request with the District Court Administrator a minimum of fourteen days in advance of the proceeding; (2) be required to cover the cost of the electronic connection to accommodate such request; and (3) be charged a fee of $150.00 for each half day or less of transcription services provided by the court reporters and $300.00 for each day in which the proceedings exceed a half day.

WARNING

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

A litigant meeting the stated economic-hardship standards may request a waiver of all or part of the cost of an ordinary transcript in a matter under appeal or where the transcript is necessary to advance the litigation.

Ordinary transcripts requested by litigants in matters under appeal or where the transcript is necessary to advance the litigation who meet the minimum standards for economic hardship pursuant to Pa. R.J.A. 4008 (B) (1) and (B) (2) shall attach to their transcript request an affidavit in support of any request to waive all or a portion of the transcription costs.

WARNING

Fee

1

Applies to

Ordinary rough draft transcript

An ordinary rough-draft transcript costs $1.00 per page, and a daily rough-draft transcript costs $2.25 per page when available.

The charge for a rough draft transcript of judicial proceedings in the Courts of Carbon County prepared by a court reporter is hereby set at $1.00 per page for an ordinary draft and $2.25 per page for a daily rough draft (when available).