Filing Fees and Waivers

Motion filing fees must be paid when making online motion date reservations.

Jury fees must be posted no later than 30 days before trial.

A filing fee is required for trial continuances.

Filing fee required for ex parte applications, paid before appearing in court.

Motion fee payments are required when online hearing reservations are made.

Facsimile filings incur per-page usage fee plus normal filing fees, paid via Visa/MasterCard.

Fees must be paid for limited unlawful detainer ex parte application papers.

Fees must be paid for other limited civil ex parte application papers by 1:00 p.m.

Notice of appeal filing fees paid in trial court or room 102; waivers available, applications filed with notice of appeal.

Jury fees must be paid no later than 365 calendar days after filing the initial complaint.

Parties without fee waivers must pay for court reporters; parties with waivers may request via Form FW-020 10 days prior.

Continuance stipulations and orders must include payment of the stipulation and order and first appearance fee for all parties.

Complex fees are assessed upon initial complaint/response filing or later, with later fees not payable via e-filing.

All fees for complex civil electronic filings are due upon filing and collected at the time of electronic filing.

Motions applied to multiple JCCP cases incur a single motion fee and require a separate case list document.

No filing fee for add-on petitions for existing complaints; fees apply for new complaints and outstanding complex/first paper fees.

Initial jury demand fee of $150 is payable via e-filing; daily jury fees paid in Clerk’s Office after invoicing.

All fees for ex parte applications must be paid before filing.

Fee waiver applications must be filed in designated locations by case type and district.

Facsimile filings incur a per-page usage fee plus normal filing fees, paid via Visa or MasterCard.

Filing fees for notice of appeal paid in trial court or Room 111A Stanley Mosk Courthouse; fee waivers available for qualifying litigants.

No filing fees for criminal writ petitions; civil writ petition fees match civil case filing schedule.

No filing fee required for habeas corpus petitions filed with pending appeal.

Motion filing fees must be paid when reserving a motion date online via CRS.

Parties requesting a jury must deposit a jury fee 25 days prior to trial and pay daily fees by check before trial starts each day.

Jury trial demands require timely posting of fees per Local Rule 2.48.

Motion filing fee must be paid when reserving hearing date online.

Filing fee must be paid before appearing for ex parte application.

Fees for motions must be paid when scheduling the motion hearing online via CRS.

Fees for Stipulation and Order must be paid before submission, with paid receipt included.

Filing fee must be paid before the court reviews ex parte matters.

Each petition under Probate Code 17200 et seq. requires a new initial filing fee.

Limited cases must be reclassified as unlimited and the reclassification fee paid before consolidation with an unlimited case.

The court will order payment of the complex case fee required by Government Code section 70616(a) if not already paid upon designation as complex.

Complex case fee and first appearance fee must be paid at the filing of the first paper in a class action proceeding.

Motion fees must be paid when the motion is scheduled online via CRS.

Motion filing fees must be paid online at the time the hearing date is reserved.

Ex parte application filing fee must be paid prior to court appearance.

Electronic filing fees and costs are waived for litigants with a court-approved fee waiver.

E-filing fees and costs are waived for litigants with approved fee waivers.

Motion fees must be paid online when reserving motion date via CRS prior to filing.

Facsimile filings incur a per-page usage fee plus standard filing fees, with all fees charged to Visa or MasterCard; filing confirmation is available for an additional fee.

Self-represented litigants must pay ex parte application fees in Room 102 by 8:30 a.m. on the hearing date.

Defendants must pay all fees associated with first paper filings as specified in the Initial Status Conference Order.

Ex parte applicants must pay filing fee before appearing in Department 410.

Motion filing fees must be paid when reserving hearing date online via CRS.

Filing fee required for ex parte applications, payable before appearing in court.

Filing fee for motions must be paid when reserving hearing date online prior to filing motion.

Jury fees must be posted 30 days before trial, or 30 days before the new trial date if continued.

Motion filing fees must be paid when reserving a hearing date online via CRS.

Ex parte application filing fee must be paid before appearing in court.

Jury fees must be paid daily; judicial assistant provides the daily rate.

Proof of jury fee payment must be provided to the clerk no later than the next day before trial resumes.

Stipulations and orders for continuance require payment of a $20.00 stipulation fee and first appearance fees for all parties.

Counsel are billed daily jury fees for civil trials.

Hearing fees required by the court’s Schedule of Fees must be paid in Room 102, Mosk Courthouse before filing attachment or writ of possession papers in Department 12.

Motion dates must be reserved online; fees due at reservation; do not call courtroom to reserve.

Parties must provide court reporter for trials or submit daily statements; court reporters only provided for fee waiver litigants.

Filing fee must be paid before appearing for ex parte application.

Petitioner must pay applicable fee for agency’s report in independent adoption cases.

Petitioner must pay applicable fee for agency’s report in stepparent adoption cases.

Jury fees must be paid no later than 365 calendar days after filing the initial complaint.

All fees for ex parte applications must be paid before filing.

Motion fees must be paid online at the time of CRS reservation.

Motion filing fees must be paid when reserving a hearing date online via the Court Reservation System.

Ex parte applications require filing fee payment before appearance and must include a declaration with affirmative factual showing of irreparable harm, immediate danger, or statutory ex parte basis.

Jury fees must be paid within 365 calendar days of filing the initial complaint.

All fees due upon filing a document are collected at the time of electronic filing unless a valid fee waiver order is present.

Electronically filed motions relating to multiple cases are charged one motion fee; multiple such motions are charged a fee per separate motion.

Add-on petitions to coordinate existing Los Angeles Superior Court cases with a Los Angeles County JCCP require no complaint copy and no filing fee.

Add-on petitions to coordinate newly filed Los Angeles Superior Court cases with a Los Angeles County JCCP must include a copy of the new complaint and are assessed first paper filing fees.

Add-on petitions to coordinate out-of-county cases with a Los Angeles County JCCP must include a copy of the out-of-county complaint and no filing fee is assessed.

Outstanding appearance or complex fees for a coordinated case are addressed at the hearing on the add-on petition.

Jury fees must be posted by initial case management conference.

Jury fees must be posted on or before the initial case management conference, else risk waiver.

Self-represented parties must submit ex parte application, declaration of notice, proposed order to Clerk’s Office for filing fee payment by 8:30 a.m. day of hearing.

Ex parte applications require payment of the filing fee before appearing in court.

Motion fee payments are required at the time online hearing date reservations are made, prior to filing any motion except motions in limine.

Motion filing fees must be paid when reserving a hearing date online.

Ex parte application filing fee must be paid before appearing in court.

Jury fees must be paid daily in room 102 of the first floor.

Hearing fees per the court’s Schedule of Fees must be paid at the Mosk Courthouse first-floor filing window prior to filing papers in the relevant department.

Applications for waiver of court fees and costs must be presented to designated departments based on case type and district.

A filing fee is required for trial continuances.

Jury fees must be paid or a waiver obtained 30 days before trial.

Continuance of motion hearing requires $20 fee per Government Code §70617(c)(1).

Initial jury demand fee $150 paid via e-filing; daily fees paid in Clerk’s Office.

Defaulting parties who signed the judgment are exempt from filing fees.

Clerk assesses a fee for processing petitions to withdraw funds from blocked minors accounts.

Motion fees must be paid online when reserving a motion date via CRS.

Jury fees must be paid daily; judicial assistant will provide the daily rate.

Parties must pay daily jury fees; proof of payment must be provided to the clerk by the next day before trial resumes.

Jury fees must be paid in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure Section 631.

Jury fees must be posted by the case management conference per CCP 631.

Court reporters are provided only with fee waiver; request via FW-020 10 calendar days before hearing.

Court reporters not provided absent fee waiver; fee waiver recipients may request official reporter via form FW-020.

Self-represented litigants may obtain a free court reporter if their fee waiver application is approved in advance.

Court reporters are provided free to litigants with fee waivers who timely request one.

Court reporters are only provided free of charge to parties with a fee waiver; others must pay.

Refund requests use form LACIV 150, can be e-filed, submitted in person, or by mail.

Governs initial court fee waivers for fiduciaries and petitioners in decedents' estates, conservatorships, guardianships, and related civil actions.

Fee waiver applications for conservator/guardian appointments must be based on the proposed conservatee's/ward's personal financial condition.

Fee waiver applications for personal representative appointments must be based on the petitioner's personal financial condition.

Appointment of a personal representative affects fee waiver eligibility, requiring notification of financial changes and basing continued eligibility on combined petitioner and estate finances.

Financial condition of conservatees/wards for fee waiver purposes includes support obligors' finances, community property interests, and trust/contractual income rights.

Courts may consider estate liquidity, support needs, and specific devises when determining fee waiver eligibility, and may impose equitable payment arrangements.

Decedent's estates must repay previously waived fees if the estate's financial condition leads to withdrawal of a personal representative's fee waiver.

Courts may collect previously waived fees from conservatorship/guardianship estates able to pay, following notice and hearing requirements.

In civil actions with conservators/guardians as parties, the fiduciary is responsible for notifying the court of financial changes affecting fee waivers.

Counsel may advance court fees for fee waiver applicants; certain applicants must complete specified forms when applying for waivers.

Fee waivers expire upon final disposition of the case, defined as termination of proceedings or discharge of fiduciaries.

Initial court fee waivers are available for probate fiduciaries and parties in civil actions with conservators/guardians based on financial condition.

Trial court applications for initial waiver of court fees and costs based on financial condition are governed by these rules; waivers may be modified or withdrawn if the applicant is ineligible, and previously waived fees may be ordered paid later.

Initial fee waivers for specified probate proceedings are governed by rule 7.5 rather than the rules in this division.

Courts may permit credit cards, debit cards, electronic fund transfers, debit accounts, and other authorized methods for payment of civil electronic filing fees.

Eligible persons may seek waivers of court fees and costs under specified statutory and rule provisions.

Fees for electronic filing charged by courts or service providers must comply with Code of Civil Procedure section 1010.6 fee provisions.

Court contracts with EFSPs may permit EFSPs to charge reasonable fees plus court filing fees.

EFSPs may require payment info before rendering services, except for fee-waived services.

Clerk provides copies of filed documents upon request and payment of applicable fee.

Vendors collect statutory e-filing fees via direct billing; waivers available via court order or law.

A $500 rejection fee applies to arbitration awards exceeding $30,000.

Arbitration orders must be submitted with the applicable filing fee for docketing and scheduling.

No appearance fee is charged by the Clerk for GAL appearances in adoption proceedings.

Jury fees must be paid before or when making a jury demand, unless waived via indigency petition; non-payment invalidates the demand.

Vendors collect required filing fees from subscribers via direct billing, unless fee is waived by court order or law.

E-filing vendor service fees belong solely to the vendor and are separate from statutory filing fees.

Refunds for e-file transactions ordered by the Court will deduct credit card and vendor fees; the Circuit Clerk refunds only the amount received from the e-filing vendor.

E-filing vendors may require fees or reasonable contractual requirements from subscribers, but are prohibited from charging government users or court-deemed indigent parties.

Appearance fees are waived for post-trial motions to enforce a judgment.

Waiver applications for court costs and fees are available per Supreme Court Rule 298; publication notice costs are not waivable.

Court only takes judicial notice of filing fee and certified mail cost for court cost claims.

Document copies and certifications are available to requesting parties at reasonable cost, including applicable statutory or rule-based fees.

E-filing subscribers must maintain a valid credit card on file with the vendor for statutory filing fee payment.

Fee payment is stayed for e-filings with indigence waiver petitions until the court rules on the petition.

Fee required by law must be paid when filing a supplemental probate proceeding.

No filing fee required for Appearance filed by GAL or court-appointed counsel for disabled person.

Jury demands must be filed with Circuit Court Clerk and fee paid at time of filing petition/claim or answer/responsive pleading.

No filing fee is required for Appearances filed by court-appointed Attorneys for Children, GALs, or Child's Representatives.

Parties unable to pay court fees may apply for a fee waiver.

Court reporter fees for prove-up hearings must be paid in full by the dissolving party at the time of hearing.

E-file vendor acts as Clerk's agent to collect filing fees via direct billing, except when fees are waived.

Document copies and certifications are available to requesting parties at reasonable cost per rule or statute.

Statutory filing fees apply to e-filed documents; fee-free documents also allowed.

E-filing fees payable via credit/debit card, ACH, or other Clerk-authorized methods.

Plaintiffs and defendants must pay the difference in filing/appearance fees when a case is transferred to a department/division/district with higher fees.

Minimum fines for parking tickets in Municipal District 1 are $10, $15, or $25 depending on violation type.

Clerk must accept partial payments of court-ordered fines/fees/costs; additional $15 Court Automation and Document Storage fees assessed in guilty finding cases.

Civil case initiating parties must pay a $2 Dispute Resolution Fund fee when filing first pleading; waived for local government proceedings.

Transcript fees are capped at $1.80/$0.50 per page (regular) and $2.10/$0.75 per page (expedited) for original/copy respectively.

E-filed documents certified conventionally at Clerk's Office M-F 8:30a-4:30p excluding holidays; fee per statute.

Vendor service fees are separate from Clerk's filing fees and retained by the vendor.

Chief Judge Kendall presumptively requires a $1,000 bond per defendant for temporary restraining orders.

Chief Judge Kendall presumptively requires a $1,000 bond per defendant in Schedule A cases.