Racine County Circuit Court, Wisconsin Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Lien recording

The recording fee must be collected immediately.

The recording fee is immediately collected.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Occupational license request

An occupational license request requires payment of a filing fee.

8. Payment of filing fee.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Small claims summons filing

A filing fee is required when filing a summons to initiate a small claims action.

To initiate a small claims action, the summons shall be filed along with the fee with the clerk of circuit court office.

CRITICAL

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Judgment

The docketing fee must be included with the papers to enter judgment.

(b) The docketing fee has been included with the papers in order to enter the judgment.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Lien recording

If a surety is accepted, a lien is recorded and remains until the case is completed, and the recording fee is collected immediately.

If the surety is accepted, a lien will be recorded in the register of deeds office and will not be released until the case has been completed. The recording fee is immediately collected.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Post judgment divorce or paternity action or private paternity action

The filing fee must be paid before filing post-judgment divorce or paternity actions and private paternity actions.

2. Post-judgment actions in divorce or paternity, together with private paternity actions are filed with the family court division, after the filing fee is paid.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Inventory or summary petition

The filing fee must be paid when an inventory or a summary petition is filed.

The filing fee must be paid when the inventory is filed, or when summary petitions are filed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Filing fee

All filing fees must be paid to the clerk of court.

1. All filing fees are paid to the clerk of court’s.

WARNING

Applies to

Fee waiver request

Fee-waiver determinations for joint petitions consider both parties’ income, assets, debts, and expenses.

3. Income, assets, debts and expenses of both parties will be considered in fee waivers for joint petitions.

WARNING

Applies to

Will for safekeeping

The filing fee must accompany a will submitted for safekeeping.

Wills for safekeeping must be in a sealed envelope with the filing fee.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

Court reporters may require transcript fees to be prepaid before filing or delivery, except for transcripts requested by Wisconsin or a political subdivision.

(a) Court reporters may require prepayment of transcript fees before a transcript is filed and/or delivered. This section does not apply to transcripts requested by the State of Wisconsin or a political subdivision thereof.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile filing

Direct facsimile filings are accepted only when no filing fee is required.

4.No filing fee is required.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile filing

Facsimile documents sent through a non-court intermediary are accepted only if the circuit court need not pay an additional fee or charge to accept or receive them.

2.No additional fee or charge must be paid by the circuit court for accepting or receiving the facsimile document.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile filing

1.No filing fee is required.

1.No filing fee is required.

WARNING

Applies to

Facsimile filing

A directly transmitted facsimile document is accepted only if the circuit court need not pay an additional fee or charge to accept or receive it.

5.No additional fee or charge must be paid by the circuit court for accepting or receiving the facsimile document.

WARNING

Applies to

Filing fee refund request

A petition and order must be filed to obtain a filing-fee refund.

A petition and order must be filed in order to secure a refund of a filing fee.

INFO

Applies to

Domestic abuse restraining order

No filing fee is charged for domestic abuse restraining orders.

There is no filing fee for domestic abuse restraining orders.

INFO

Applies to

Responsive pleading

A responsive pleading that adds no new issues has no filing fee.

4. There is no filing fee for a responsive pleading which does not add any new issues.

INFO

Applies to

Fee waiver request

A petitioner may request a waiver of fees or costs based on an affidavit of indigency.

2. If the petitioner is requesting an order for waiver of fees/costs based upon an affidavit of indigency (due to poverty), he or she shall affix a completed financial disclosure form to the request for waiver of filing fee. The financial disclosure shall be signed and sworn to by the requesting party and shall state all income, assets, debts and expenses of the party.