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The payment of any fees to any court or clerk thereof may be waived or dispensed with by the court when a plaintiff, defendant, appellant, respondent, or other party, by reason of poverty, seeks relief therefrom.

L.1953, c. 22, p. 381, s. 11.

22A:2-1 Fees of clerk of supreme court
22A:2-1. For services hereinafter mentioned, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees:

Upon the filing or entering of the notice of appeal, notice of cross-appeal or notice of petition for certification, notice of cross-petition for certification or notice of petition for review, the appellant, cross-appellant, petitioner or cross-petitioner shall pay $200.00.

Upon the filing of the first paper in any motion, petition or application (including an order if it be the first paper), if not in a pending cause or if made after judgment entered, the moving party shall pay $30.00 shall cover all fees payable on such motion, petition or application down to and including filing and entering the order therein and taxation of costs.

L.1953, c.22, s.11; amended 1991, c.177, s.5; 1996, c.52, s.1; 2002, c.34, s.25.

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New Jersey Fees And Costs Laws Section 22A:1-7. Payment of fees dispensed with by reason of poverty.