Filing Fees
CLERK & MASTER FILING FEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009
TCA 8-21-401, governs clerk's fees throughout Tennessee and has been amended to provide for standard filing fees to be paid iin advance unless otherwise specified.. These changes affect fees for all clerks across the state except in Knox County.
The following filing fees must be
paid when the case is filed:
Civil Rights Suit $282.50 or file cost bond
Contract $282.50 or file cost bond
Discrimination $282.50 or file cost bond
Injunction $282.50 or file cost bond
Property Dispute $282.50 or file cost bond
Special Remedy $282.50 or file cost bond
Tax Dispute $282.50 or file cost bond
Actions not otherwise
designated $282.50 or file cost bond
Workers Compensation $207.50 or file cost bond
The following filing fees must be paid when
case is filed - NO COST BOND ALLOWED:
Administrative Hearing $207.50
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment $157.50
Minor Settlement $157.50
Name Change $157.50
Transfer from another county $207.50
Writ of Certiorari $207.50
Writ of Mandamus $207.50
IF COST BOND IS FILED, $57.50
LITIGATION TAXES MUST STILL BE PAID
The following fees are required at the time the service is requested.
NO COST BOND IS ALLOWED
Third Party Complaint party filing pays same fee charged for the original petition less $57.50
Cross-Complaint or Counter-Complaint $100.00
Intervening Complaint $100.00
Pre-Judgment Attachment or other process to seize property
prior to judgment being rendered $ 40.00
Preparing Record on Appeal - payable with filing of Notice of Appeal $300.00
Post Judgment Requests $ 25.00
(applies to each requested execution, garnishment, levy, post judgment interrogatory,
motion to pay judgment by installments, and post judgments orders and pleadings)
Publication $ 25.00
Motion to Pay by Installments $ 25.00
Post Judgment Order $ 25.00
Subpoena $ 6.00
Continuance $ 7.00
Copies $ .50 pg
Certification on Certified Copy / Abstract $ 5.00 +.50pg
Receiving Funds on Confirmation of Private Sale/Funds Paid to Clerk $ 40.00
Pursuant to Pre-Judgment Attachment or Similar Process
Continuance $ 7.00*
*taxed at discretion of the judge and collected at end of case
SERVICE OF PROCESS FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE AMOUNTS:
DAVIDSON COUNTY SHERIFF: ASSESSED AT CONCLUSION OF CASE
OUT OF COUNTY SHERIFF (PAYABLE TO OUT OF COUNTY SHERIFF) - $22.00
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE (PAYABLE TO COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE) - $15.00
SECRETARY OF STATE (PAYABLE TO SECRETARY OF STATE) - $20.00
AFTER 1/1/06 COST BONDS ARE NOT REQUIRED EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE
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