Fees & Fee Schedules
NOTICE: Notice regarding Administrative Fee (to accompany Civil Filing Fee) [Effective May 1st, 2013]
- Copies and Printing
- Mileage Rates (pdf)
- Miscellaneous Fees
- Miscellaneous Fee Schedule(uscourts.gov)
- Records Retrieval
- Admission Related Fees
- PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) Fees
- Pacer Fee Schedule (pdf)
- 2nd Circuit Fee Schedule (ca2.uscourts.gov)
Transcript Fees are set in General Order 3 of the Northern District of New York.
To view a printable version of the Northern District of New York Fee Schedule click HERE.
* Checks / Money Orders are to be made payable to: 'Clerk, U.S. District Court.'
Financial
- Bond - Posting and Refund Procedures (pdf)
- Restitution Payments (pdf)
- Registry Fund Investments (pdf)
- Notice Regarding Refunds of Fees Paid (pdf)
- Notice Regarding Paper Check Conversion (pdf)
- List of Approved Sureties (fms.treas.gov)
Refund of Fee
If you inadvertently paid a Fee electronically, follow the instructions for Refund of Fees Paid Electronically.
Filing Fees
Civil Complaint (and Pet. for Removal) + Administrative Fee Total Due......................................................................................................... |
$350.00 +$50.00 $400.00 |
Miscellaneous Filing Fee1 | $47.00 |
Appeal from Dist Court Judgment to CCA + Administrative Fee Total Due.......................................................................................................... |
$455.00 +$50.00 $505.00 |
Appeal from Magistrate's Judgment of Conviction to District Court (Misd Case) | $38.00 |
Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus | $5.00 |
Filing an action brought under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 19962 | $6,548.00 |
Processing fee for a petty offense charged on a federal violation notice (CVB Processing Fee) |
$30.00 |
Copies/Printing
Photocopies (per page court fee) | $0.50 |
Printing copies of any record or document accessed electronically at a public terminal (per page) | $0.10 |
Printing/Postage of NDNY Local Rules | No Charge |
Reproduction of Tape, DVD, or Digitally Recorded Court Proceeding | $30.00 |
Each Microfiche sheet of film or microfilm jacket copy of any court record, where available | $6.00 |
Miscellaneous Fees
Certificate of Conviction | $11.00 |
Certifying a document | $11.00 |
Transcript of Judgment | $11.00 |
Exemplification of Document | $22.00 |
Search Fee (per name or item searched) | $31.00 |
Returned Check Fee | $53.00 |
Records Retrieval (from District Court)
Retrieval of ONE box (Federal Records Center) For each additional box retrieved, per box |
$64.00 $39.00 |
Electronic Record Retrieval from FRC PLUS FRC - PER PAGE FEE |
$19.90 + $0.65/pp |
Records Retrieval (from NARA)
National Archives Reproduction Fee Schedule
Admission Related
Admission Fee (Permanent) | $231.00 |
Admission Fee (pro hac vice - per case) | $100.00 |
Transcript of Judgment | $11.00 |
Biennial Attorney Admission Registration Fee3 | $50.00 |
Certificate of Good Standing | $19.00 |
Duplicate Certificate of Admission | $19.00 |
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)
As of 4/1/2012, the Electronic Pacer Access fee is increased from $.08 to $.10 per page. Access to court documents costs $0.10 per page as well. The cost to access a single document is capped at $3.00 (the equivalent of 30 pages.) The cap does not apply to name searches, reports that are not case-specific, and transcripts of federal court proceedings.
By Judicial Conference Policy, if usage does not exceed $15 ($10 for usage prior to 4/1/2012) in a quarter, fees for that quarter are waived, effectively making the service free for most users.
PACER/Electronic Access to Court Data through Internet |
$0.10 |
PACER - Search of court records by PACER Service center (per name or item searched) | $30.00 |
PACER - Electronic access to digital audio file of a district court hearing (per audio file) (when available) | $2.40 |
PACER - fee for check paid to PACER Service Center which is returned for lack of funds | $53.00 |
2 This fee is in addition to the filing fee prescribed in 28 U.S.C. 1914(a) for instituting a civil action other than a writ of habeas corpus.
3 Collected every two years in accordance with Local Rule 83.1(a)(5).