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

CRITICAL

A litigant may apply to waive all or part of ordinary-transcript costs by submitting the required application with the transcript request.

The application to waive all or a portion of costs for ordinary transcripts shall be supported by an affidavit substantially in the form required by Pa.R.C.P. 240(h). Such application shall be prepared in the form of a Petition to Waive All or a Portion of the Transcript Costs and submitted with the request for transcript.

CRITICAL

Any remaining transcript balance must be paid by an accepted method to Jefferson County and delivered to the district court administrator before the reporter delivers the transcript and copies.

Final payment shall be paid by cash, money order, certified check, or law firm check made payable to Jefferson County and shall be delivered to the district court administrator. Upon payment of any balance owed, the court reporter(s) shall deliver the original transcript to the appropriate filing office and copies to the parties.

CRITICAL

Fee

3.5

An expedited electronic transcript may cost no more than $3.50 per page and requires Court approval.

for an expedited transcript, $3.50 per page, with Court approval;

CRITICAL

Fee

4.5

A daily electronic transcript may cost no more than $4.50 per page and requires Court approval.

for daily transcript, $4.50 per page, with Court approval;

CRITICAL

Fee

0.25

A bound paper transcript is charged at the applicable electronic-format rate plus a $0.25-per-page surcharge.

Paper Format. When the transcript is prepared in bound paper format, the costs shall be in accordance with paragraph (1) relating to electronic format plus a surcharge of $0.25 per page.

CRITICAL

Fee

0.75

A bound paper copy of a previously ordered, transcribed, and filed transcript costs $0.75 per page.

$0.75 per page bound, paper format; and,

CRITICAL

Fee

2.5

The cost for an ordinary electronic transcript may not exceed $2.50 per page.

for an ordinary transcript, $2.50 per page;

CRITICAL

Fee

6.5

A same-day electronic transcript may cost no more than $6.50 per page and requires Court approval.

for same day delivery, $6.50 per page, with Court approval.

CRITICAL

Costs for a non-ordinary transcript may not be reduced or waived unless the requesting party demonstrates extraordinary need.

No reduction or waiver of costs shall be requested or granted for any non-ordinary transcript unless the requesting party demonstrates extraordinary need.

CRITICAL

The ordering litigant must make a non-refundable deposit of 90% of the estimated transcript cost, payable by an accepted method to Jefferson County and delivered to the district court administrator.

When a litigant requests a transcript, the litigant ordering the transcript shall make a non-refundable, partial payment of 90% of the estimated total cost of the transcript. The payment deposit shall be paid by cash, money order, certified check, or law firm check made payable to Jefferson County and shall be delivered to the district court administrator.

CRITICAL

Fee

0.5

An electronic copy of a previously ordered, transcribed, and filed transcript costs $0.50 per page, capped at $50.00.

$0.50 per page electronic copy, not to exceed $50.00.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Account

The account’s face sheet is not counted as part of the account when calculating the filing fee.

Such face sheet is for easier filing and docketing purposes only and shall not be deemed as part of the account in calculating the filing fee, or for any other purpose.

WARNING

A trial judge may impose a reasonable surcharge in specified complex cases when court reporters must significantly expand their dictionary.

A trial judge may impose a reasonable surcharge in cases such as mass tort, medical malpractice or other unusually complex litigation, where there is a need for court reporters to significantly expand their dictionary. Such surcharges are at the discretion of the trial judge.