Filing Fees and Waivers in the California Rules of Court

The judge may condition the order permitting media coverage on the media agency's agreement to pay any increased court-incurred costs resulting from the permitted media coverage (for example, for additional court security or utility service).

(5) Any fees charged by the court or an electronic filing service provider shall be consistent with the fee provisions of Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6.

For use of the provider's services, the provider may require payment-account information before providing services unless those services are covered by a court-granted fee waiver.

For purposes of this subdivision, "indigent defendant" means a defendant who the court has determined is not financially able to employ counsel pursuant to Penal Code section 987. Pending the court's determination, "indigent defendant" also means a defendant the public defender is representing pursuant to Government Code section 27707.

An electronic filing service provider may not require a filer to provide a credit card, debit card, or bank account information to create an account with the electronic filing service provider.

No service fee may be charged for a document filed in a criminal action by a prosecutor, an indigent defendant, or court-appointed counsel for an indigent defendant.

Allow the provider to charge electronic filers a reasonable fee in addition to the court's filing fee;

For civil filing fees associated with electronic filing, a court may permit the listed payment methods or authorize other methods, subject to the stated authorities.

Eligible persons may seek a waiver of court fees and costs, as provided in Government Code sections 68630-68641, rule 2.252(f), and division 2 of title 3 of these rules.

(3) File the document with the court, paying any applicable filing fee.

A fax filing agency need not accept papers unless arrangements for filing fees and service charges are made before transmission, and may discard papers received without prior arrangements without notifying the sender.

The court may require the deposit in advance of an amount not to exceed $1,000, or the court may agree to bill the attorney or party not more often than monthly.

The amount charged is the applicable filing fee plus any fee or discount imposed by the card issuer or draft purchaser.

If the charge is rejected by the credit or debit card issuing company, the court must proceed in the same manner as under Code of Civil Procedure section 411.20 relating to returned checks.

This provision does not prevent a court from seeking authorization for the charge before the filing and rejecting the filing if the charge is not approved by the issuing company.

If a court so provides in its local rule establishing a direct fax filing program, an account may be used to pay for documents filed by fax by an attorney or party who has established an account with the court before filing a paper by fax.

The court may permit credit cards, debit cards, electronic funds transfers, or debit accounts to be used to pay filing fees for fax filings made directly with the court, as provided in Government Code section 6159, rule 10.820, and other applicable laws.

For original documents in a case pending before a temporary judge or referee, filers must pay any required fees.

On request, the court must provide the public with a statement of the costs on which these fees are based.

The court may impose fees for the costs of providing public access to its electronic records, under Government Code section 68150(l).

To the extent that public access to a court's electronic records is provided exclusively through a vendor, the court must ensure that any fees the vendor imposes for the costs of providing access are reasonable.

A temporary judge selected by the parties may not be compensated by the parties unless the parties agree in writing on a rate of compensation that they will pay.

In the absence of a stipulation and approval under (1), the appellant must, within 10 days after filing a notice of appeal in a civil case, serve and file with the clerk directions indicating the portions of the oral proceedings to be transcribed and must, at the same time, deposit with the clerk the approximate cost computed as specified in rule 8.130.

It is that party's responsibility to pay the reporter's fee for attendance at the proceedings, but the expense may be recoverable as part of the costs, as provided by law;

(D) The court reporter's attendance is to be provided at no fee or cost to the fee waiver recipient.

If a party arranges and pays for the attendance of a certified shorthand reporter at a hearing in a civil case because of the unavailability of the services of an official court reporter, none of the parties may be charged the reporter's attendance fee provided for in Government Code sections 68086(a)(1) or (b)(1).

For proceedings using a certified shorthand reporter, the trial court must set the half-day fee using the reporter’s average salary and benefits, plus up to 18 percent for indirect costs, with daily salary calculated using 225 workdays.

As provided in Government Code sections 68636 and 68637, the court may, at a later time, determine that the previously waived fees and costs be paid.

Initial fee waivers in decedents' estate, probate conservatorship, and probate guardianship proceedings or involving guardians or conservators as parties on behalf of their wards or conservatees are governed by rule 7.5.

As provided in Government Code sections 68631 and following, any waiver may later be ended, modified, or retroactively withdrawn if the court determines that the applicant is not eligible for the waiver.

The clerk must provide the forms and the Information Sheet on Waiver of Superior Court Fees and Costs (form FW-001-INFO) without charge to any person who requests any fee waiver application or indicates that he or she is unable to pay any court fee or cost.

The application for initial fee waiver is deemed granted unless the court gives notice of action on the application within five court days after it is filed.

(4) Clerk's fees for transmittal of papers;

(2) Clerk's fees for reasonably necessary certification and copying;

(9) The fee under rule 8.130(b) or rule 8.834(b) for the court to hold in trust the deposit for a reporter's transcript on appeal; and

(7) The court fee for a telephone appearance;

(6) Reporter's fees for attendance at hearings and trials;

(5) Sheriff's and marshal's fees under article 7 of chapter 2 of part 3 of division 2 of title 3 of the Government Code (commencing with section 26720);

(3) Clerk's fees for issuance of process and certificates;

(10) The clerk's fee for preparing a transcript of an official electronic recording under rule 8.835 or a copy of such an electronic recording.

(8) Clerk's fees for preparing, copying, certifying, and transmitting the clerk's transcript on appeal to the reviewing court and the party. A party proceeding under an initial fee waiver must specify with particularity the documents to be included in the clerk's transcript on appeal;

(1) Clerk's fees for filing papers;

(4) Witness fees of court-appointed experts; and

(2) Court-appointed interpreter's fees for witnesses;

(1) Jury fees and expenses;

(3) Witness fees of peace officers whose attendance is reasonably necessary for prosecution or defense of the case;

(5) Other fees or expenses as itemized in the application.

A party may pay a filing fee by credit or debit card provided the court is authorized to accept payment by this method under Government Code section 6159, rule 10.820, and other applicable law.

(A) Is deemed a single motion for the purpose of determining the appropriate filing fee, but memorandums, declarations, and other supporting papers must be filed only in the lowest numbered case;

No fees may be required for such transfer by either court.

The fee waiver provisions in (j) apply to a request by a party in a Title IV-D proceeding for telephone appearance services from a vendor.

When a party receives telephone appearance services without payment based on a fee waiver, the provider has a lien on any judgment, including a costs judgment, for the unpaid appearance fee, and filing the lien is free.

A party that has received a fee waiver must not be charged the fees for telephone appearances.

If a court provides telephone appearance services in a proceeding for child or family support under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act brought by or otherwise involving a local child support agency, the court must not charge a fee for those services.

To receive telephone appearance services without paying the fee based on a fee waiver, a party must advise the vendor or court of the waiver and provide the waiver order to a vendor if requested.

When a party in a Title IV-D proceeding requests telephone appearance services from a court or a vendor, the party requesting the services must advise the court or the vendor that the requester is a party in a proceeding for child or family support under Title IV-D brought by or otherwise involving a local child support agency.

There is no charge for filing the lien.

To obtain remote appearance services without payment of a fee from a vendor or a court that provides such services, a party must advise the vendor or the court that they have received a fee waiver from the court.

When a party has received a fee waiver, that party may not be charged fees for remote appearances.

If a party receives remote appearance services without payment based on a fee waiver, the vendor or court has a lien on any judgment the party may receive for the amount of the unpaid remote-appearance fee.

Parties who, by statute, are not charged filing fees or fees for court services may not be charged a videoconference fee under Government Code section 70630.

Except as provided in (b), the arbitrator's award must be timely filed with the clerk of the court under rule 3.825(b) before a fee may be paid to the arbitrator.

(1) If the arbitrator devoted a substantial amount of time to a case that was settled without a hearing or without an award being filed. For this purpose, a case is considered settled when one of the following is filed: (A) A notice of settlement of the entire case, under rule 3.1385; or (B) A Request for Dismissal (form CIV-110) of the entire case or as to all parties to the arbitration is filed; or

(2) If the award was not timely filed.

On the arbitrator's verified ex parte application, the court may for good cause authorize payment of a fee:

Any compensation ordered for failure to notify an arbitrator or neutral must not exceed the applicable maximum compensation stated in this subdivision.

(8) Any fee or cost paid under this rule is not recoverable.

(4) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an Oakland ballpark project or an Inglewood arena project, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project as a streamlined CEQA project must pay a fee of $120,000 to the court.

(5) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an environmental leadership media campus project, the project applicant must pay a fee of $120,000 to the court.

(1) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an environmental leadership development project, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project as an environmental leadership development project must pay a fee of $180,000 to the court.

(6) If the court incurs the costs of any special master appointed by the court in the case or of any contract personnel retained by the court to work on the case, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project or the project applicant must also pay, within 10 days of being ordered by the court, those incurred or estimated costs.

(2) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an energy infrastructure project, a semiconductor or microelectronic project, or a water-related project, the project applicant, if the applicant is not the lead agency, must pay a fee of $180,000 to the court.

(7) If the party fails to timely pay the fee or costs specified in this rule, the court may impose sanctions that the court finds appropriate after notifying the party and providing the party with an opportunity to pay the required fee or costs.

(3) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an environmental leadership transit project, the project applicant must pay a fee of $180,000 to the court.

The fee for filing the petition is $25, as specified in Government Code section 70615.

Upon approval of a transferring court, a receiving court may elect to collect all of the court-ordered payments from a defendant attributable to the case under which the defendant is being supervised.

The receiving court and receiving county probation department may not impose additional local fees and costs.

In the absence of a statute or rule authorizing or prohibiting a fee by the superior court for a particular service or product, the court may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the costs of providing the service or product, if the Judicial Council approves the fee, as provided by Government Code section 70631.

Parties must pay filing fees to the clerk of the court at the time the parties file papers with the court.

The court must not charge filing fees that are inconsistent with law or with the California Rules of Court

Filing fees in family court are established by the cited Act and may change.

The Act also covers fees courts may charge in child custody or visitation proceedings to fund mediation services.

The act covers fees the court may charge parties to file the first papers in a family law proceeding, motions, or other papers requiring a hearing.

and may not impose any tax, charge, or penalty upon a proceeding, or the filing of any pleading allowed by law, as provided by Government Code section 68070.

Approved fees must be clearly posted and accessible to the public.

(6) Court fees and costs included in an initial fee waiver (rule 3.55); and

The procedure and forms needed to request an initial fee waiver in a family law action are the same as for all other civil actions, unless otherwise provided by a statute or the California Rules of Court.

(2) Forms for requesting a fee waiver (rule 3.51);

(3) How the court makes an order on a fee waiver application (rule 3.52);

(4) The time required for the court to grant a fee waiver (rule 3.53);

(1) Applying for a fee waiver (rule 3.51);

Rules 3.50-3.56 of the California Rules of Court (title 3, division 2) govern fee waivers in family law cases.

(7) Additional court fees and costs that may be included in the fee waiver (rule 3.56).

(5) The confidentiality of fee waiver applications and hearings (rule 3.54);

If unable to afford the costs to file an action in family court, a party may request that the court waive fees and costs.

The forms required to request a fee waiver may be obtained from the clerk of the court, the public law library, or online at the California Courts website.

(C) Refund filing fees paid by the respondent if the court dismisses the case.

The court must consider and determine the repayment of waived fees as required by Government Code section 68637(d) and (e).

The court may order either party to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived under Government Code section 68637.

(4) Time required for the court to grant a fee waiver; and

(5) Denial of a fee waiver application.

(2) Required forms requesting a fee waiver;

Rule 8.26 of the appellate rules specifies the procedure and forms for applying for an initial waiver of court fees and costs in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal.

(3) The confidentiality of fee waiver applications and hearings;

(1) Applying for a fee waiver in appeals, writ proceedings, and petitions for review;

The joint petitioners must pay one fee for filing a Joint Petition for Summary Dissolution of Marriage (form FL-800) unless both parties are eligible for a fee waiver order. The fee is the same as that charged for filing a Petition-Marriage (form FL-100).

No additional fee may be charged for the filing of any form prescribed for use in a summary dissolution proceeding.

At the hearing to transfer jurisdiction, the court must address any issues regarding fees.

If the party responsible for the fees has been granted a fee waiver by the sending court, the case file must be transmitted as if the fees and costs were paid and the fee waiver order must be transmitted with the case file in lieu of the fees and costs.

If the fees are not paid within the time period set forth in Code of Civil Procedure section 399, the court may, on a duly noticed motion by any party or on its own motion, dismiss the action without prejudice to the cause or enter such other orders as the court deems appropriate.

If a partial fee waiver has been granted, the party responsible for the fees and costs must pay the required portion of the fees and costs before the case will be transmitted.

If a transfer of jurisdiction is ordered in response to a motion made under title 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure by a party, the responsibility for costs and fees is subject to Code of Civil Procedure section 399(a).

If that party has not paid the fees within five days of service of notice of the transfer order, any other party interested in the action or proceeding may pay the costs and fees and the clerk must transmit the case file.

If the fees are not paid within the time specified in section 399(a), the court may, on a duly noticed motion by any party or on its own motion, dismiss the action without prejudice to the cause of action.

In any case involving a fee waiver, the court receiving the case file has the authority under Government Code section 68636 to review the party's eligibility for a fee waiver based on additional information available to the court or pursuant to a hearing at final disposition of the case.

Except as provided in (e), no other action on the cause may be commenced in the original court or another court before satisfaction of the court's order for fees and costs or a court-ordered waiver of such fees and costs.

If a litigant indicates they cannot afford to pay the fees, a fee waiver request form should be provided by the clerk and the court should promptly rule on that request.

Except as provided in (e), no other action on the cause may be commenced in another court before satisfaction of the court's order for fees and costs or a court-ordered waiver of such fees and costs.

No filing fees may be charged for filing the form.

The court must not require a filing fee to file the request for hearing under this rule.

No filing fee may be charged for the transfer of a title IV-D child support case from a tribal court.

When a judgment of parentage is filed in a Domestic Violence Prevention Act case in which a restraining order is currently in effect, no filing fee may be charged.

The court may open a separate type of case, but the court must not charge a fee for filing the judgment of parentage in the new case.

A filing fee may be charged on a request to modify a child custody, visitation, or support order only after a protective order, as defined in Family Code section 6218, is no longer in effect. The filing fee, if charged, is the same as the filing fee for a motion, application, or any other paper requiring a hearing after the first paper.

In accordance with Family Code section 6404(b), no fee may be charged for the fax or electronic filing registration of a tribal court protective order.

The motion must be accompanied by the filing fee for an appeal under rule 8.100(c) and Government Code sections 68926 and 68926.1.

May not be charged a fee to file the final notice of completion, even if the attorney has not previously made an appearance in the case;

The court may charge a motion fee to file the objection and schedule the hearing.

(iii) May impose a reasonable fee to cover the cost of any counseling provided by the county or the court; and

The fee for filing Request to: Enforce, Change, End Contact After Adoption Agreement (form ADOPT-315) must not exceed the fee assessed for the filing of an adoption petition.

The clerk must immediately open a family law file without charging a filing fee, assign a case number, and file the order in the new case file.

No fee may be charged to a tribe for a telephonic or other remote appearance.

(3) If an adoption agency files a request in accordance with (2), the adoptive parent or parents will be liable to the adoption agency for all costs and fees incurred as a result of good faith actions taken by the adoption agency to fulfill the requirement set forth in this rule.

When subdivision (b) is operative, local procedures must permit an Indian child's tribe to appear by telephone or other computerized remote means without charge in accordance with rule 5.482(g); subdivision (b) is suspended from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2027.

Unless waived, the petitioner must pay the filing fee as specified.

The clerk must immediately open a family law file without charging a filing fee, assign a case number, and file the order in the new case file.

The court in the county in which the nonminor resides is responsible for all costs of processing, copying, and forwarding the form JV-466 and form JV-468 to the clerk of the court of general jurisdiction.

No filing fees are required for the filing of form JV-466 and, if filed, form JV-468.

An endorsed, filed copy of each form filed must be provided at no cost to the nonminor or the placing agency that filed the request on the nonminor's behalf.

If listed discretionary factors exclude estate property from consideration for an initial fee waiver, the court may order an equitable arrangement for the estate to pay part of the fees, pay over time, or pay later.

A petitioner for the appointment of a conservator or guardian of the person, estate, or person and estate of a conservatee or ward must base an application for an initial fee waiver on the personal financial condition of the proposed conservatee or ward.

The court must comply with the notice and hearing requirements of the second paragraph of Government Code section 68634(e)(5) to make the findings authorized in this paragraph.

The petitioner's continued eligibility for an initial fee waiver must be based on the combined financial condition of the petitioner and the decedent's estate.

The financial condition of the conservatee or ward for purposes of this rule includes:

Upon marshaling or collecting assets of the decedent's estate following the petitioner's appointment and qualification as personal representative, the petitioner must notify the court of a change in financial condition under Government Code section 68636(a) that may affect his or her ability to pay all or a portion of the waived court fees and costs.

An initial fee waiver for that petitioner continues in effect according to its terms for subsequent fees incurred by that petitioner in the proceeding solely in his or her individual capacity.

When determining a conservatee’s or ward’s financial condition for fee waiver purposes, the court includes support obligors’ financial condition to the extent known or reasonably available after reasonable inquiry, subject to the stated limits for divorced support obligors and court-ordered support.

The financial condition of the decedent's, conservatee's, or ward's estate for purposes of this rule may, in the court's discretion, include consideration of:

The conservator or guardian must appear at the hearing on behalf of the conservatee or ward, and the court may also appoint counsel for the conservatee or ward under Probate Code section 1470.

If the financial condition of a decedent's estate is a change of financial condition of a fee waiver applicant under this rule that results in withdrawal of a previously granted initial waiver of fees in favor of a petitioner for the appointment of a personal representative, the estate must pay to the court, as an allowable expense of administration, the fees and costs previously waived.

The conservatee or ward is the person or party whose initial fees and costs were initially waived under sections 68636(c) and 68637.

A petitioner for the appointment of a personal representative of a decedent's estate must base an application for an initial fee waiver on the petitioner's personal financial condition.

Upon establishment of a conservatorship or guardianship of the estate or person and estate, the court may collect all or a portion of court fees previously waived from the estate of the conservatee or ward if the court finds that the estate has the ability to pay the fees, or a portion thereof, immediately, over a period of time, or under some other equitable agreement, without using moneys that normally would pay for the common necessaries of life for the conservatee or ward and his or her family.

The conservatee or ward and the persons identified in subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B) of subdivision (e) of this rule is the person or persons whose change of financial condition or circumstances of which the court is to be notified under section 68636(a); and

Government Code section 68633(g)-concerning agreements between applicants for initial court fee waivers and their legal counsel for counsel to advance court fees and costs and court hearings to determine the effect of the presence or absence of such agreements on the applications-applies to proceedings described in this rule.

Whether estate property or income is necessary for the support of a person entitled to a family allowance from the estate of a decedent, the conservatee or a person entitled to support from the conservatee, or the ward; or

In a conservatorship or guardianship of the person, if the court seeks to reconsider or modify a court fee waiver previously granted based on collection, application, or consideration of support, assets, or income described in (e), it must proceed as provided in Government Code section 68636 and comply with the notice and hearing requirements of the second paragraph of Government Code section 68634(e)(5), including notice to the conservator or guardian, any support obligor, and any person in possession of the assets or income.

The appointed personal representative may apply for an initial fee waiver. The application must be based on the combined financial condition of the personal representative and the decedent's estate.

The conservator or guardian must report to the court any changes in the financial condition of the conservatee or ward that affects his or her ability to pay all or a portion of the court fees and costs that were initially waived, including any changes in the financial condition of the persons or property mentioned in subparagraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B) of this subdivision of which the conservator or guardian becomes aware after reasonable investigation.

The estate's liquidity;

The court may make a preliminary determination under Government Code section 68636(b) that the petitioner's appointment as fiduciary is a change of financial condition that makes the petitioner no longer eligible for an initial fee waiver based, in whole or in part, on the estimates of estate value and income contained in the petitioner's Petition for Probate. In that event, the court must give notice and conduct the hearing required by section 68636(b).

An equitable arrangement under this paragraph may include establishment of a lien for initially waived court fees against property distributable from a decedent's estate or payable to the conservatee or ward or other successor in interest at the termination of a conservatorship or guardianship.

The right to receive support, income, or other distributions from a trust or under a contract.

Following the appointment of a conservator or guardian and the grant of an initial fee waiver based on the financial condition of the conservatee or ward, the conservator or guardian is the "person who received the initial fee waiver" for purposes of Government Code section 68636(a), whether or not he or she was the successful applicant for the initial waiver.

A conservatee's interest in community property that is outside the conservatorship estate and under the management or control of the conservatee's spouse or registered domestic partner;

Whether property in a decedent's estate is specifically devised.

The conservator or guardian is the person with a duty to notify the court of a change of financial condition under section 68636(a) and the person the court may require to appear at a court hearing under sections 68636(b) and (c);

The appointment of a personal representative of a decedent's estate may be a change of financial condition for fee waiver purposes under Government Code section 68636 in accordance with the following:

(A) Pays the filing fee; or

(B) Files an application for a waiver under rule 8.26 if the party has not previously filed such an application.

(i) An application or an opposition or other response to an application;

(B) A petition for a writ within the original civil jurisdiction of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal;

(vii) Any brief filed in the Supreme Court after the court grants review.

(iv) A preliminary opposition to a petition for a writ, excluding a preliminary opposition requested by the court unless the court has notified the parties that it is considering issuing a peremptory writ in the first instance;

(v) A return (by demurrer, verified answer, or both) after the court issues an alternative writ or order to show cause;

(A) A notice of appeal in a civil case. For purposes of this rule, "notice of appeal" includes a notice of cross-appeal;

(iii) A respondent's brief;

If a document other than the notice of appeal or a petition for a writ is not accompanied by the filing fee or an application for a waiver of court fees under rule 8.26, the clerk must file the document and must promptly notify the filing party in writing that the court may strike the document unless, within the stated time of not less than 5 court days after the notice is sent, the filing party either:

Unless otherwise provided by law, any document for which a filing fee is required under Government Code sections 68926 or 68927 must be accompanied at the time of filing by the required fee or an application for a waiver of court fees under rule 8.26.

(C) A petition for review in a civil case in the Supreme Court;

(vi) Any answer to a petition for review in the Supreme Court; and

(ii) A motion or an opposition or other response to a motion;

If the party fails to take the action specified in a notice given under (3), the reviewing court may strike the document, but may vacate the striking of the document for good cause.

The fee for filing a petition for review

the fee required for a party other than the appellant filing its first document under Government Code section 68926

The fee for filing an original proceeding

Any court fee for telephonic oral argument.

the fee required for a party other than the petitioner filing its first document under Government Code section 68926

the fee required for a party other than the petitioner filing its first document under Government Code section 68927

The fee for filing the notice of appeal

Whenever possible, the contract should require that the electronic filing service provider agree to waive a fee that normally would be charged to a party when the court orders that the fee be waived for that party.

The court's contract with an electronic filing service provider may allow the provider to charge electronic filers a reasonable fee in addition to the court's filing fee.

Eligible persons may seek a waiver of court fees and costs, as provided in Government Code section 68634.5 and rule 8.26.

The court may permit the use of credit cards, debit cards, electronic fund transfers, or debit accounts for the payment of filing fees associated with electronic filing, as provided in Government Code section 6159 and other applicable law. The court may also authorize other methods of payment.

The court may impose fees for the costs of providing copies of its electronic records, under Government Code section 68928.

With the notification of the appeal, the superior court clerk must send the reviewing court the filing fee or an application for, or order granting, a waiver of that fee.

If the superior court clerk notifies the reviewing court of a default under (2), the reviewing court may dismiss the appeal, but may vacate the dismissal for good cause.

If the appellant fails to take the action specified in a notice given under (2), the reviewing court may dismiss the appeal, but may vacate the dismissal for good cause.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the notice of appeal must be accompanied by the $775 fee or a fee-waiver application or order, and the fee may be paid by the listed methods.

The appellant must also deposit $100 with the superior court clerk as required under Government Code section 68926.1, unless otherwise provided by law or the superior court waives the deposit.

The clerk must file the notice of appeal even if the appellant does not present the filing fee, the deposit, or an application for, or order granting, a waiver of fees and costs.

If the appeal is abandoned or dismissed before the clerk has completed preparation of the transcript, the clerk must refund any portion of the deposit under (c) exceeding the preparation cost actually incurred.

Unless otherwise provided by law, within 10 days after the clerk sends a notice under (1), the appellant and any party wanting to purchase a copy of the clerk's transcript must either deposit the estimated cost specified in the notice under (1) with the clerk or submit an application for, or an order granting, a waiver of the cost.

If there is more than one appellant, by the appellants equally; or

As the parties may agree.

By the appellant;

Each party must pay for its own appendix.

The appellant must deposit the cost or file an application for, or an order granting, a waiver of the cost within 10 days after the clerk sends the estimate.

Unless the court orders otherwise, the appellant is responsible for the cost of any reporter's transcript the court may order under this subdivision.

For proceedings that have not previously been transcribed: $325 per fraction of the day's proceedings that did not exceed three hours, or $650 per day or fraction that exceeded three hours.

With its notice of designation, a party must deposit with the superior court clerk the approximate cost of transcribing the proceedings it designates and a fee of $50 for the superior court to hold this deposit in trust.

The amount specified in the reporter's written estimate;

The clerk must pay that amount to the reporter from the appellant's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit.

If the appeal is abandoned or is dismissed before the reporter has filed the transcript, the reporter must inform the superior court clerk of the cost of the portion of the transcript that the reporter has completed.

The reporter's written waiver of a deposit. A reporter may waive the deposit for a part of the designated proceedings, but such a waiver replaces the deposit for only that part.

If a designating party believes that a reporter's estimate or bill is excessive, the designating party may file a complaint with the Court Reporters Board.

For proceedings that have previously been transcribed: $80 per fraction of the day's proceedings that did not exceed three hours, or $160 per day or fraction that exceeded three hours.

When the transcript is completed, the reporter must notify all parties to the appeal that the transcript is complete, bill each designating party at the statutory rate, and send a copy of the bill to the superior court clerk.

A copy of a Transcript Reimbursement Fund application filed under (c)(1).

The clerk must pay the reporter from that party's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit or notify the party of any additional funds needed.

Notwithstanding any dispute that may arise over the estimated or billed costs of a reporter's transcript, a designating party must timely comply with the requirements under this rule regarding deposits for transcripts.

In a multiple reporter case, the clerk must pay each reporter who certifies under penalty of perjury that his or her transcript portion is completed.

If there is more than one separately represented appellant, they must equally share the cost of preparing the record, unless otherwise agreed by the appellants or ordered by the superior court. Appellants equally sharing the cost are each entitled to a copy of the record.

(2) Probate Code section 1963 governs the cost of preparing the record on appeal.

(1) Within 10 days after service of the notice of appeal or petition in a case concerning an environmental leadership development project, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project as an environmental leadership development project must pay a fee of $215,000 to the Court of Appeal.

(3) Within 10 days after service of the notice of appeal or petition in a case concerning an environmental leadership transit project, the project applicant must pay a fee of $215,000 to the Court of Appeal.

(5) Within 10 days after service of the notice of appeal or petition in a case concerning an environmental leadership media campus project, the project applicant must pay a fee of $140,000 to the Court of Appeal.

(6) If the Court of Appeal incurs the costs of any special master appointed by the Court of Appeal in the case or of any contract personnel retained by the Court of Appeal to work on the case, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project or the project applicant must also pay, within 10 days of being ordered by the court, those incurred or estimated costs.

(2) Within 10 days after service of the petition or complaint in a case concerning an energy infrastructure project, a semiconductor or microelectronic project, or a water-related project, the project applicant, if the applicant is not the lead agency, must pay a fee of $215,000 to the Court of Appeal.

(4) Within 10 days after service of the notice of appeal or petition in a case concerning an Oakland ballpark project or Inglewood arena project, the person or entity that applied for certification of the project as an Oakland ballpark project or Inglewood arena project must pay a fee of $140,000 to the Court of Appeal.

(7) If the party fails to timely pay the fee or costs specified in this rule, the court may impose sanctions that the court finds appropriate after notifying the party and providing the party with an opportunity to pay the required fee or costs.

(8) Any fee or cost paid under this rule is not a recoverable cost.

Court fees and costs that must be waived upon granting an application for initial waiver of court fees and costs are listed in rule 3.55.

The court may waive other necessary court fees and costs itemized in the application upon granting the application, either at the outset or upon later application.

The clerk must provide the specified fee-waiver application and information sheet free of charge to anyone requesting a fee-waiver application or stating they cannot pay a court fee or cost.

When a trial court fee waiver remains in effect, the fees listed in (d) for an appeal to the appellate division are waived without a new application.

(A) The court receives a notice of appeal without the filing fee required by (b) or an application for, or order granting, a waiver of court fees and costs;

(2) The clerk must file the notice of appeal even if the appellant does not present the filing fee or an application for, or order granting, a waiver of court fees and costs.

(A) Pays the fee; or

(3) If the appellant fails to take the action specified in the notice given under (2), the appellate division may dismiss the appeal, but may vacate the dismissal for good cause.

(C) An application for a waiver under rule 8.818 is denied.

(B) A check for the filing fee is dishonored; or

(B) Files an application for a waiver under rule 8.818 if the appellant has not previously filed such an application or an order granting such an application.

Unless otherwise provided by law, a limited civil notice of appeal must include the required filing fee, an application for a fee waiver, or an order granting a fee waiver, and the fee is nonrefundable.

If the appeal is abandoned before the clerk has completed preparation of the transcript, the clerk must refund any portion of a deposit exceeding the preparation cost actually incurred.

The clerk must pay that amount to the reporter from the appellant's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit.

(3) Unless otherwise provided by law, within 10 days after the clerk sends a notice under (1), the appellant and any party wanting to purchase a copy of the clerk's transcript must either deposit the estimated cost specified in the notice under (1) with the clerk or submit an application for a waiver of the cost under rule 8.818 or an order granting a waiver of this cost.

(4) If the appeal is abandoned or dismissed before the clerk has completed preparation of the transcript, the clerk must refund any portion of the deposit under (c)(3) exceeding the preparation cost actually incurred.

Within 10 days after the clerk sends the estimate under (1), the appellant must deposit the estimated cost with the clerk, unless otherwise provided by law or the party submits an application for a waiver of the cost under rule 8.818 or an order granting a waiver of this cost.

Notwithstanding any dispute that may arise over the estimated or billed costs of a reporter's transcript, a designating party must timely comply with the requirements under this rule regarding deposits for transcripts.

Deposit the amount required under (2) or the reporter's written waiver of this deposit;

Deposit the amount required under (2) or the reporter's written waiver of this deposit; or

In a multiple reporter case, the clerk must pay each reporter who certifies under penalty of perjury that his or her transcript portion is completed.

The clerk must pay that amount to the reporter from the appellant's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit.

The clerk must pay the reporter from that party's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit or notify the party of any additional funds needed.

Deposit with the clerk an amount equal to the estimated cost and a fee of $50 for the superior court to hold this deposit in trust;

If there is more than one separately represented appellant, they must equally share the cost of preparing the record, unless otherwise agreed by the appellants or ordered by the trial court. Appellants equally sharing the cost are each entitled to a copy of the record.

If the appellant deposited with the clerk an amount equal to the estimated cost of preparing the transcript and the appeal is abandoned or dismissed before the reporter has filed the transcript, the reporter must inform the clerk of the cost of the portion of the transcript that the reporter has completed. The clerk must pay that amount to the reporter from the appellant's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit to the appellant.

The clerk must promptly pay each reporter who certifies that all portions of the transcript assigned to that reporter are completed.

(i) Deposit with the clerk an amount equal to the estimated cost of preparing the transcript;

Parties with a fee waiver may not be charged fees for remote appearances.

Parties who, by statute, are not charged filing fees or fees for court services may not be charged a videoconference fee under Government Code section 70630 or otherwise.

To receive remote appearance services without payment under the fee-waiver rule, a party must advise the provider of the fee waiver and provide the vendor a copy of the order if requested.

When a party receives remote appearance services without paying because of a fee waiver, the provider has a lien on any judgment for the unpaid fee, but filing the lien is free.

Deposit with the clerk an amount equal to the estimated cost of preparing the transcript or the copy of the recording;

Deposit with the clerk an amount equal to the estimated cost of preparing the transcript;

The clerk must pay that amount to the reporter from the appellant's deposited funds and refund any excess deposit to the appellant.

The clerk must promptly pay each reporter who certifies that all portions of the transcript assigned to that reporter are completed.

(i) To obtain remote appearance services without payment of a fee from a vendor or a court that provides such services, a party must advise the vendor or the court that they have received a fee waiver from the court. If a vendor requests, the party must transmit a copy of the order granting the fee waiver to the vendor.

A vendor or court providing unpaid remote appearance services based on a fee waiver has a lien on any judgment the party receives for the waived fee amount, but filing the lien is free.

(A) Parties who, by statute, are not charged filing fees or fees for court services may not be charged a videoconference fee under Government Code section 70630 or otherwise.

(B) Parties with a fee waiver may not be charged fees for remote appearances.

(5) Set fees related to admissions programs and related to the accreditation, registration, and inspection of law schools under (b)(4), subject to review and approval by the Board of Trustees.

The State Bar has the authority to set and collect appropriate fees and penalties for violations of this rule.

The State Bar has the authority to set and collect appropriate fees and penalties.

The State Bar has the authority to set and collect appropriate fees and penalties.

The State Bar must develop procedures for granting waivers of the processing costs of running California Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation background checks for applicants applying under (c) of this rule and licensees with demonstrable financial hardship.

Applicants, licensees, and special admissions attorneys must bear the State Bar’s fingerprint-processing costs, except as described in (f)(2).

The State Bar has the authority to set and collect appropriate fees and penalties.

The State Bar may set an appropriate application fee to be paid by counsel pro hac vice.

The State Bar must develop procedures for granting waivers of the processing costs of running California Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation background checks, if required, for applicants applying under (c) of this rule and licensees with demonstrable financial hardship.

The State Bar has the authority to set and collect appropriate fees and penalties for the Certified Law Student Program.

The State Bar may set an appropriate application fee to be paid by the out-of-state attorney arbitration counsel.

The State Bar has the authority to set and collect appropriate fees and penalties for this program.

The State Bar may set appropriate application fees and initial and annual registration fees to be paid by registered legal aid attorneys.

The State Bar may set appropriate application fees and initial and annual registration fees to be paid by registered in-house counsel.

(A) Submit an Application for Provisional Licensure with the State Bar, along with an application fee to be determined by the State Bar. There shall be no fee for applicants whose sole use of the Provisional License will be in an unpaid volunteer capacity under the direction of the Supervising Lawyer;

The council may charge a fee to cover the costs of replicating and mailing these materials to members of the public.

For commercial-use requests, the entity may add a fee based on the actual staff search-and-review costs, calculated using the salary and benefits of each employee involved.

For a nonexempt record that can be copied, the entity must provide a requested copy subject to the applicable fee and may require advance payment.

(B) Producing the requested record would require data compilation or extraction or any associated programming that the judicial branch entity is not required to perform under this rule but has agreed to perform in response to the request.

(A) In order to comply with (1), the judicial branch entity would be required to produce a record and the record is one that is produced only at otherwise regularly scheduled intervals or;

(2) In addition to other fees imposed under this rule, the requester will bear the direct cost of producing a record if:

When imposing a fee on requests, the entity may include other direct duplication or production costs, including retrieval and mailing costs.

(i) A charge per page, per copy, or otherwise, as established and published by the Judicial Council, or as established by the judicial branch entity following a notice and comment procedure specified by the Judicial Council, representing the direct costs of equipment, supplies, and staff time required to duplicate or produce the requested record; and

The court may charge for either copies of forms or the booklet of forms.

(16) Training programs for attorneys who serve as court-appointed temporary judges, including the materials and food provided to the participants;

(5) Compact discs;

(2) Prepare an analysis of the direct and indirect costs on which the fee is based.

(12) Shipping;

(2) Packages of forms;

The court must notify the public of any fee that it charges under this rule by providing information concerning the fee in a conspicuous place such as the court's fee schedule.

(6) DVDs;

(11) Postage;

(10) Envelopes;

Under Government Code section 70631, a superior court may charge a reasonable fee for a service or product not to exceed the costs of providing the service or product, if the Judicial Council approves the fee.

The fee charged for any product or service listed in (b) may not exceed the court's cost in providing the product or service.

(3) Information materials;

Before charging a fee for a product or service under (b), the court must determine that the fee is reasonable, considering relevant factors including benefits and effects on public access.

(18) Telephone appearance services.

(8) Videotapes;

(17) Other training programs or events, including materials and food provided to the participants; and

(1) Identify the specific product or service; and

(9) Microfiches;

(1) Forms:

(4) Publications, including books, pamphlets, and local rules;

(14) Direct fax filing under rule 2.304 (fee per page);

Each court that charges a fee under this rule must provide Judicial Council staff with a description of the fee, how the amount of the fee was determined, and how the fee is applied.

If a court proposes to change any fee authorized under (b) that it is already charging or to charge any new fee authorized under (b), the court must follow the procedures for adopting or amending a local rule under rule 10.613 of the California Rules of Court.

(13) Off-site retrieval of documents;

(7) Audiotapes;

(15) Returning filed-stamped copies of documents by fax to persons who request that a faxed copy be sent to them;

(3) The court provides alternative means for a person to pay court fees.

(1) The court (A) imposes a fee for the use of the credit card, or (B) demonstrates that the cost of acceptance of credit cards is not greater than the cost of acceptance of other means of payment of fees, or (C) demonstrates that it can absorb the cost of the acceptance of the credit card;

(2) The proposed fee would not result in an undue hardship on people wishing to use credit cards for payment of fees.

(2) The court has obtained a credit card acceptance contract that is competitive with other possible contracts the court could obtain; and

The Administrative Director may refer any request under (a) to the Judicial Council for its action.

(1) The proposed fee is not greater than the cost for acceptance of a credit card; and

The Administrative Director is authorized, under rule 10.80, to approve on behalf of the Judicial Council requests from the superior courts to accept credit cards for the payment of court fees or to impose a charge for the use of credit cards.

(1) If the personal check is drawn on a banking institution located in California by a person furnishing satisfactory proof of residence in California, is payable to the court without a second party endorsement, and is in an amount not exceeding the amount of the payment and is not postdated or staledated, unless the person drawing the check is known to have previously tendered worthless checks; or

(2) If the bank cashier's check or money order is drawn on a banking institution located in the United States and is in an amount not exceeding the amount of the payment; or

A court may accept or reject any check or money order not meeting the requirements of this rule, under a written policy adopted by the court under Government Code section 71386(a).

(3) If the person presenting the traveler's check shows satisfactory identification.

Except for checks tendered under the conditions specified in Vehicle Code section 40521(a), a court may require that a person drawing a personal check furnish satisfactory proof of good credit by showing a valid recognized credit card or by any other reasonable means.

No fee may be charged for making the application.