Fee Schedule

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United States Court of Appeals Fee Information

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 Attorney Admissions related (those must be made electronically).

Notice to Customers Presenting Checks

Effective December 1, 2020

Court of Appeal Docketing Fees
Notice of Appeal including Filing Fee (Paid in the District Court)	$505.00
Original Proceeding/Petition for Review (Paid in the Court of Appeals)	$500.00
Direct Bankruptcy Appeal, when allowed, see Item 14 of the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule
Court Reproduction, Retrieval, Search, and Copy Fees
Copies & Reproduction of Documents (paper)¹	$0.50 per page
Reproduction & Transmission of an Electronic Record Stored Outside of ECF (any format)	$32.00
Record Search	$32.00
Record Retrieval (First Box)	$64.00
Record Retrieval (Each Additional Box)	$39.00
Electronic Record Retrieval²	$19.90 + $0.65 per page
Appeal Record Reproduction	$89.00
Audio Recording	$31.00
Attorney Admission-Related Fees* *Must be submitted electronically, see Attorney Information tab at the home page
Attorney Admission (comprised of $188 national fee and $50 local fee)	$238.00
Attorney Renewal (Every 5 years)	$50.00
Duplicate Certificate of Admission	$20.00
Certificate of Good Standing	$20.00
Other Fees
Certification of Documents	$11.00
Issuance of an Apostille	$47.00
Payment Returned or Denied for Insufficient Funds	$53.00
Video Conferencing of Oral Arguments	$200.00

¹Photocopy 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 description of document ready when you call.

² Effective June 1, 2016, this service includes $10 Judiciary administrative fee and two additional Federal Record Center (FRC) fees: (A) $9.90 flat rate fee to pull and refile the record(s) and (B) $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.