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

CRITICAL

The Prothonotary may refuse a legal paper submitted without the required filing fee.

(4) The Prothonotary is authorized to refuse a filing of a legal paper submitted without the required filing fee;

CRITICAL

Applies to

Electronically filed legal paper

Applicable fees for electronically filed legal papers must be paid electronically to the Clerk of Courts at the time of filing.

Applicable filing fees for the electronically filed legal papers shall be paid electronically to the Clerk of Courts simultaneously with the filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

De novo appeal

Repayment of the arbitrators’ fees is a condition of a de novo appeal, and those fees cannot be taxed as costs or recovered in another proceeding.

Repayment to the County of the fees of the members of the board shall not be taxed as costs or be recoverable in any proceeding. A de novo appeal shall be allowed as a matter of course upon the filing of the affidavit of appeal and recognizance, and upon the aforesaid repayment of the arbitrators’ fees.

CRITICAL

A party granted In Forma Pauperis status is not required to pay filing fees to the Clerk of Courts.

A party who was granted In Forma Pauperis status shall not pay filing fees to the Clerk of Courts.

CRITICAL

If notice is not timely and an arbitrator appears for the scheduled hearing, the party who moved for appointment must pay the fees provided by the rule.

In the event that the notice is not given in a timely manner, and an arbitrator or the arbitrators appear for the scheduled hearing, the party who moved for appointment of the arbitrators shall be responsible for paying the fees provided for in this rule.

CRITICAL

The filing party must pay electronic filing costs under the current Prothonotary fee schedule using approved MasterCard, Visa, or Discover credit.

(d) A filing party shall pay the cost of the electronic filing of a legal paper by approved credit: MasterCard/ VISA/ Discover. All costs according to the current Prothonotary fee schedule.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Appeal

A party appealing an arbitrator’s decision or award must prepay the board members’ fees to the county.

Any party to the proceeding may appeal from the decision or award of the arbitrators to the Court of Common Pleas, upon prepayment to the county of the fees of the members of the board.

WARNING

If the case settles, is withdrawn, or otherwise terminates on the hearing date before the scheduled start time, the arbitrators are entitled to half the base fee.

The foregoing notwithstanding, if the case is settled, withdrawn, or otherwise terminated by or between the parties on the date scheduled for the hearing, but prior to the scheduled starting time, the arbitrators shall be entitled to one-half (1/2) of the base fee as set forth in Subsection A of this rule.

WARNING

When the required notice is given timely, the board members are not entitled to fees.

In the event that the notice provided for in the preceding sentence is given in a timely manner, the board members shall not be entitled to any fees.