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Circuit Court Clerk Filing Fees
Please refer to the tables below, or click the following link for the Circuit Court Clerk Filing Fee schedule effective January 1, 2006. Adobe PDF version.
Click the following link for the new Circuit Court Clerk Filing Fee schedule effective January 1, 2009. Adobe PDF version
(Unless otherwise specified by statute, fees in civil cases should be paid in advance.)
(Fees for initiation of new case include $23.75 state litigation tax, and $18.75 county litigation tax)
| Civil Actions |
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| (Service of Process Fees Not Included) |
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| 1. | Category One Cases
Contracts; torts; personal injury; property
damage; malpractice; wrongful death;
employment discrimination; civil suits;
tax disputes; special remedies and cases not
otherwise specified.
| 267.50 |
| 2. | Category Two Cases
Worker's comp cases; appeals to Circuit from
General Sessions, city courts and other courts
or hearings; writs of mandamus; condemnation/inverse condemnation; quo warranto actions: and writs of certiorari.
| 192.50 |
| 3. | Category Three Cases
Restoration of citizenship; legitimations; name
changes; minor's settlements; enforcement of foreign judgments and all other court approved settlements.
| 142.50 |
| 4. | Petition for Contempt (on existing cases)
| 75.00 |
| 5. | Petition to Encroach Funds | 25.00 |
| Domestic Relations Actions |
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| (Service of Process Fees Not Included) |
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| 1. | Divorce (w/ minor children) | 242.50 |
| 2. | Divorce (w/o minor children) | 167.50 |
| 3. | Petitions (on existing cases)
Contempt and modification. | 75.00 |
| 4. | Category Three Cases (Effective Nov. 24, 2008)
Adoptions (add $30.00 for each child as
birth certificate application fee payable to
Circuit Court Clerk); termination of parental rights; registration and/or enforcement of
foreign decree; paternity cases and other
domestic relations matters not otherwise designated.
| 142.50 |
| Miscellaneous/Other Charges and Fees |
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| 1. | Advanced Service of Process Fee
Davidson County Sheriff advanced fees (per defendant/witness, etc., payable to Circuit Court Clerk) | |
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**Summons and Subpoenas
| 7.00 |
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| Foreign Court Subpoenas (payable to Davidson County Sheriff)
| 22.00 |
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| Out-of-County Sheriff (payable to the Out-of-County Sheriff)
| 22.00 |
| Commissioner of Insurance (payable to the Commissioner of Insurance)
| 15.00 |
| Secretary of State (payable to the Secretary of State)
| 20.00 |
| 2. | Post-Judgment Requests | 25.00 |
| Applies to each requested garnishment, execution, levy, post-judgment interrogatory,
publication request, motions to set installment payments, and post-judgment orders and pleas.
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| 3. | Subpoenas (Clerk Fee) | 6.00 |
| 4. | Continuances (taxed at end of case) | 7.00 |
| 5. | Copies | .50/page |
| 6. | Mailing (certified or registered mail) | actual costs |
| 7. | Certification and Seal | 5.00 |
| 8. | Receiving Funds on Confirmation of Private Sale | 40.00 |
| 9. | Expungements | 100.00 |
| 10. | Notice of Appeal | 25.00 |
| 11. | Preparing a Record on Appeal from Circuit Court to an Appellate Court | 300.00 |
| 12. | Cross-filings and Counter-complaints | 100.00 |
| 13. | Third Party Complaints: Same fee as original complaint minus $42.50 litigation tax | |
| 14. | Intervening Complaint (Civil) | 225.00 |
| 15. | Intervening Complaint (Domestic) | 100.00 |
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**Upon successful service of process by Davidson County Sheriff, the additional sheriff fee will be billed at the conclusion of the case.
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