78A-2-301 - Civil fees of the courts of record -- Courts complex design.
78A-2-301. Civil fees of the courts of record -- Courts complex design.
(1) (a) The fee for filing any civil complaint or petition invoking the jurisdiction of acourt of record not governed by another subsection is $360.
(b) The fee for filing a complaint or petition is:
(i) $75 if the claim for damages or amount in interpleader exclusive of court costs,interest, and attorney fees is $2,000 or less;
(ii) $185 if the claim for damages or amount in interpleader exclusive of court costs,interest, and attorney fees is greater than $2,000 and less than $10,000;
(iii) $360 if the claim for damages or amount in interpleader is $10,000 or more;
(iv) $310 if the petition is filed under Title 30, Chapter 3, Divorce, or Title 30, Chapter 4,Separate Maintenance; and
(v) $35 for a motion for temporary separation order filed under Section 30-3-4.5.
(c) The fee for filing a small claims affidavit is:
(i) $60 if the claim for damages or amount in interpleader exclusive of court costs,interest, and attorney fees is $2,000 or less;
(ii) $100 if the claim for damages or amount in interpleader exclusive of court costs,interest, and attorney fees is greater than $2,000, but less than $7,500; and
(iii) $185 if the claim for damages or amount in interpleader exclusive of court costs,interest, and attorney fees is $7,500 or more.
(d) The fee for filing a counter claim, cross claim, complaint in intervention, third partycomplaint, or other claim for relief against an existing or joined party other than the originalcomplaint or petition is:
(i) $55 if the claim for relief exclusive of court costs, interest, and attorney fees is $2,000or less;
(ii) $150 if the claim for relief exclusive of court costs, interest, and attorney fees isgreater than $2,000 and less than $10,000;
(iii) $155 if the original petition is filed under Subsection (1)(a), the claim for relief is$10,000 or more, or the party seeks relief other than monetary damages; and
(iv) $115 if the original petition is filed under Title 30, Chapter 3, Divorce, or Title 30,Chapter 4, Separate Maintenance.
(e) The fee for filing a small claims counter affidavit is:
(i) $50 if the claim for relief exclusive of court costs, interest, and attorney fees is $2,000or less;
(ii) $70 if the claim for relief exclusive of court costs, interest, and attorney fees isgreater than $2,000, but less than $7,500; and
(iii) $120 if the claim for relief exclusive of court costs, interest, and attorney fees is$7,500 or more.
(f) The fee for depositing funds under Section 57-1-29 when not associated with anaction already before the court is determined under Subsection (1)(b) based on the amountdeposited.
(g) The fee for filing a petition is:
(i) $225 for trial de novo of an adjudication of the justice court or of the small claimsdepartment; and
(ii) $65 for an appeal of a municipal administrative determination in accordance withSection 10-3-703.7.
(h) The fee for filing a notice of appeal, petition for appeal of an interlocutory order, orpetition for writ of certiorari is $225.
(i) The fee for filing a petition for expungement is $135.
(j) (i) Fifteen dollars of the fees established by Subsections (1)(a) through (i) shall beallocated to and between the Judges' Contributory Retirement Trust Fund and the Judges'Noncontributory Retirement Trust Fund, as provided in Title 49, Chapter 17, Judges'Contributory Retirement Act, and Title 49, Chapter 18, Judges' Noncontributory Retirement Act.
(ii) Four dollars of the fees established by Subsections (1)(a) through (i) shall beallocated by the state treasurer to be deposited in the restricted account, Children's Legal DefenseAccount, as provided in Section 51-9-408.
(iii) Three dollars of the fees established under Subsections (1)(a) through (e), (1)(g), and(1)(r) shall be allocated to and deposited with the Dispute Resolution Account as provided inSection 78B-6-209.
(iv) Fifteen dollars of the fees established by Subsections (1)(a), (1)(b)(iii) and (iv),(1)(d)(iii) and (iv), (1)(g)(ii), (1)(h), and (1)(i) shall be allocated by the state treasurer to bedeposited in the restricted account, Court Security Account, as provided in Section 78A-2-602.
(v) Five dollars of the fees established by Subsections (1)(b)(i) and (ii), (1)(d)(ii) and(1)(g)(i) shall be allocated by the state treasurer to be deposited in the restricted account, CourtSecurity Account, as provided in Section 78A-2-602.
(k) The fee for filing a judgment, order, or decree of a court of another state or of theUnited States is $35.
(l) The fee for filing probate or child custody documents from another state is $35.
(m) (i) The fee for filing an abstract or transcript of judgment, order, or decree of theUtah State Tax Commission is $30.
(ii) The fee for filing an abstract or transcript of judgment of a court of law of this stateor a judgment, order, or decree of an administrative agency, commission, board, council, orhearing officer of this state or of its political subdivisions other than the Utah State TaxCommission, is $50.
(n) The fee for filing a judgment by confession without action under Section 78B-5-205is $35.
(o) The fee for filing an award of arbitration for confirmation, modification, or vacationunder Title 78B, Chapter 11, Utah Uniform Arbitration Act, that is not part of an action beforethe court is $35.
(p) The fee for filing a petition or counter-petition to modify a decree of divorce is $100.
(q) The fee for filing any accounting required by law is:
(i) $15 for an estate valued at $50,000 or less;
(ii) $30 for an estate valued at $75,000 or less but more than $50,000;
(iii) $50 for an estate valued at $112,000 or less but more than $75,000;
(iv) $90 for an estate valued at $168,000 or less but more than $112,000; and
(v) $175 for an estate valued at more than $168,000.
(r) The fee for filing a demand for a civil jury is $250.
(s) The fee for filing a notice of deposition in this state concerning an action pending inanother state under Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 26 is $35.
(t) The fee for filing documents that require judicial approval but are not part of an actionbefore the court is $35.
(u) The fee for a petition to open a sealed record is $35.
(v) The fee for a writ of replevin, attachment, execution, or garnishment is $50 inaddition to any fee for a complaint or petition.
(w) (i) The fee for a petition for authorization for a minor to marry required by Section30-1-9 is $5.
(ii) The fee for a petition for emancipation of a minor provided in Title 78A, Chapter 6,Part 8, Emancipation, is $50.
(x) The fee for a certificate issued under Section 26-2-25 is $8.
(y) The fee for a certified copy of a document is $4 per document plus 50 cents per page.
(z) The fee for an exemplified copy of a document is $6 per document plus 50 cents perpage.
(aa) The Judicial Council shall by rule establish a schedule of fees for copies ofdocuments and forms and for the search and retrieval of records under Title 63G, Chapter 2,Government Records Access and Management Act. Fees under this Subsection (1)(aa) shall becredited to the court as a reimbursement of expenditures.
(bb) There is no fee for services or the filing of documents not listed in this section orotherwise provided by law.
(cc) Except as provided in this section, all fees collected under this section are paid to theGeneral Fund. Except as provided in this section, all fees shall be paid at the time the clerkaccepts the pleading for filing or performs the requested service.
(dd) The filing fees under this section may not be charged to the state, its agencies, orpolitical subdivisions filing or defending any action. In judgments awarded in favor of the state,its agencies, or political subdivisions, except the Office of Recovery Services, the court shallorder the filing fees and collection costs to be paid by the judgment debtor. The sums collectedunder this Subsection (1)(dd) shall be applied to the fees after credit to the judgment, order, fine,tax, lien, or other penalty and costs permitted by law.
(2) (a) (i) From March 17, 1994 until June 30, 1998, the administrator of the courts shalltransfer all revenues representing the difference between the fees in effect after May 2, 1994, andthe fees in effect before February 1, 1994, as dedicated credits to the Division of FacilitiesConstruction and Management Capital Projects Fund.
(ii) (A) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii)(B), the Division of FacilitiesConstruction and Management shall use up to $3,750,000 of the revenue deposited in the CapitalProjects Fund under this Subsection (2)(a) to design and take other actions necessary to initiatethe development of a courts complex in Salt Lake City.
(B) If the Legislature approves funding for construction of a courts complex in Salt LakeCity in the 1995 Annual General Session, the Division of Facilities Construction andManagement shall use the revenue deposited in the Capital Projects Fund under this Subsection(2)(a)(ii) to construct a courts complex in Salt Lake City.
(C) After the courts complex is completed and all bills connected with its constructionhave been paid, the Division of Facilities Construction and Management shall use any moneyremaining in the Capital Projects Fund under this Subsection (2)(a)(ii) to fund the Vernal DistrictCourt building.
(iii) The Division of Facilities Construction and Management may enter into agreementsand make expenditures related to this project before the receipt of revenues provided for underthis Subsection (2)(a)(iii).
(iv) The Division of Facilities Construction and Management shall:
(A) make those expenditures from unexpended and unencumbered building fundsalready appropriated to the Capital Projects Fund; and
(B) reimburse the Capital Projects Fund upon receipt of the revenues provided for underthis Subsection (2).
(b) After June 30, 1998, the administrator of the courts shall ensure that all revenuesrepresenting the difference between the fees in effect after May 2, 1994, and the fees in effectbefore February 1, 1994, are transferred to the Division of Finance for deposit in the restrictedaccount.
(c) The Division of Finance shall deposit all revenues received from the courtadministrator into the restricted account created by this section.
(d) (i) From May 1, 1995 until June 30, 1998, the administrator of the courts shalltransfer $7 of the amount of a fine or bail forfeiture paid for a violation of Title 41, MotorVehicles, in a court of record to the Division of Facilities Construction and Management CapitalProjects Fund. The division of money pursuant to Section 78A-5-110 shall be calculated on thebalance of the fine or bail forfeiture paid.
(ii) After June 30, 1998, the administrator of the courts or a municipality shall transfer $7of the amount of a fine or bail forfeiture paid for a violation of Title 41, Motor Vehicles, in acourt of record to the Division of Finance for deposit in the restricted account created by thissection. The division of money pursuant to Section 78A-5-110 shall be calculated on the balanceof the fine or bail forfeiture paid.
(3) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the StateCourts Complex Account.
(b) The Legislature may appropriate money from the restricted account to theadministrator of the courts for the following purposes only:
(i) to repay costs associated with the construction of the court complex that were fundedfrom sources other than revenues provided for under this Subsection (3)(b)(i); and
(ii) to cover operations and maintenance costs on the court complex.
Amended by Chapter 278, 2010 General Session
Amended by Chapter 283, 2010 General Session