Fees
Electronic Fee Refund Policy
Pursuant to Judicial Conference policy, refunds of filing fees, including pro hac vice and attorney admissions fees, are generally prohibited. The Clerk’s Office is authorized to approve a refund in very limited circumstances involving electronic payment errors or when no fee was due at filing.
To request a refund, click here: https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/webforms/refund-request
Refund requests may not be made over the phone. If a refund is approved, credit card payments will be refunded directly to the card charged.
Criminal Debt Payments
The Clerk's Office accepts cash or a money order for a criminal debt payment. A money order must be made payable to Clerk, U.S. District Court. A criminal debt payment may also be paid electronically through Pay.gov.
Fee Schedule |
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Fee to file a civil action
This fee consists of a $350 filing fee plus a $55 administrative fee. The administrative fee does not apply to applications for a writ of habeas corpus or to persons granted in forma pauperis status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
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$405 |
| Fee to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus | $5 |
| Fee to apply for special admission to practice under Local Rule 2.02 | $150 |
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Fee to file an action under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, P.L. 104-114, 110 Stat. 785 (1996)
This fee is in addition to the filing fee prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) for instituting any civil action other than a writ of habeas corpus.
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$7,202 |
| Fee to file an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | $605 |
| Fee to file a miscellaneous filing unrelated to a pending action | $52 |
| Fee to register a foreign judgment | $52 |
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Fee to have clerk search for a record of the court.
This fee is for each name or item searched. The fee applies to a service on behalf of the United States if the information requested is available electronically.
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$34 |
| Fee to obtain an electronic copy of a record that is neither stored in CM/ECF nor available on PACER. | $33 |
| Fee to certify any document | $12 |
| Fee to obtain exemplification on any document | $24 |
| Fee for issuance of an apostille | $50 |
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Fee to obtain a copy
The fee applies to a service on behalf of the United States if the information requested is available electronically.
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$.50 |
| Fee to obtain a copy of an image from a public access terminal in a clerk's office | $.10 |
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Fee to obtain a copy of a recording of a proceeding regardless of the medium
The fee applies to a service on behalf of the United States if the information requested is available electronically. |
$34 |
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Fee to retrieve an archived record from the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location away from the court
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$70 first box/ $43 each additional box |
| Fee for electronic retrievals |
$20.90 plus $.65 per page ($11 plus a $9.90 flat-rate pull charge and $0.65 per page collected on behalf of the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the courts) |
| Fee for any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds, or reversed due to a chargeback | $53 |
| Fee to file an appeal to a district judge from a judgment of conviction by a magistrate judge in misdemeanor or petty offense case | $41 |
| Fee to obtain lawyer admission to practice (original application) | $224 |
| Fee to obtain lawyer admission to practice (renewal) | $50 every five years |
| Fee to obtain a certificate of admission or certificate of good standing | $21 |
| Fee to register a power of attorney under 31 U.S.C. § 9306(b) | $52 |
| Fee to obtain or view the court's local rules on this website | $0 |
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Fee to handle registry funds deposited with and held by the court
Fee to manage registry funds invested through the Court Registry Investment System
Fee to manage funds deposited under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and invested in a Disputed Ownership Fund through the Court Registry Investment System
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10 basis points from interest earnings 10 basis points from interest earnings 20 basis points from interest earnings |
| Fee to obtain electronic access to court data. Federal public defender organizations are exempt from this fee. | $.50 per page |
| Fee to process each violation notice processed through the Central Violations Bureau (CVB) | $30 |
| Fee for each microfiche sheet of film or microfilm jacket copy of any court record, where available | $7 |
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Electronic Access
For information concerning electronic access to civil and criminal case dockets of this court, please contact the PACER Service Center at (800) 676-6856. You may also write to the PACER Service Center at: PACER Service Center Community defender organizations and private attorneys appointed under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) who perform work, pursuant to such appointment, are exempt from fees for electronic public access services. Community defender organizations and CJA Panel lawyers appointed under the Criminal Justice Act can request an exempt login and password for use in connection with CJA appointments by contacting the PACER Service Center at the phone number or address listed above or via email at pacer@psc.uscourts.gov. |
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