ADVANCE DEPOSIT SCHEDULE

Civil Fees
$300 Suits with one defendant                                                                                                                   $50   Each additional defendant                                                                                                                 $50   Each service through the Secretary of State                                                                                     $250 Curator fee for absentee defendants

§841. Enumeration of fees in civil matters; miscellaneous

A. The clerks of the several district courts may be entitled to demand and receive fees of office, which fees may be less than, but shall not exceed, the amounts set forth in this Section.  Any clerk of court that establishes procedures for the filing, receipt, or issuance of any of the following documents by electronic means shall establish fees for the filing, receipt, or issuance of electronic documents that shall not exceed the fee that would apply if the document was received, filed, or issued in paper.

(1)  Initialization fee, twenty dollars.

(2)  Filing document:

(a)  First page, six dollars.

(b)  Each subsequent page, four dollars.

(c)  Exhibits up to eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, including but not limited to attachments, transcripts, and depositions, two dollars per page.

(d)  All paper exhibits larger than eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches, five dollars per page and all other exhibits, five dollars per exhibit.

(3)  Indexing each name, two dollars.

(4)(a)  Issuing document with notice of service, twenty dollars.

(b)  Issuing document without notice of service, fifteen dollars.

(5)(a)  Certification of copy, five dollars.

(b)  Act of congress, five dollars.

(c)  Conformed copies, three dollars.

(6)  Copies per page, one dollar.

(7)  Minute entries, five dollars.

(8)  Swearing of witnesses and jurors, two dollars.

(9)  United States Postal Service and common carriers, costs actually incurred.

(10)  Appeals (per original document page) complete preparation of all copies and volumes,  $5 per page

Clerks Division Suits (C.C.P. Art. 4911)                                                                                                  $250  Suits with one defendant                                                                                                               $50   Each additional defendant

Garnishments
$250

Witness Fees:
$50/day  – Law Enforcement Officer
$50/day –  Lay Witness  + .65 per mile

Probate Fees
$350 Succession
$300 Interdiction, $250 Curator Fee
$300 Judicial Commitment
$300 Tutorship
$300 Tutorship w/Minor’s Settlement
$300 Emancipation

Adoptions
$300

FAX FILINGS: SEE R.S. 13:850.  FAX TRANSMISSION FEE $5.00 (transmission receipt with be sent from our office)  Fax filing will be date stamped and original must be received by our office within 7 days.

ADD $5 for each certification
ADD $3.00 for each stamped/conformed copy