California Government Code ARTICLE 1 - Civil Fees Generally

• Section 70600.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a uniform schedule of filing fees and other civil fees for the superior courts throughout the...
• Section 70601.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a moratorium on increases in filing fees until January 1, 2008. No fee provided for in...
• Section 70602.5.
  Notwithstanding any other law, it is the intent of the Legislature to supplement certain first paper filing fees as provided below:(a) A supplemental fee of forty...
• Section 70602.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a supplemental fee of forty dollars ($40) shall be collected for filing any first paper subject to the uniform fee that...
• Section 70603.
  (a) Except as provided in this section, the fees charged for filings and services under this chapter are intended to be uniform statewide and to be...
• Section 70611.
  The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a civil action or proceeding in the superior court, other than in a limited civil case,...
• Section 70612.
  (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in the action or proceeding described in Section 70611 on behalf of any defendant, intervenor, respondent, or...
• Section 70613.
  (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a limited civil case is three hundred thirty dollars ($330), except as provided in subdivision (b).(b) In...
• Section 70613.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 472 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if a plaintiff or petitioner who previously was charged the filing fee under subdivision (b) of...
• Section 70614.
  (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a limited civil case on behalf of any party other than a plaintiff is three hundred...
• Section 70615.
  The fee for filing any of the following appeals to the superior court is twenty-five dollars ($25):(a) An appeal of a local agency’s decision regarding an...
• Section 70616.
  (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single complex case fee shall be paid to the clerk...
• Section 70616.a.
  (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single complex case fee shall be paid to the clerk...
• Section 70616.5.
  (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single high-frequency litigant fee shall be paid to the clerk...
• Section 70617.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), the uniform fee for filing a motion, application, or any other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to...
• Section 70617.a.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), the uniform fee for filing a motion, application, or any other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to...
• Section 70618.
  When the venue in a case is changed, the fee for making up and transmitting the transcript and papers is fifty dollars ($50) and a...
• Section 70619.
  The fee for reclassification of a case from a limited civil case to an unlimited civil case under Section 403.060 of the Code of Civil...
• Section 70620.
  The fee for a certificate required by courts of appeal or the Supreme Court on filing a notice of motion prior to the filing of...
• Section 70621.
  (a) (1) The fee for filing a notice of appeal to the appellate division of the superior court in a limited civil case is three hundred thirty...
• Section 70622.
  (a) In addition to the uniform filing fee authorized pursuant to Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, or 70670, after giving notice...
• Section 70624.
  (a) In addition to the uniform filing fee authorized pursuant to Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, or 70670, after giving notice...
• Section 70625.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purpose of assisting the City and County of San Francisco in the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, and financing of courtrooms...
• Section 70626.
  (a) The fee for each of the following services is twenty-five dollars ($25). Subject to subdivision (e), amounts collected shall be distributed to the Trial Court...
• Section 70627.
  The fees collected under this section shall be distributed to the court in which they were collected.(a) The clerk of the court shall charge fifty cents...
• Section 70628.
  For an exemplification of a record or other paper on file, the fee is fifty dollars ($50), in addition to the charges allowed for copying...
• Section 70629.
  (a) The clerk of the court shall collect a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) per signature for any document that is required to be authenticated pursuant...
• Section 70630.
  If the court has made videoconferencing services available, the clerk of the court shall charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of permitting parties...
• Section 70631.
  In the absence of a statute or rule authorizing or prohibiting a fee by the superior court for a particular service or product, the court...
• Section 70632.
  The clerk of the court shall charge a reasonable fee for handling funds held in trust for non-court parties or entities. The amount of the...
• Section 70633.
  (a) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for service rendered to the petitioner in any adoption proceeding except as provided in Section 103730 of...
• Section 70640.
  (a) It is the policy of the state that each court shall endeavor to provide a children’s waiting room in each courthouse for children whose parents...

Last modified: October 22, 2018