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Fees and Online Payments

CRIMINAL DEBT PAYMENTS

Click HERE to make payments on criminal assessments, fines, and/or restitution.

**NOTICE: The option to pay using the LAWD Pay app on your mobile device will no longer
be available effective June 30, 2022.  The app will be removed from the App Store and
Google Play. For users who have downloaded the app, the "Make A Payment" button will
be disabled, and they will be directed to the Pay.gov form available in the link above.

 

REQUEST AND PAY FOR COPIES

Please call the Clerk's Office (337-593-5000) for payment information PRIOR to completing
and submitting the online form below.  Please also note that the form is for paper copies only.

Electronic copies may be obtained from www.pacer.gov or by contacting the Clerk's Office.

Click HERE to request and pay for any of the items in the section below.

**NOTICE: The option to pay using the LAWD Pay app on your mobile device will no longer
be available effective June 30, 2022.  The app will be removed from the App Store and
Google Play. For users who have downloaded the app, the "Make A Payment" button will
be disabled, and they will be directed to the Pay.gov form available in the link above.

Records Search and Certification $34
Exemplification Certificate $24
Retrieval of Record from FRC $70 (1st or 1 box) $43 (2nd or multiple boxes)
Certification of a Copy $12
Photocopying $0.50/page
Issuance of Apostille $50

OTHER FEES

New Civil Actions $405
Habeas Corpus $5
Miscellaneous:

   A filing not in a pending action, e.g.:

-Petition to Perpetuate Testimony - FRCP 27(a)

-Trustee Filings under 28 U.S.C §754

-Letters Rogatory

-Registration of a Judgment, 28 U.S.C. §1963

-Notice of a Deposition (out-of-district)

$52
Appeal $605 ($550 to Court of Appeals; $5 for District Court; $50 Administrative Fee)
Appeal of a Magistrate Judge Ruling $41 (Criminal Misdemeanor Case)
Deposit for Garnishment $15 (answering  interrogatories)
Attorney Admission
(Online application and payment.)
$224 (Duplicate certificate $21)
Attorney Admission, Pro Hac Vice $105
Duplicate Certificate of Admission or Certificate of Good Standing (Available via pay.gov.) $21
Smart Scan Service (copies of documents stored at a Federal Records Center - MAXIMUM of 100 pages)

$10 Judiciary Fee

$9.90 Flat Rate Pull Charge

$0.65/page

Copy of Microfiche - Not available in this district. $7
Reproduction of recordings, proceedings, regardless of medium $34
Electronic copy of record not stored in CM/ECF $34
Payment returned or denied for insufficient funds $53
Witness Fee $40
Mileage Allowance (effective 1/1/2024) $0.67/mile
WEB PACER Usage - Copies $0.10/page
WEB PACER Usage - Audio Files $2.40/file
For more about Fees, visit http://www.uscourts.gov/FormsAndFees/Fees.aspx