Civil
Civil Complaints
If you are filing for damages in excess of $5000 or if your suit involves a breach of contract, punitive damages, an action to obtain possession of property, a writ of restitution, or other like actions, you may need to seek the advice of legal counsel. The court is not able to provide forms for filing your complaint. Please refer to the fees section below for costs associated with this type of complaint.
Civil Filing Fees
| If the sum claimed does not exceed $1,000 | $49 |
| If the sum claimed exceeds $1,000 but does not exceed $2,500 | $71 |
| If the sum claimed exceeds $2,500 but does not exceed $4,500 | $121 |
| If the sum claimed exceeds $4,500 but does not exceed $6,500 | $146 |
| If the sum claimed exceeds $6,500 but does not exceed $7,500 | $171 |
| If the sum claimed exceeds $7,500 but does not exceed $10,000 | $196 |
| In all other Civil Actions | |
| Answer to Complaint or defendant’s first pleading | $33 |
| Confession of Judgment | $27 |
| Writ of Attachment, Garnishment, Execution, or other writ designed for judicial enforcement | $6 |
| Order for Supplementary Proceeding | $20 |
| Renewal of Judgment | $40 |
| Claim of Exemption from Execution first pleading from defendant | $33 |
| Not defendant’s first pleading | $15 |
| Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment | $33 |
| Second or additional occurrence | $40 |
| Motion to Set Aside Dismissal | $40 |
| Transfer Fee from Small Claims to Civil Jurisdiction in Justice Court | $40 |
| Transfer of Small Claims or Civil to District Court | $125 |
| Issuance of a Bench Warrant | $125 |
| Photocopies of any record, proceeding or paper (each page) | .30 |
| Certificate of the Clerk under seal of the court | $3 |
| Searching records or files, for each year | $1 |
| Record Retrieval Fees | |
| Each Trip to Records Management | $40 |
| Retrieving and Returning the first file | $6 |
| Retrieving and Returning each additional file / sequential order | $3 |
| Retrieving and Returning each file not in numerical order | $6 |