Acceptable forms of payment are credit card, cash, check, or money order. ECF filing fees must be paid via pay.gov. All checks and money orders are to be payable to "Clerk, U.S. District Court." Court-related fees may be paid at any staffed Clerk's Office. Please note that the Clerk's Office only accepts exact change for fee payments.
Click here for information regarding how to make criminal debt payments by phone.
All questions regarding financial transactions with the court should be directed to the
at 803/253-3473.
Court
Fees - Effective April 09, 2006
Fee
Action
350.00
Civil
case filing fee
150.00
Admission
of an attorney to practice
250.00
Motion
for attorney admission pro hac vice
455.00
Appeal
fee (includes $5.00 notice of appeal)
5.00
Writ
of habeas corpus
.50
Reproduction
of any record on paper (per page)
15.00
Duplicate
certificate of admission or certificate of good standing
26.00
Record
search (per name or item searched)
32.00
Appeal
to a district judge from a judgment of a conviction by a magistrate in a misdemeanor case
9.00
Certification
of any document or paper
18.00
Exemplification
of any document or paper
.10
Copies from public access terminals in the courthouse
5.00
Microfiche sheet of film or microfilm jacket copy of any court record
26.00
Reproduction of an audio recording of a court proceeding
45.00
Retrieval
of a record from the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location
45.00
Returned
check fee for lack of funds
39.00
Filing
or indexing of any paper not in a case or proceeding for which a filing fee has been paid
at 803/253-3473.