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Court Fees - Effective 08-06-2010


Adoptions:
 
Superior Court
Justice Court Municipal Court
Petition or Application for Adoption
No Fee
Petition or Application for Adoption if child is a Ward of the Court/DES
No Fee
Contested Adoption
No Fee
Civil:
  Superior Court Justice Court Municipal Court
Complaint or Petition
$256.00
$65.00
Filing Intervener
$256.00
Additional Plaintiffs
$256.00
Eviction/Forcible Detainer Complaint
$256.00
$30.00
Eviction/Forcible Detainer Complaint - Defendant Answer
$178.00
$16.00
Petition for Change of Name
$256.00
Petition to Take Deposition
$256.00
Petition for Stay or Special Action
$256.00
Foreign Judgment
$256.00
Change of Venue to this County
$241.00

Answer or Initial Appearance

$178.00
$35.00
Separate Answer, Per Defendant
$178.00
Additional Defendants
$178.00
Answer for Special Action
$178.00
Garnishee Contesting Garnishment
$178.00

Order to Show Cause which does one or more of the following:

1. Request affirmative or counter relief;
2. Attacks Process of Proceedings;
3. Takes Other Affirmative Action

$178.00
Process Server Application
$226.00
Change of Venue for Jurisdiction, (12-404)-Plaintiff/Petitioner pays fee
$86.00
$24.00
Post Adjudication Petition in CV cases A.R.S. 12-284D
$141.00
Small Claims Complaint
$23.00
Small Claims Complaint -Defendant Answer
$13.00
Small Claims Service by mail  
$8.00
 
Transcript of Judgment
$41.00
APPEALS - Superior Court Appeals
Civil Appeal
$148.00
   
Civil Appeal Bond
$500.00
   
Cross Appeal by Appellee
$148.00
   
Arbitration Appeal
$140.00
   
APPEALS - Limited Jurisdiction Court Appeals to Superior Court
Civil Appeal
$241.00
$48.00*
Criminal Appeal
No Fee
$48.00*
$34.00*
Civil Cross-claim
$256.00
$48.00*
Civil Traffic Appeal
$101.00
$48.00*
$34.00*
Criminal Traffic Appeal
No Fee
$48.00*
$34.00*
(*Fee includes cost for record duplication)

Domestic Relations:
  Superior Court Justice Court Municipal Court
Change of Venue to this County
$306.00
Petition for Dissolution (without children)
$276.00
Petition for Dissolution (with children)
$326.00
Petition/Legal Separation (without children)
$276.00
Petition/Legal Separation (with children)
$326.00
Petition for Annulment (without children)
$276.00
Petition for Annulment (with children)
$326.00
Response/Initial Appearance (without children)
$211.00
Response/Initial Appearance (with children)
$261.00
Response/Initial Appearance Legal Separation (without children)
$211.00
Response/Initial Appearance Legal Separation (with children)
$261.00
Response to Annulment (without children)
$211.00
Response to Annulment (with children)
$261.00
Petition for Paternity
$271.00
Response to Petition for Paternity
$206.00
Petition (Intervener) for DO Case
$256.00
Petition - Fee not specifically prescribed
$206.00
Post - Adjudication Petition in DO Cases
$141.00
Response - Fee not specifically described (support/ custody)
$141.00
Change of Venue
$86.00
Change of Venue for Jurisdiction (13-404)-Petitioner within 20 days
$86.00
Order of Protection
No Fee
No Fee
No Fee
Petition for Injunction / Harassment
No Fee
No Fee
No Fee
Probate, Conservatorship, Guardianship:
  Superior Court Justice Court Municipal Court
Petition for Formal Appointment
$256.00
Application for informal Probate
$256.00
Petition for Supervised Administration
$256.00
Petition to Appoint Guardian/ Conservator
$256.00
Single Estate Application or Petition
(Proof of Authority)
$256.00
Opposing Petition
$256.00
Transfer of Real Property by Affidavit($256 + $26 Certification Fee)
$282.00
Post Judgment Activities-Probate Cases
$191.00
Controlled Trust Accounts, per action
$26.00
Transfer From Justice Courts
  Superior Court Justice Court Municipal Court
Appellant
$241.00
Ownership of Real Property becomes issue-Plainfiff, within 20 days
$256.00
Appellee
$163.00
Ownership of Real Property becomes issue- defendant
$154.00
Jurisdiction Exceeded (within 20 days)
$148.00
Miscellaneous:
  Superior Court Justice Court Municipal Court
Alpha Index, per page
$.50
Authentication per certification - 3 seals @ $26.00 ea
$78.00
Bail Bondsman
$112.00
Certificate of Clerk to any matter
$26.00
Certificate of Correctness of Record
$26.00
Certification, per document
$26.00
$24.00
$17.00
Certified Copy of Marriage License / Affidavit
$26.00
Comparison Fee, per page
$.50
Copies, per page
$.50
$.50
Court Forms and Packets, per page. Available online free.
$.15
$.15
Deferral Application Fee
$26.00
Demand for Notice, filing paper or performing any act for which a specific fee is not provided by statute
$26.00
$24.00
Exemplification per signature
$52.00
$24.00
Filing Small Claims Tax Case
$37.00
Filing of a Criminal Appeal    
$17.00
Filing or Performing any act for which a specific fee is not provided by Statute
$26.00
$24.00
$17.00
Hearing Request (Copy of Tape / CD)
$32.00
$24.00
 
Issuance of Any Writ
$26.00
$24.00
Issuance of each Civil Subpoena
$26.00
$24.00
Issue and Record marriage License
$72.00
Judgment Debtors Exam Issue Fee
$24.00
MVD Judgment Certification
$24.00
Notice of Assignment of Judgment
$24.00
NSF Charge
$25.00
$25.00
Passport Book- Adult ( Court Fee - $25.00 + U.S. Dept. of State Fee - $110.00) Separate Checks Required
$135.00
Passport Book- Juvenile, under the age of 16 ( Court Fee - $25.00 + U.S. Dept. of State Fee - $80.00 ) Separate Checks Required
$105.00
Passport Card - Adult ( Court Fee - $25.00 + U.S. Dept. of State Fee - $30.00) Separate Checks Required
$55.00
Passport Card - Juvenile, under the age of 16 ( Court Fee - $25.00 + U.S. Dept. of State Fee - $15.00 ) Separate Checks Required
$40.00
Payment History Report (plus $.50 per page copy fee )
$26.00
$24.00
$17.00
Petition for Emancipation of a Juvenile
$121.00
Objection to Petition for Emancipation
$163.00
Petition to Reopen File
$26.00
Petition to Seal Court File
$26.00
Postage and Handling
$7.00
Post storage Hearing fee  
$13.00
 
Proof of Claim
$26.00
Providing Notary Services
$7.00
Power of Attorney
$26.00
Record Duplication  
$24.00
$17.00
Reel of Film/Alpha Index, per year
$26.00
Re-issuance of Summons
$24.00
Renewal of Judgement
$26.00
$24.00
 
Research Locating Document
$26.00
$24.00
$17.00
Request to Retrieve Bank Records
$26.00
Services performed by the Clerk that become part of a case or matter of record
$26.00
Stop Payment on Check
$14.00