California Government Code ARTICLE 6 - Waiver of Court Fees and Costs

• Section 68630.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) That our legal system cannot provide “equal justice under law” unless all persons have access to the...
• Section 68631.
  An initial fee waiver shall be granted by the court at any stage of the proceedings at both the appellate and trial court levels if...
• Section 68631.5.
  For purposes of this article, a conservatee, ward, or person for whom a conservatorship or guardianship is sought, shall be deemed the “applicant,” and the...
• Section 68632.
  Permission to proceed without paying court fees and costs because of an applicant’s financial condition shall be granted initially to all of the following persons:(a) An...
• Section 68633.
  (a) An applicant for an initial fee waiver under subdivision (a) of Section 68632 shall complete, under penalty of perjury, a Judicial Council application form requiring...
• Section 68634.
  (a) This section applies to the processing and determination of fee waiver applications in the trial courts.(b) All applications for an initial fee waiver shall be accepted...
• Section 68634.5.
  (a) This section applies to the processing and determination of fee waiver applications in the appellate courts.(b) All completed applications for a fee waiver shall be accepted...
• Section 68635.
  (a) This section applies only to waivers of trial court fees.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person who is sentenced to the state prison...
• Section 68636.
  (a) After the court has granted an initial fee waiver in whole or in part, and before final disposition of the case, the person who received...
• Section 68637.
  (a) This section applies only to waivers of trial court fees.(b) (1) If a party whose trial court fees and costs were initially waived is a prevailing party...
• Section 68638.
  (a) The trial court may execute on any order for payment of initially waived fees and costs in the same manner as on a judgment in...
• Section 68639.
  An initial fee waiver shall expire 60 days after the judgment, dismissal, or other final disposition of the case.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 462, Sec....
• Section 68640.
  The Judicial Council may adopt a rule of court to allow litigants who are not eligible for a fee waiver to pay court fees in...
• Section 68641.
  The Judicial Council shall adopt rules and forms to establish uniform procedures to implement this article, including, but not limited to, procedures for all of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018