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

CRITICAL

Filing fees and payments must be paid when filing by an authorized credit card through the designated system; advance deposits are not allowed.

All filing fees and payments shall be made at the time of filing with an authorized credit card through the prothonotary's designated electronic filing management system. Authorized cards shall include Visa, MasterCard or Discover. Filing fees and payments may not be deposited in advance with the prothonotary.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

A litigant approved for legal-aid representation may obtain ordinary transcripts at no cost without proving hardship; legal aid may provide a certification letter with the specified eligibility and litigation information instead of a waiver petition.

(2) Litigants who have been approved for representation by legal aid services are not required to prove economic hardship and shall be entitled to obtain ordinary transcripts at no cost. In lieu of a petition to waive the transcript costs, legal aid services may provide a letter of certification verifying that the client meets financial eligibility for legal aid services and that the matter is under appeal or that the transcript being requested is necessary to advance the litigation. If a certification letter is provided, the litigant shall proceed in accordance with L4007(B)(2).

CRITICAL

In noncriminal cases, the party requesting conferencing must pay all associated court or Lycoming County costs.

In all noncriminal cases, the party requesting conferencing shall pay all court or Lycoming County costs associated with the conferencing request.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

If actual transcript costs exceed the deposit, the requesting party must pay the balance within seven calendar days of notice; if costs are lower, the filing office must issue a refund.

(4) If the actual costs are more than the deposit amount, the final balance shall be paid to the appropriate filing office within seven (7) calendar days from the date the requesting party is notified of the balance owed. If the actual costs are less than the deposit amount, the filing office shall issue a refund to the requesting party.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript request

The litigant must pay a non-refundable deposit equal to 100% of the estimated transcript cost when filing the request form, using the filing office’s required payment method.

(b) The litigant ordering a transcript shall make a non-refundable deposit in the amount of 100% of the estimated cost of the transcript. The payment shall be made contemporaneously with the filing of the transcript request form, in the manner required by the office in which the form is filed.

WARNING

Applies to

Conversion of a legal paper or exhibit to PDF for electronic filing

The prothonotary may charge a convenience fee to convert a legal paper or exhibit to PDF for electronic filing.

The prothonotary may charge a convenience fee for the conversion of a legal paper or exhibit to PDF format for electronic filing.

WARNING

A document otherwise subject to a fee will be accepted and time-stamped under Pa.R.C.P. 240(c) and (d) if accompanied by a praecipe or petition to proceed in forma pauperis.

Any document for which a fee would otherwise be charged, that is accompanied by a praecipe or petition to proceed in forma pauperis, will be accepted for filing and time-stamped in accordance with Pa.R.C.P. no. 240(c) and (d).

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

Transcript costs are set at the maximum rate allowed by Pa.R.J.A. No. 4008(A).

A. Costs. The costs for transcripts are established at the maximum rate allowed by Pa.R.J.A. No. 4008(A).

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

A trial judge may impose a reasonable transcript surcharge in unusually complex cases requiring court reporters to significantly expand their dictionaries.

C. Additional Costs. 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.