Civil/Probate Division
Clerk Suit Instructions
Civil Fee Schedule
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Civil/Advanced Deposit Fees
******ALL JURY BONDS AND ANY OTHER BONDS ARE TO BE CASH ONLY BONDS*******
New Law Suits $350.00
-Each additional defendant $75.00
Divorces:
-Uncontested $250.00
-Contested $350.00
-with TRO $100.00 additional
Adoptions- $350.00
Clerk Suits $250.00
-Each additional defendant $75.00
Curator Fee (Additional) $150.00
Garnishment Petitions $350.00
Executory Process $350.00
Interdictions $450.00
Judgment Debtor Rule $175.00
Mandamus suit $350.00
Motion for Summary Judgment $175.00
Rule to Show Cause $175.00
Subsequent Petitions
(Reconventional Demands/3rd Party Demands/Supplemental
Petitions/Amended Petitions/Cross Claims) $350.00
Succession greater than $125,000 $350.00
Succession less than $125,000 $175.00
Subpoenas (in Parish)
(Allow 48 business hours for service) $75.00
Subpoenas (Out of Parish)
(Allow 48 business hours for service) $100.00
Notice of Seizures $100.00
Sheriffs Deed $100.00
Sheriffs Cancellations $55.00
Cancellation of Judgment $55.00
Civil Breakdown
******ALL JURY BONDS AND ANY OTHER BONDS ARE TO BE CASH ONLY BONDS*******
Act of Congress/Exemplified Certificate $15.00
Administering Oath per Witness/per Juror $2.00/$2.00
Appeals per page $5.00
Battered Women’s Shelter Fee $10.00
Copies Certified/Conformed/Copy per Page $5.00/$3.00/$1.00
Court Attendance per session $20.00
Fax Confirmation Certificate $15.00
Fax Filed Pleading +pleading cost $5.00
File pleadings First Page/Each Additional Page
Paper exhibits per page/All other
Exhibits $6.00/$4.00/$2.00/$5.00
Indexing per name $2.00
Initialization Fee $20.00
Issuing document with notice/without notice $20.00/$15.00
Jamis fee $1.50
Judges Supplemental Fee $26.50
Judicial Commitments $75.00
Judicial Expense Fund $16.00
Jury Filing Fee $150.00
Minute Entries $5.00
Postage and Special Character Actual Cost
Form Download:
In Forma Pauperis
Louisiana Civil Case Reporting Form
Motion and Order to Fix Case for Trial
Request for Mortgage Cancellation
PROTECTIVE ORDER WEBSITE FORM.pdf
CLERK SUIT AFFIDAVIT.pdf