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

CRITICAL

Fee

0.25 $

Applies to

Bound paper transcript

A transcript prepared in bound paper format carries a $0.25-per-page surcharge in addition to the applicable electronic-format cost.

(3) When the transcript is prepared in bound paper format, the costs shall be in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) relating to electronic format plus a surcharge of $0.25 per page.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Real estate bond entry

A person making the required entry for real estate presented as bond must pay the Prothonotary’s customary fees.

for which he shall pay the Prothonotary customary fees

CRITICAL

Transcript costs must be waived when a transcript request is approved under Pa.R.J.A. 4007(E).

(2) Transcript costs shall be waived if a transcript request is approved pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 4007(E).

CRITICAL

Applies to

Original transcript

When multiple parties receive or must file an original transcript, its cost must be divided equitably, accounting for any free transcripts.

(2) Allocation of costs. When more than one party is to receive the transcript or is required by general rule to file the transcript, the cost of the original transcript shall be divided equitably among the parties, taking into account any free transcripts.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

A party unable to pay may have a transcript request approved if an ordinary transcript is under appeal or necessary to advance the litigation and the party has obtained a waiver under Pa.R.J.A. 1990.

(E) If a party requests a transcript but cannot pay for the transcript because of alleged inability to pay, the court shall approve the request if: (1) the request is for an ordinary transcript and the matter is under appeal, or a transcript is necessary to advance the litigation; and (2) the party has obtained a waiver pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 1990.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

A litigant ordering a transcript must make a nonrefundable partial payment of 50% of its anticipated cost using an accepted payment method and deliver it to the specified filing office.

(1) the litigant ordering a transcript shall make a non-refundable partial payment in the amount of 50% of the total anticipated cost of the transcript, as established by the court reporter, court recorder or transcriptionist. The payment shall be by cash, money order, certified check, or law firm check made payable to the appropriate filing office - the Potter County Prothonotary's Office, Clerk of Courts' Office, or Clerk of Orphans' Court Office - and shall be delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts' Office.

CRITICAL

Applicable filing fees must be paid through the procedures established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the Clerk of Courts, at the time and in the amount required by law, court authority, or the published fee schedule.

Applicable filing fees shall be paid through procedures established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and 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.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Original transcript

The party requesting an original transcript, or required by general rule to file it, is responsible for its cost.

(l) Assignment of costs. The requesting party or the party required by general rule to file a transcript shall be responsible for the cost of the original transcript.

CRITICAL

Fee

1.25 $

Applies to

Electronic transcript

The Commonwealth or one of its subdivisions must pay $1.25 per page for an electronic transcript.

(2) When the requesting party is the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof, the cost for a transcript in an electronic format shall be $1.25 per page.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

No party may be charged for a transcript prepared at the court's initiation.

Costs shall not be assessed against any party for transcripts prepared at the initiation of the court.

CRITICAL

Fee

50 Dollars

Applies to

Potter county bar admission

Admission to the Potter County Bar requires submitting a $50 fee to the Prothonotary.

Upon submission of the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars to the Prothonotary of Potter County, which shall be transferred to the Treasurer of the Potter County Bar, and an affidavit containing a statement that he or she is a duly licensed lawyer to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar “in good standing”, as well as the address of his or her Potter County Office, the lawyer shall become a member of the Potter County Bar.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

Checks for a transcript's final balance must be payable to the appropriate filing office and delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts' Office.

Checks for the final balance are to be made payable to the appropriate filing office - the Potter County Prothonotary's Office, Clerk of Courts' Office, or Clerk of Orphans' Court Office - and shall be delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts' Office.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

Any final transcript balance paid by check must be payable to the appropriate filing office and delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts’ Office.

Checks for the final balance are to be made payable to the appropriate filing office - the Potter County Prothonotary’s Office, Clerk of Courts’ Office, or Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office - and shall be delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts’ Office.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Continuance motion

All filing fees for a continuance must be paid before the Court considers the motion.

All filing fees for a continuance must be paid before the Court will consider the motion.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

A transcript requester must make a nonrefundable payment of 50% of the anticipated transcript cost using an authorized payment method and deliver it to the designated office.

(1) the litigant ordering a transcript shall make a non-refundable partial payment in the amount of 50% of the total anticipated cost of the transcript, as established by the court reporter, court recorder or transcriptionist. The payment shall be by cash, money order, certified check, or law firm check made payable to the appropriate filing office - the Potter County Prothonotary’s Office, Clerk of Courts’ Office, or Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office - and shall be delivered to the Potter County Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts’ Office.

CRITICAL

Fee

0.75 $

Applies to

Transcript copy

Requests for copies of a previously filed transcript must go to the appropriate filing office, at its standard rate capped at $0.75 per page.

A request for copies of a transcript previously ordered, transcribed, and filed of record shall be made to the appropriate filing office and the cost shall be at that Office's standard rate, not to exceed $0.75 per page.

CRITICAL

Fee

2.25 $

Applies to

Ordinary electronic transcript

A requesting party other than the Commonwealth or its subdivisions must pay $2.25 per page for an ordinary electronic transcript.

(1) The costs payable by a requesting party, other than the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof, for a transcript in an electronic format shall be: - (a) for an ordinary transcript, $2.25 per page; - (b) for an expedited transcript*, $3.00 per page; - (c) for a daily transcript*, $4.00 per page; and - (d) for same day delivery*, $6.00 per page.1

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applicable filing fees must be paid through established procedures, at the time and in the amount required by statute, court rule or order, or the published fee schedule.

Applicable filing fees shall be paid through procedures established by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and 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.

CRITICAL

Fee

75

Applies to

Arbitration settlement costs

(d) Once Arbiters have been appointed hereunder, the Prothonotary shall not mark the case discontinued, settled or ended or terminate the case in any other way until the Chairman of the Board of Arbitration has received the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) settlement costs and the other two members of the Board the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) each as Arbitrator’s settlement costs, the above sum to be paid through the office of the Prothonotary of Potter County. The party initially requesting that a Board of Arbitration be appointed shall remain liable for settlement fees above indicated. Settlement fees shall be due and payable any time after appointment of the Board and before the settlement of any case prior to trial or hearing, but in no event more than forty-five (45) days after the date of the appointment, unless said time is extended by the Chairman of the Board.

(d) Once Arbiters have been appointed hereunder, the Prothonotary shall not mark the case discontinued, settled or ended or terminate the case in any other way until the Chairman of the Board of Arbitration has received the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) settlement costs and the other two members of the Board the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) each as Arbitrator’s settlement costs, the above sum to be paid through the office of the Prothonotary of Potter County. The party initially requesting that a Board of Arbitration be appointed shall remain liable for settlement fees above indicated. Settlement fees shall be due and payable any time after appointment of the Board and before the settlement of any case prior to trial or hearing, but in no event more than forty-five (45) days after the date of the appointment, unless said time is extended by the Chairman of the Board.

CRITICAL

The parties must pay mediation costs as ordered; remediation is barred until payment to Potter County, and the costs are enforceable through the court.

The parties will be responsible for the costs of mediation in accordance with an appropriate order. Remediation will not be permitted until payment is made to Potter County. Payment of mediation costs is enforceable through the court.

WARNING

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

Ordinary transcript costs must be reduced by 50 percent for a litigant earning less than 200 percent of the current HHS poverty line when the matter is under appeal or the transcript is necessary to advance litigation.

Transcript costs for ordinary transcripts in matters under appeal or where the transcript is necessary to advance the litigation shall be reduced by 50 percent for a litigant whose income is less than 200 percent of the poverty line as defined by the HHS poverty guidelines for the current year.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

The Court may waive or adjust transcript costs for economic hardship when the matter is under appeal or the transcript is needed to advance litigation; otherwise, the requester must demonstrate reasonable need.

(E) When a litigant requests a transcript, but cannot pay for the transcript because of alleged economic hardship, the Court shall determine economic hardship pursuant to the procedure set forth in Local Rule R.J.A.4008(B). In cases of economic hardship, where the matter is under appeal or a transcript is necessary to advance the litigation, the costs of procuring the transcript shall be waived or otherwise adjusted by the Court. In cases of economic hardship where there is no appeal pending or there exists no obvious need for the transcript to advance the litigation, the requesting party must demonstrate reasonable need before the Court shall waive or adjust the cost of obtaining the transcript.

WARNING

Fees for the property-bail procedure are governed by the Clerk of Courts/Prothonotary fee schedule.

Fees will be in accordance with the Clerk of Courts/Prothonotary fee schedule.

WARNING

The parties share the expense of custody mediation, which is to be conducted promptly under the applicable court procedures.

Custody mediation shall be promptly conducted in accordance with procedures established by the court from time to time at the shared expense of the parties, and in accordance with Pa.R.Civ.P. 1940.1, et seq.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

Persons filing an adoption or termination-of-parental-rights petition must pay for transcripts required by law or court rule.

Persons filing an adoption or termination of parental rights petition shall be responsible for the cost of any transcripts thereof required by law or rule of Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

A transcript for which the court or county is responsible must be prepared without requiring a deposit.

When a transcript is requested for which the court or county is responsible for the cost, the court reporter, court recorder or transcriptionist shall prepare the transcript without the necessity of a deposit.

WARNING

Indigent litigants may seek a fee waiver or reduction by submitting a written application with appropriate income and financial information.

Litigants who claim they are indigent may apply to the Court for a waiver or reduction of fees, with all such applications to be in writing and complete with appropriate income and financial information.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

The court may waive costs for specified transcripts at its discretion upon good cause for parties who qualify for economic hardship under subdivision (B)(1) or (B)(2).

Transcript costs for ordinary transcripts in matters that are not subject to an appeal, where the transcript is not necessary to advance the litigation, or for expedited, daily, rough draft or same day transcripts may be waived at the court’s discretion for parties who qualify for economic hardship under subdivision (B)(1) or (B)(2) and upon good cause shown

WARNING

Fee

1.25

Applies to

Electronic transcript

Electronic transcripts requested by the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof cost $1.25 per page.

When the requesting party is the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof, the cost for a transcript in an electronic format shall be $1.25 per page.

WARNING

Fee

0.25

Applies to

Bound paper transcript

Bound paper transcripts incur the applicable electronic-format cost plus a $0.25-per-page surcharge.

When the transcript is prepared in bound paper format, the costs shall be in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) relating to electronic format plus a surcharge of $0.25 per page.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

The requesting party or party required to file a transcript is responsible for its cost, except that no party is assessed costs for a transcript prepared at the Court’s initiation.

The requesting party, or party required by general rule to file a transcript, shall be responsible for the cost of the transcript. Costs shall not be assessed against any party for transcripts prepared at the initiation of the Court.

WARNING

Fee

0.75

Applies to

Transcript copy

Requests for copies of a previously ordered, transcribed, and filed transcript must be made to the appropriate filing office, and the charge may not exceed $0.75 per page.

A request for copies of a transcript previously ordered, transcribed, and filed of record shall be made to the appropriate filing office and the cost shall be at that Office’s standard rate, not to exceed $0.75 per page.

WARNING

Applies to

Electronic transcript

Electronic transcripts requested by parties other than the Commonwealth or its subdivisions cost $2.25 per page for ordinary transcripts, $3.00 for expedited, $4.00 for daily, and $6.00 for same-day delivery.

The costs payable by a requesting party, other than the Commonwealth or a subdivision thereof, for a transcript in an electronic format shall be: (a) for an ordinary transcript, $2.25 per page; (b) for an expedited transcript*, $3.00 per page; (c) for a daily transcript*, $4.00 per page; and (d) for same day delivery*, $6.00 per page.

WARNING

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

Ordinary transcript costs must be waived in an appeal or when necessary to advance litigation for a litigant proceeding in forma pauperis or earning less than 125 percent of the current HHS poverty line.

Transcript costs for ordinary transcripts in matters under appeal or where the transcript is necessary to advance the litigation shall be waived for a litigant who has been permitted by the court to proceed in forma pauperis or whose income is less than 125 percent of the poverty line as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines for the current year.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

When multiple parties request or are required to file a transcript, its cost must be divided equally among them.

When more than one party requests the transcript, or are required by general rule to file the transcript, the cost shall be divided equally among the parties.

WARNING

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

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.

WARNING

Applies to

Ordinary transcript

Approved legal aid clients need not prove economic hardship and may obtain ordinary transcripts at no cost if legal aid provides and files the specified certification letter with the Transcript Request Form.

Litigants who have been approved for representation by legal aid services are not required to prove economic hardship. Legal aid clients shall be entitled to obtain ordinary transcripts for no cost. Legal aid services must 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 and the letter must be filed with the Transcript Request Form.

INFO

Applies to

Personal property bond

The Prothonotary may charge a reasonable fee to store or detain personal property posted as bond.

(b) The Prothonotary may charge a reasonable storage fee for the storage and or detention of personal property as posted.

INFO

The court may waive specified transcript costs for parties who qualify for a fee-and-cost waiver and show good cause.

(1) Transcript costs for ordinary transcripts in matters that are not subject to an appeal, where the transcript is not necessary to advance the litigation, or for expedited, daily, or same-day transcripts may be waived at the court's discretion for parties who qualify for a waiver of fees and costs pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Judicial Administration 1990 under subdivision (B) and upon good cause shown.