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.
All questions regarding financial transactions with the court should be directed to the
at 803/253-3474.
District Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule - Effective December 1, 2023
Fee
Action
405.00
Civil
case filing fee, including $55 administrative fee.
199.00
Admission
of an attorney to practice
350.00
Motion
for attorney admission pro hac vice
605.00
Appeal
fee (includes $5.00 notice of appeal)
5.00
Writ
of habeas corpus
.50
Reproduction
of any record and providing in paper form (per page)
21.00
Duplicate
certificate of admission or certificate of good standing
34.00
Record
search (per name or item searched)
41.00
Appeal
to a district judge from a judgment of a conviction by a magistrate in a misdemeanor case
12.00
Certification
of any document or paper
24.00
Exemplification
of any document or paper
.10
Copies from public access terminals in the courthouse
7.00
Microfiche sheet of film or microfilm jacket copy of any court record
34.00
Reproduction of an audio recording of a court proceeding
70.00
Retrieval
of one box of records from the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location.
43.00
Retrieval
of additional boxes of records from a storage location.
11.00
Electronic retrieval, plus any charges assessed by the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the courts.
53.00
For any payment which is returned or denied for insufficient funds, or reversed due to a chargeback
52.00
Filing
or indexing of any paper not in a case or proceeding for which a filing fee has been paid
52.00
Registration
of a foreign judgment (28:1963)
52.00
Surety
bondsman/power of attorney
52.00
Filing
letters rogatory or letter of request
52.00
Filing
of papers by trustee or receiver (28:754)
52.00
Petition
to perpetuate testimony
30.00
CVB Processing Fee
33.00
Reproduction of any electronic record stored outside of court's electronic case management system
at 803/253-3474.