CHAPTER 5.8. Superior Court Fees [70600. - 70678.]

Chapter 5.8 added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 75, Sec. 121.

§§ 70600–70678 · 55 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Civil Fees Generally §§ 70600–70640 · 31 sections

   • § 70600 It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a uniform schedule of filing fees and other civil fees for the superior courts throughout the state. This…
   • § 70601 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a moratorium on increases in filing fees until January 1, 2008. No fee provided for in this chapter may be…
   • § 70602.5 Notwithstanding any other law, it is the intent of the Legislature to supplement certain first paper filing fees as provided below: (a) A supplemental fee of…
   • § 70602.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a supplemental fee of forty dollars ($40) shall be collected for filing any first paper subject to the uniform fee that is…
   • § 70603 (a) Except as provided in this section, the fees charged for filings and services under this chapter are intended to be uniform statewide and to be the only…
   • § 70611 The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a civil action or proceeding in the superior court, other than in a limited civil case, an adoption proceeding, a…
   • § 70612 (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in the action or proceeding described in Section 70611 on behalf of any defendant, intervenor, respondent, or…
   • § 70613 (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a limited civil case is three hundred thirty dollars ($330), except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) In a…
   • § 70613.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 472 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if a plaintiff or petitioner who previously was charged the filing fee under subdivision (b) of…
   • § 70614 (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a limited civil case on behalf of any party other than a plaintiff is three hundred thirty dollars ($330),…
   • § 70615 The fee for filing any of the following appeals to the superior court is twenty-five dollars ($25): (a) An appeal of a local agency’s decision regarding an…
   • § 70616 (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single complex case fee shall be paid to the clerk on behalf of all…
   • § 70616.5 (a) In addition to the first paper filing fee required by Section 70611 or 70613, a single high-frequency litigant fee shall be paid to the clerk on behalf of…
   • § 70617 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), the uniform fee for filing a motion, application, or any other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to the…
   • § 70618 When the venue in a case is changed, the fee for making up and transmitting the transcript and papers is fifty dollars ($50) and a further sum equal to the…
   • § 70619 The fee for reclassification of a case from a limited civil case to an unlimited civil case under Section 403.060 of the Code of Civil Procedure is one hundred…
   • § 70620 The fee for a certificate required by courts of appeal or the Supreme Court on filing a notice of motion prior to the filing of the record on appeal in the…
   • § 70621 (a) (1) The fee for filing a notice of appeal to the appellate division of the superior court in a limited civil case is three hundred thirty dollars ($330),…
   • § 70622 (a) In addition to the uniform filing fee authorized pursuant to Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, or 70670, a
   • § 70624 (a) In addition to the uniform filing fee authorized pursuant to Section 70611, 70612, 70613, 70614, 70650, 70651, 70652, 70653, 70655, or 70670, a
   • § 70625 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purpose of assisting the City and County of San Francisco in the acquisition, rehabilitation, construction, and…
   • § 70626 (a) The fee for each of the following services is forty dollars ($40). Subject to subdivision (e), amounts collected shall be distributed to the Trial Court…
   • § 70627 The fees collected under this section shall be distributed to the court in which they were collected. (a) The clerk of the court shall charge fifty cents…
   • § 70628 For an exemplification of a record or other paper on file, the fee is fifty dollars ($50), in addition to the charges allowed for copying or comparing each…
   • § 70629 (a) The clerk of the court shall collect a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) per signature for any document that is required to be authenticated pursuant to court…
   • § 70630 If the court has made videoconferencing services available, the clerk of the court shall charge a reasonable fee to cover the costs of permitting parties to…
   • § 70631 (a) In the absence of a statute or rule explicitly authorizing or prohibiting a fee by the superior court for a particular service or product, the court may…
   • § 70632 The clerk of the court shall charge a reasonable fee for handling funds held in trust for non-court parties or entities. The amount of the fee for handling the…
   • § 70633 (a) No fee shall be charged by the clerk for service rendered to the petitioner in any adoption proceeding except as provided in Section 103730 of the Health…
   • § 70635 (a) No fee shall be charged to the petitioner in a proceeding for a change of name that meets the conditions for the exemption under subdivision (b) of Section…
   • § 70640 (a) It is the policy of the state that each court shall endeavor to provide a children’s waiting room in each courthouse for children whose parents or…
2. ARTICLE 2. Fees in Probate Proceedings §§ 70650–70663 · 16 sections

   • § 70650 (a) The uniform filing fee for the first petition for letters of administration or letters testamentary, or the first petition for special letters of…
   • § 70651 (a) The uniform filing fee for objections or any other paper in opposition to a petition described in subdivision (a) of Section 70650, other than a petition…
   • § 70652 (a) The uniform filing fee for each petition concerning the internal affairs of a trust under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 17200) of Part 5 of Division 9…
   • § 70653 (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition for appointment of a conservator, a guardian of the estate, or a guardian of the person and estate, pursuant to…
   • § 70654 (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition for appointment of a guardian of the person only, is two hundred five dollars ($205). (b) Except as provided in…
   • § 70655 (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition that commences any of the proceedings under the Probate Code listed in subdivision (c) is three hundred fifty-five…
   • § 70656 (a) The uniform filing fee for a petition requesting an order setting aside a decedent’s estate of small value pursuant to Section 6602 of the Probate Code, if…
   • § 70657 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the uniform fee for filing a motion or other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to the first paper in a proceeding…
   • § 70657.5 (a) The uniform fee for filing the following petitions or applications, and objections or other opposition, is two hundred dollars ($200): (1) Petitions or…
   • § 70658 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the uniform fee for filing a petition or application, or objections or any other paper in opposition to a petition…
   • § 70658.5 If a petition or application, or opposition to a petition or application, described in Sections 70650 to 70656, inclusive, or Sections 70657.5 to 70658,…
   • § 70659 Where the public administrator, public guardian, or public conservator, or an employee of the State Department of State Hospitals or the State Department of…
   • § 70660 (a) The fee for receiving and storing each document transferred to the clerk of the superior court under Section 732 of the Probate Code is twenty dollars…
   • § 70661 The fee for searching a document transferred to the clerk of the superior court under Section 732 of the Probate Code is the same as the fee under subdivision…
   • § 70662 The filing fee for a request for special notice pursuant to Sections 1250, 2700, and 17204 of the Probate Code is forty dollars ($40). This fee shall be in…
   • § 70663 The fee for registering a conservatorship under Article 4 (commencing with Section 2011) of Chapter 8 of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Probate Code is thirty…
3. ARTICLE 3. Fees in Family Law Matters §§ 70670–70678 · 8 sections

   • § 70670 (a) The uniform fee for filing the first paper in a proceeding under the Family Code, other than a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or domestic…
   • § 70671 As used in subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 70670, the term “paper” does not include any of the following: (a) The declaration of a spouse or domestic partner…
   • § 70672 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be charged to file a first paper or any subsequent pleading or document on issues relating to…
   • § 70673 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee shall be charged to file a respondent’s appearance, stipulation if any, and waiver of rights in the action…
   • § 70674 (a) Except as provided by Section 6103.9, and notwithstanding the fee authorized by paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 70626, a fee of ten dollars…
   • § 70676 No fee shall be charged to an indigent petitioner for certified copies of any order issued pursuant to any of the following: (a) Article 2 (commencing with…
   • § 70677 (a) The uniform fee for filing any motion, application, order to show cause, or any other paper requiring a hearing subsequent to the first paper is sixty…
   • § 70678 In addition to the fee set forth in Section 70677, a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be paid to the clerk of the court at the time of filing a motion,…