ADVANCE DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS!
(DEPOSITS-NOT COSTS EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED**)
EFFECTIVE MARCH 15, 2009
CIVIL CASES (Includes 1 Defendant*)
*Each additional Defendant |
$75.00 |
*Secretary of State Service |
$50.00 |
*Curator Fee |
$125.00 |
The party filing must pay the costs at time of filing except the Answer to the Original Petition may be filed without a deposit. (R.S.13:843)
Original Petition |
$300.00 |
Supplemental and/or Amending Petition |
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Intervention |
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Third Party Demand |
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Reconventional Demand |
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Cross Claims |
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Cases docketed under the same number seeking: |
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Deficiency Judgment |
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Petition for Community Property Settlement |
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| Petition with Restraining Order OR Rule |
$350.00 |
Petition with Restraining Order AND Rule |
$400.00 |
Rule requiring service |
$250.00 |
(Exception-Suits for Custody in Re: Change of School District)** |
$125.00 |
| CLERKS DIVISION SUITS (Claims of $3,000 or less (one defendant) |
$200.00 |
| (Code of Civil Procedure Article 4911) |
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PROBATE MATTERS
Interdictions, Tutorships, Successions, Emancipations |
$200.00 |
Complete Succession (original Petition through Judg. Of Poss.) |
** $200.00 |
DEPOSIT REQUIRED TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS/NOTICE OF DEPOSITION
Inside Jackson Parish |
$75.00 |
Police Officers |
$100.00 |
Civil Index Search is $10.00 per name
STATUTORY JUDICIAL FEES
The following are judicial fees collected by our office (Included in the advance deposit) on the following:
Original Petition, Supplemental, Amending Petition, Intervention, Third Party Demand, Deficiency Judgment, Cross Claims, Reconventional Demand, Executory Process, Community Property even if filed under previous number.
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Judges’ Supplemental Fund |
$20.00 (R.S. 13:10.3) |
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Judges’ Expense Fund |
$15.00 (R.S. 13:996.49) |
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Court Reporter* |
(R.S. 13:973) |
*Any type of civil suit or proceeding, intervention, third party demand or reconventional demand
Money Demand $500 or less |
$5.00 |
Money Demand Over $500 less than $1000 |
$10.00 |
Successions, tutorships, interdictions, emancipations, adoptions |
$10.00 |
| $10.00 All others |
$20.00 |
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