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Filing Fee Schedule (effective July 1, 2008)

Fee Category		Total Fees
A.	Civil Complaint for more than $1,000	$ 88
B.	Civil Complaint for more than $300, but not more than $1,000	$ 68
C.	Civil Complaint for not more than $300	$ 66
D.	Unlawful detainer, forcible detainer, forcible entry (with or without rent, regardless of the dollar amount)	$ 68
E.	Claim and Delivery	$ 88
F.	1. Divorce	$129
	2. Annulment, legal separation or establishing child support or custody without filing for divorce	$ 88
	3. Motion to reopen divorce action or to amend or modify divorce decree	$ 76
	4. Amended complaint to convert an action that was not one for divorce (e.g. separate maintenance) into an action for divorce	$ 41
G.	1. Petition to release common law or other lien	$ 35
	2. Habeas corpus by a person who is a prisoner, unless the court waives the fee, reduces it to a lesser amount or permits partial payments	$ 88
H.	Small Claims	$ 35
I.	Initial Appearance by persons other than the plaintiff or petitioner
	1. Civil cases not more than $300	$ 40
	2. Civil cases more than $300 but not more than $1,000	$ 58
	3. Small Claims	No Fee
	4. Stipulation for Entry of Judgment	No Fee
	5. Any objection or motion filed in a guardianship or conservatorship by the minor or alleged incapacitated person	No Fee
	6. Appearing after judgment when the party has not previously appeared	$ 53
	7. All other actions	$ 58
J.	Special Motions, petitions and pleadings
	1. Order granting change of venue (pay to new county)	$ 9
	2. Petition to reopen a case after no activity for one year, except for executions on judgment	$ 53
	3. Petition for Intervention	$ 51
	4. Renewing a judgment	$ 9
	5. Third party complaint- This fee is in addition to any fee filed as a plaintiff initiating the case or as a defendant appearing in the case	$ 14
	6. Cross claim (defendant v. defendant or plaintiff v. plaintiff) This fee is in addition to any fee filed as a plaintiff to initiate the case or as a defendant appearing in the case	$ 14
	7. Counterclaim for divorce when the complaint did not allege a claim for divorce	$ 41
K.	Juvenile and Family Matters
	1. Petition for adoption	$ 68
	2. Petition for termination of parent-child relationship	$ 68
	3. Consolidated adoption and termination of parent-child relationship	$ 68
	4. Petition for permission to marry	$ 68
	5. Paternity Action	$ 88
	6. Petition under Child Protection Act	No Fee
	7. Petition for commitment of mentally ill	No Fee
	8. Petition for sterilization	No Fee
	9. Petition for judicial consent to abortion	No Fee
L.	Probate Matters - The following fees to be charged whether it be a probate of a single or joint estate
	1. Application for informal probate	$ 88
	2. Petition for formal probate	$ 88
	3. Administration of estate under 15-3-1205, Idaho Code and proceedings to determine heirship without administration	$ 40
	In addition to the above fees under Category L, the following probate fees shall be collected from any person filing the following documents, whether or not the person has appeared previously:
	4. Demand for notice (not an appearance)	$ 9
	5. Demand for bond after appointment of personal representative	$ 9
	6. Petition for approval of compromise	$ 68
	7. Intermediate or final accounting of personal representative	$ 9
	8. Petition for distribution of estate	$ 25
	9. Cases where a court order is issued only for a specific reason other than administration of an estate	$ 30
	10.Filing of a copy of appointment of foreign personal representative	No Fee
	11.Cases to determine inheritance tax in transfer	$ 68
	12.Filing of a renunciation	No Fee
M.	Guardianship Matters
	1. Petition for appointment of guardian or receipt and acceptance of foreign guardianship	$118
	2. Consent to testamentary appointment as guardian without petition	$118
	3. Status reports	$ 25
N.	Conservatorship
	1. Petition for appointment of conservator or receipt and acceptance of foreign conservatorship	$138
	2. Intermediate or final account of conservator	$ 50
	3. Petition for distribution of estate	$ 25
	4. Inventories	$ 41
O.	Joint Guardianship and Conservatorship or joint petition for receipt and acceptance of foreign guardianship and conservatorship
	1. Joint petition, same party guardian and conservator	$138
	2. Joint petition, different parties guardian and conservator (considered two filings)	$176
P.	Minor's Claim
	1. Petition for compromise of minor's claim	No Fee
	2. Petition for compromise of a minor's claim with the appointment of a conservator	$ 68
Q.	Trusts and Renunciations
	1. Registration of trusts & renunciations	No Fee
	2. Intermediate or final accounting of trustee	$ 9
	3. Petition for final distribution of estate	$ 25
	4. Filing renunciations	No Fee
R.	Appeals and transfers
	1. Appeal from magistrate division of district court
	a. Small Claims (Small Claims Dept. to Magistrate Division)	$ 47
	b. Small Claims (Magistrate Division to District Court)	$ 53
	c. Other Civil Appeals	$ 53
	d. Criminal Appeals	No Fee
	2. Appeal or petition for judicial review, or cross-appeal or cross-petition, from commission, board or body to the district court	$ 88
S.	Foreign Judgment
	1. Filing foreign judgment	$ 7
	2. Motion or application of judgment debtor to stay execution	$ 58
	3. Filing a custody decree from another state under I.C. section 32-1116	No Fee
	4. Petition for entry of judgment on worker’s comp award	$ 53
T.	Civil appeals or cross-appeals to the Supreme Court	$101
U.	Fee for opening any other civil case not listed on the schedule	$ 88

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