| ADOPTIONS |
| Adoption/Guardianship (no service) |
$157.50 |
| Adoption/Custody (no service) |
$157.50 |
| Adoption/Custody-Guardianship (no service) |
$157.50 |
| Adoption with service by our Sheriff |
*$210.50 |
| Adoption without service or by private process server |
*$188.50 |
| Adoption (Adult) w/o new birth certificate |
$157.50 |
| Adoption – with service by Publication in Herald |
*$228.50 |
| Adoption – with service by Publication in Times/Free Press
|
*$263.50 |
|
*Includes the $31.00 for new birth certificate |
| DIVORCE WITH CHILDREN |
|
| Divorce w/ no service or by private process server |
$ 257.50 |
| Divorce with service by Hamilton Co Sheriff |
$279.50 |
|
Divorce with service by our Sheriff or summons |
|
| Restraining Order |
$299.50 |
| Divorce with publication - Herald |
$297.50 |
| Divorce with publication - Times/Free Press |
$332.50 |
| DIVORCE WITHOUT CHILDREN |
|
Divorces/ Irreconcilable w/ no service
(Petition/Agreement filed together) |
$ 182.50 |
| Divorce with personal service |
$204.50 |
| Divorce with service and restraining order |
$224.50 |
| Divorce with publication - Herald |
$222.50 |
| Divorce with publication - Chattanooga Publishing |
$257.50 |
| NAME CHANGE |
$157.50 |
| MINOR SETTLEMENTS |
$157.50 |
| LEGITIMATION: |
|
With Service by Sheriff
of Hamilton Co.
Without Service or by private process or out of co. Sheriff |
$179.50
$157.50 |
| FOREIGN DECREE & FOREIGN JUDGMENT |
|
With Service on One
Defendant by Sheriff
of Hamilton Co.
Without Service or by private process or out of co. Sheriff |
$179.50
$157.50 |
| RESTORATION OF CITIZENSHIP |
$157.50 |
| REMOVAL OF MINORITY |
$157.50 |
| WORKER’S COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT
|
$ 207.50 |
| WORKER’S COMPENSATION
|
$ 207.50 |
| PETITION TO MODIFY with service
by our sheriff |
$ 95.00 |
| PETITION TO MODIFY without
service or by private process server |
$ 75.00 |
| PETITION FOR CONTEMPT with
service by our sheriff |
$ 95.00 |
| PETITION FOR CONTEMPT without
service or by private process server |
$ 75.00 |
|
SERVICE FEES |
| COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE |
$ 15.00 |
| SECRETARY OF STATE (per defendant served) |
$ 20.00 |
| PUBLICATION BY THE HERALD |
$ 40.00 |
| PUBLICATION BY THE TIMES/FREE PRESS |
$
75.00 |
| SHERIFF (OUT OF COUNTY) SUMMONS(If
1st issuance or $20 if not) |
$ 22.00 |
SHERIFF (OUT OF COUNTY)
RESTRAINING ORDER |
$ 22.00 |
(THIS SETS OUT THE CLERK’S FEE ONLY AND DOES
NOT INCLUDE THE LITIGATION FEE $57.50 OR SERVICES FEES)
Unless otherwise specified, fees in civil cases should be paid in
advance. Cost bonds only allowed where indicated |
|
|
CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES |
|
Category One Cases (bond may be used)
$225.00
“$225.00 + $57.50 Lit Tax = $282.50 plus service” |
| Contracts, torts, personal
injury, property damage, malpractice, wrongful death, employment
discrimination, civil rights suits, tax disputes, special remedies
and cases not otherwise specified. |
|
| Category Two Cases
$150.00 “$150.00 + 57.50 Lit Tax = $207.50 plus service” |
| Workers comp cases (bond
may be used); appeals to circuit from general sessions, city court
and other courts or hearings; transfers from foreign counties, writs
of mandamus; condemnation/inverse condemnation; & quo warranto
actions. |
|
| Category Three Cases
$100.00 “$100.00 + 57.50 Lit Tax = $157.50 plus
service” |
| Adoptions, legitimations,
paternity cases, termination of parental rights, & other domestic
relations matters not otherwise designated, restoration of
citizenship, name changes, minor settlements, enforcement of foreign
judgments, and orders of protection (fees not required in advance),
cross-fillings and counter complaints. |
|
| Category Four Cases
$75.00 “$75.00 plus service through Ham Co Sheriff
$20.00 = $95.00” |
| Child support Enforcement
and modification, interstate support cases, modification of
parenting plan, civil contempt. |
|
DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
|
Order of Protection (fee is not paid in advance) $100.00“$100
plus 57.50 Lit Tax = $157.50 plus service” |
|
Divorce (with minor children) $200.00
“$200 plus 57.50 Lit Tax = $257.50
plus service” |
|
Divorce (without minor children)$125.00
“$125 plus 57.50 Lit Tax =
$182.50 plus service” |
|
MISCELLANEOUS OTHER CHARGES AND FEES |
| Post Judgment Requests |
$25.00 |
| Applies to each
requested garnishment, execution, levy, post judgment interrogatory,
publication request, motions to set installment payments, and post
judgment orders and pleas. |
|
| Subpoenas |
$6.00, Clerk
plus $20 for Sheriff |
| Continuances (taxed at end of case) |
$7.00 |
|
Certified Copies per page |
$5.00 + $.50 per page |
| Copies per page |
$ .50 |
| Mailing (certified or registered
mail) |
Actual costs |
| Certification and Seal |
$5.00 |
| Expungement |
$100.00 |
| Preparing a Record on Appeal from
Circuit Court to Appellate Court |
$300.00 |
| Third Party Complaints |
Same fee as
original |
| Counter & Cross Complaints |
$100.00 |
WITNESS FEES
Witness in courts of record
attending under subpoena in a civil matter shall receive, upon
request to the clerk, thirty dollars ($30.00) per day for
attendance. In addition, when the witness resides at a distance
greater than ten miles from court, the witness shall, upon request,
also receive reimbursement for travel expenses for each mile
traveled when going to and returning from the court at the rate
allowable under the state of Tennessee comprehensive travel
regulations in effect at that time. All such compensation and
reimbursement shall be taxed as cost
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