Fee Schedule
The Court of Appeals Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, promulgated by the Judicial Conference and authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1913, sets appellate court fees and exemptions. Fees are paid to the clerk of the appellate or originating court at the time of the transaction.
The Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule sets the fees and exemptions for electronic access to court documents. Electronic access fees are managed by the PACER Service Center, which bills users quarterly for electronic access.
Payments
Acceptable forms of payment are cash (exact change only), credit cards, or checks made payable to "Clerk, U.S. Courts" — for all fees except those related to Attorney Admissions, which must be made electronically.
Effective December 1, 2023.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Notice of Appeal including Filing Fee (paid in the District Court) | $605.00 |
| Original Proceeding / Petition for Review (paid in the Court of Appeals) | $600.00 |
| Direct Bankruptcy Appeal, when allowed — see Item 14 of the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule | — |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Copies & Reproduction of Documents (paper)1 | $0.50 / page |
| Reproduction & Transmission of an Electronic Record Stored Outside of ECF (any format) | $33.00 |
| Record Search | $34.00 |
| Record Retrieval (first box) | $70.00 |
| Record Retrieval (each additional box) | $43.00 |
| Electronic Record Retrieval2 | $20.90 + $0.65 / page |
| Appeal Record Reproduction | $94.00 |
| Audio Recording | $34.00 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Attorney Admission (comprising a $199 national fee and a $50 local fee) | $249.00 |
| Attorney Renewal (every 5 years) | $50.00 |
| Duplicate Certificate of Admission | $21.00 |
| Certificate of Good Standing | $21.00 |
Attorney Admission-related fees must be submitted electronically. See the For Attorneys section for admission and renewal.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Certification of Documents | $12.00 |
| Issuance of an Apostille | $50.00 |
| Payment Returned or Denied for Insufficient Funds | $53.00 |
| Video Conferencing of Oral Arguments | $200.00 |
1 Photocopy requests can be made in person, in writing, or via the CM/ECF Utilities tab. If you do not know the number of pages, call (504) 310-7700 and a member of the Clerk's Office will give you a page count. Please have the case number, case title, and document description ready when you call.
2 This service includes an $11 Judiciary administrative fee and two additional Federal Record Center (FRC) fees: (A) a $9.90 flat-rate fee to pull and refile the record(s) and (B) a $0.65 per-page fee. The FRC fees are subject to change in accordance with the Inter-Agency Agreement between the AO and the FRC.