Fee Schedule
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Effective October 1, 20241
- Filing Fees
- Attorney Admissions
- Copy/Printing Fees
- Miscellaneous Fees
- Record Retrieval Fees
- Transcript Fee Rates
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*Checks / Money Orders are to be made payable to "Clerk, U.S. District Court"
Filing Fees
| Civil Action or Notice of Removal2 | $405.00 |
| Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus | $5.00 |
| Appeal to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals | $605.00 |
| Miscellaneous Filing Fee3 | $52.00 |
| Appeal to a district court judge from judgment of conviction by a magistrate judge in a misdemeanor case | $41.00 |
| Filing an action brought under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (in addition to the civil case filing fee) | $7,202.00 |
Attorney Admissions
| Admission to Practice (includes a Certificate of Admission and payment to the Attorney Admission Fund) | $249.00 |
| Pro Hac Vice Admission Fee | $100.00 |
| Certificate of Good Standing or Duplicate Certificate of Admission | $21.00 |
Copy/Printing Fees
| Reproducing any document and providing a copy in any form (per page)4 | $0.50 |
| Copy fees for persons granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (per page) (Administrative Order #174) | $0.10 |
| Reproduction of an electronic record, if the record is stored outside of the court's electronic filing system 5 | $33.00 |
| Reproduction of an Audio Recording of a Court Proceeding 5 | $34.00 |
| Reproduction of microfiche sheet of film or microfilm jacket copy of any court record, where available. | $7.00 |
| Printing copies of any record or document accessed electronically at a public terminal in the courthouse (per page) 4 | $0.10 |
Miscellaneous Fees
| Certification Fee or Transcript of Judgment (includes AO451) | $12.00 |
| Exemplification of Document | $24.00 |
| Issuance of Apostille | $50.00 |
| Payment returned or denied for insufficient funds | $53.00 |
| Search of District Court records (per name or item searched) 5 | $34.00 |
| Central Violations Bureau (CVB) processing fee | $30.00 |
Record Retrieval Fees
| Retrieval of record from the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the court (one box) | $70.00 |
| Retrievals involving multiple boxes (each additional box) | $43.00 |
| Electronic retrieval of court records from the Federal Records Center | $20.90 |
| Plus FRC transmission fee, per page | $0.65 |
Maximum Transcript Fee Rates (Per Page)
| Transcript Types | Delivery Times | Original |
First Copy to Each Party |
Each Addt'l Copy to Same Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary | 30 days after receipt of an order | $4.40 | $1.10 | $0.75 |
| 14-Day | 14 days after receipt of an order | $5.10 | $1.10 | $0.75 |
| Expedited | 7 days after receipt of an order | $5.85 | $1.10 | $0.75 |
| 3-Day | 3 days after receipt of an order | $6.55 | $1.30 | $0.90 |
| Daily | Following adjournment and prior to opening of court on the following morning | $7.30 | $1.45 | $1.10 |
| Hourly | Within two hours | $8.70 | $1.45 | $1.10 |
| Realtime | Draft unedited transcript electronically delivered during proceedings or immediately following adjournment | $3.70 | N/A | N/A |
| Realtime Feeds | The fee for the number of connections (Feeds) provided | One Feed | Two to Four Feeds | Five or more Feeds |
| $3.70 per page | $2.55 per page | $1.80 per page |
1 Federal agencies or programs funded from judiciary appropriations should not be charged any fees under this schedule.
2 Includes a $55 administrative fee, which does not apply to persons granted in forma pauperis status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
3 Applies to any document that is not related to a pending case or proceeding, including a petition to perpetuate testimony under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 27(a); papers by trustees under 28 U.S.C. § 754; letters rogatory or letters of request; registering a judgment from another district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963; writs of mandamus; and motions to quash a foreign deposition subpoena, administrative summons or administrative subpoena.
4 Applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the record requested is available through electronic access.
5 For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a copy of a record stored outside of ECF, including but not limited to exhibits, audio records, and video recordings.