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NOTE: IN ALL COURTS – CERTIFIED/REGISTERED MAIL COSTS TO BE PAID BY PARTY REQUESTING SERVICE.

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Circuit Civil

County Civil

Probate

Guardianship

Appeals

Marriage License

Domestic Relations

Miscellaneous

Reopen Fee Information

Circuit Civil

Service	Fee
Circuit Civil	$400.00
– For each defendant over (5)	$2.50
– Lis Pendens: Recording fee for 1st page	$5.00
– each additional page	$4.00
– indexing more than (4) names, for each additional name	$1.00
Issue Summons (Per summons, per defendant, includes alias & pluries)	$10.00
Counterclaim, Counter Petition, Cross claim, Third-party complaint	$395.00
Mortgage Foreclosure/Real Property Actions (Calculate Value of Claim Form)
– Claim: 0-$50,000	$400.00
– Claim: $50,000.01 – $250,000.00	$905.00
– Claim: $250,000.01 or more	$1905.00
Mortgage Foreclosure/Real Property Counterclaims (Calculate Value of Claim Form)
– Claim: 0-$50,000	$395.00
– Claim: $50,000.01 – $250,000.00	$900.00
– Claim: $250,000.01 or more	$1900.00
Lis Pendens Recording Fee – 1st page	$5.00
Each additional page	$4.00
Foreclosure Sale Fee	$70.00
Sheriff’s Fee	$40.00
Sheriff’s Fee (Immediate Writ)	$90.00
Marriage Dissolution/Annulment (Includes Judgment fee $10.50)	$408.00
Marriage Dissolution Counterclaim (Initial filing not a Dissolution)	$392.00
Paternity, Custody, Support, Visitation or Grandparent Visitation Petition	$300.00
Paternity, Custody, Support, Visitation, Grandparent Visitation or Dissolution Counterclaim, Cross claim, Counter petition or Third Party Complaint	$295.00
Other Domestic (Adoption, Name Change, Temporary Custody)	$400.00
Domestic, Repeat, Date, Sexual Violence Injunction	$0.00
Garnishment, Attachment, Replevin, Distress (In addition to filing fee)	$85.00
Writ of Garnishment ($85.00 plus $103.00 Attorney & Registry fee)	$188.00
Non-resident plaintiff FS 57.011, Fla. Stat.	$100.00
Foreign Judgment Enforcement (Plus appropriate filing fee when action is filed)	$42.00
Malpractice 90-day extension	$42.00
Court Registry Fee – – – (3% for the first $500-1.5% for each additional $100)
Eminent Domain Registry Fee	$170.00
Bond Approval	$8.50
Reopen Fee *See Information	$50.00

County Civil

Service	Fee
Small Claims
– $0.00 to $100.00	$55.00
– $101.00 to $500.00	$80.00
– $501.00 to $2,500.00	$175.00
– $2,501.00 to $8,000.00	$300.00
County Civil
– $8,001.00 to $15,000.00	$300.00
– $15,001.00 to $30,000.00	$400.00
– $30,001.00 to $50,000.00	$400.00
Other Civil
– Non-Monetary	$300.00
Replevins
– $0.00 to $1,000.00	$130.00
– $1,001.00 to $2,500.00(includes $85 replevin fee)	$260.00
– $2,501.00 to $15,000.00(includes $85 replevin fee)	$385.00
– $15,001.00 to $30,000.00(includes $85 replevin fee)	$485.00
– $30,001.00 to $50,000.00(includes $85 replevin fee)	$485.00
Evictions
– Non-Monetary	$185.00
– $1.00 to $15,000.00	$185.00
– $15,001 to $30,000.00	$185.00
Counterclaim, Crossclaim, Third-Party complaint over $2500.00	$295.00
For each Defendant over (5)	$2.50
Summons (per summons, per defendant, includes alias & pluries)	$10.00
Sheriff’s Fee – per person being served (must be cashier’s check or money order)	$40.00
Sheriff’s Fee (Immediate Writ) – cashier’s check or money order	$90.00
Garnishment, Attachment, Replevin, Distress (in addition to filing fees)	$85.00
Reopen (Claims < $500.00) *See Information	$25.00
Reopen (Claims > $500.00) *See Information	$50.00

Probate

Service	Fee
Summary Administration < $1,000	$235.00
Summary Administration > $1,000	$345.00
Formal Administration, Ancillary, Curatorship or Conservatorship	$400.00
Caveat	$41.00
Notice of Trust not filed with probate case	$41.00
Disposition of personal property without administration	$231.00
Petition to determine heirs	$231.00
Petition to open safe deposit box, enter rooms and places	$231.00
Petition to admit authenticated copies/exemplified copies or transcript to record	$231.00
Petition to Determine Homestead	$231.00
Deposit Will	$0.00
Foreign Will	$231.00
Signing of Oath of Witness to Will	$3.50
Reopen fee *See Information	$50.00

Guardianship

Service	Fee
Guardianship (Person and Property)	$400.00
Guardianship (Person Only)	$235.00
Guardianship (Veterans’ & Advocate)	$235.00
Petition to Settle Minors Claim	$231.00
Petition for Determination of Incompetency	$231.00
Petition for settlement of a Minors Claim	$231.00
Foreign Guardian (To manage property of a foreign ward)	$231.00
Verified Inventory	$85.00
Audit Inventory less than $25,000.00	$20.00
Audit Inventory $25,000.00 or greater	$85.00
Audit Annual Accounting less than $25,000.00	$20.00
Audit Annual Accounting from $25,000.01 to $100,000.00	$85.00
Audit Annual Accounting from $100,000.01 to $500,000.00	$170.00
Audit Annual Accounting over $500,000.00	$250.00
Maintain Professional Guardian File	$7.50
Reopen Fee *See Information	$50.00

Appeals

Service	Fee
Appeal from County to Circuit	$281.00
Cross appeal- County to Circuit Court for claims over $2,500 F.S. 34.041(1)(c)	$295.00
Appeal to District Court of Appeal: (Separate Checks)
– Fee to Clerk of Circuit Court	$100.00
– Fee to Clerk of DCA (payable to DCA)	$300.00
– Fee to Clerk of Supreme Court (payable to Florida Supreme Court)	$300.00
Certification of Clerk	$7.00
Preparing, numbering, and indexing record (per instrument)	$3.50

Marriage License

Service	Fee
Marriage license application, preparation, administering oath; issuing, sealing, recording, and providing certified copy of marriage license:
– without premarital preparation course 28.24(23), 741.02, 741.01(1-4) Fla. Stat.	$86.00
– with premarital preparation course 28.24(23), 741.02, 741.01(1-2),741.0305 Fla. Stat.	$61.00
Duplicate or amended marriage license: 28.24(23) Fla. Stat.	$30.00

Domestic Relations/Child Support

Service	Fee
Payoff Statement: 61.14(6)(f)(1) Fla. Stat/Payoff Statement: 61.14(6)(f)(1) Fla. Stat/	$25.00
Delinquency Final Judgment Charge: 61.14(6)(d) & (e) Fla. Stat.	$25.50 + costs
Preparation of Satisfaction Document: 28.24(8) Fla. Stat.	$7.00
Recording of Satisfaction of Delinquency Final Judgment: 28.24(12), 61.14(6)(f)(2) Fla. Stat.	$10.00
Central Depository Fee for Support Payments: 61.181(2) Fla. Stat.
– Each support payment up to $25.00	$1.00
– Each support payment between $25.00 and $131.25, additional fee	4%
– Each support payment greater than $131.25, additional fee	$5.25
Partial Release of Certificate of Delinquency (doc. prep. per 28.24(8) Fla. Stat.)	$7.00

Miscellaneous Services

Service	Fee
Making a copy of any court record or recorded document by photographic process:
– To 8½ x 14 maximum, per page: 28.24(5)(a) Fla. Stat.	$1.00
– Larger than 8½ x 14, per page: 28.24(5)(b) Fla. Stat.	$5.00
Making microfilm copies of any public records:
– 16mm 100´ microfilm roll or less: 28.24(6)(a) Fla. Stat.	$42.00
– 35mm 100´ microfilm roll (plats only): 28.24(6)(b) Fla. Stat.	$60.00
CD/DVD duplication: (Except Recording info) 119.07(4)(a)3 Fla. Stat.	$42.00
Preparation of document, including signing and sealing per page: 28.24(8) Fla. Stat.	$7.00
Indexing each entry not recorded: 28.24(9) Fla. Stat.	$1.00
Certifying copies of any instrument in the public records: 28.24(3) Fla. Stat.	$2.00
Verifying any instrument presented for certification prepared by someone other than clerk or deputy clerk, per page: 28.24(4) Fla. Stat.	$3.50
Searches of records (Per Department, Per Person, Per Year) 28.24(20) Fla. Stat.	$2.00
Oath, administering, attesting and sealing: 28.24(13) Fla. Stat.	$3.50
Preparing affidavit of domicile: 28.24(15) Fla. Stat.	$5.00
Court Registry Fee (3% for the first $500-1.5% for each additional $100)
Transfer of judgment lien to security certificate, making and serving: 55.10(5) Fla. Stat.	$15.00
Transfer of mechanics lien to security certificate, making and serving: 713.24(1)(b) Fla. Stat.	$20.00
Additional charge for each additional Judgment lien: 55.10(5) Fla. Stat.	$7.50
Additional charge for each additional Mechanics lien: 713.24(1)(b) Fla. Stat.	$10.00
For indexing and recording the lienor’s certificate of compliance for enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle: 713.585(4) Fla. Stat.	$10.00
Subpoena – signing and sealing witness subpoena: 28.24(18)(b) Fla. Stat.	$2.00
Preparing witness subpoena or summons: 28.24(18)(a) Fla. Stat.	$7.00
Expungement/Sealing – sealing any court file or expunging any record: 28.24(25) Fla. Stat.	$42.00
Exemplified Certificates, including signing and sealing: 28.24(16) Fla. Stat. (cost of copies and certification extra in accordance with fees set forth above)	$7.00
Home solicitation Permit: 68.07 Alachua Code; 501.022(2) Fla. Stat.	$100.00
Return check charge: 68.065(2) & 832.08(5) Fla. Stat.
– if face amount of check does not exceed $50.00)	$25.00
– if face amount of check is $50.01-$300.00)	$30.00
– if face amount of check exceeds $300.01 $40.00 or 5% Whichever is greater.	$40.00 or 5%
Restitution payments – receiving and disbursing, per payment: 28.24(26) Fla. Stat.	$3.50
Tax Deed Sale: Processing application, sale, issuance and preparation of tax deed, and disbursement of proceeds of sale other than excess proceeds: 28.24(21) Fla. Stat.	$60.00
Disbursement of excess proceeds, each $100 or fraction: 28.24(22) Fla. Stat.	$10.00
For indexing and recording the lienor’s certificate of compliance for enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle: 713.585(4) Fla. Stat.	$10.00
Attorney appearing pro hac vice	$100.00

Reopen Fee Information

Reopen fee does not apply to writs of garnishment, replevin, distress, attachment; motion for rehearing filed within 10 days; motion for attorney’s fees filed within 30 days; motion for dismissal after mediation agreement filed; a disposition of personal property without administration; any probate case prior to discharge of personal representative; any guardianship pleading prior to discharge; any mental health pleadings; motion to withdraw by attorneys; motions exclusively for the enforcement of child support; petitions for credit of child support; stipulations; responsive pleadings; and cases in which there is no initial filing fee.

Office Closure

The office of the Clerk of Courts

Will be closed three (3) days for Christmas

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Friday, December 26, 2025

We will open again on Monday, December 29, 2025, at 8:30 am

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