First City Court Filing Fee Building Fund Fee Total ORIGINAL PETITION **This fee is for up to five (5) plaintiffs. After the fifth $308.50 $25.00 $333.50 plaintiff there will be a charge of $78.00 per additional plaintiff. ***Additionally, this fee is for up to five (5) defendants. After the fifth defendant there will be a charge of $78.00 per additional defendant. PETITION TO MAKE JUDGMENT EXECUTORY $323.50 $25.00 $348.50 & GARNISHMENT (This includes a $15.00 deposit for answering the interrogatories) *ANSWER TO PETITION $225.00 $25.00 $250.00 *There is no fee for an Amended Answer unless the Answer is on behalf of a litigant that did not respond in the original Answer. ANSWER & EXCEPTION $250.00 $25.00 $275.00 ANSWER & RECONVENTIONAL DEMAND $288.50 $25.00 $313.50 ANSWER TO RECONVENTIONAL DEMAND $225.00 $25.00 $250.00 ANSWER & THIRD PARTY DEMAND $288.50 $25.00 $313.50 ANSWER & CROSS CLAIM $288.50 $25.00 $313.50 ANSWER & COUNTER CLAIM $288.50 $25.00 $313.50 EXCEPTION $25.00 $25.00 RULES $25.00 $25.00 JUDGMENT DEBTOR RULE $25.00 $25.00 MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT $25.00 $25.00 MOTION TO COMPEL $25.00 $25.00 RECONVENTIONAL OR THIRD PARTY DEMAND $63.50 $63.50 CROSS CLAIM $63.50 $63.50
FIRST CITY COURT FILING FEES (CONTINUED) NON REFUNDABLE Filing Fee Building Fund Fee Total REVIVAL OF JUDGMENT $100.50 $100.50 PETITION TO MAKE JUDGMENT EXECUTORY $308.50 $25.00 $333.50 PETITION FOR INTERVENTION $308.50 $25.00 $333.00 ANSWER TO INTERVENTION $225.00 $25.00 $250.00 PETITION FOR NULLITY OF JUDGMENT $308.50 $25.00 $333.00 PETITION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT $308.50 $25.00 $333.50 PETITION FOR WRIT OF ATTACHMENT $308.50 $25.00 $333.50 PETITION FOR DEFICIENCY JUDGMENT $308.50 $25.00 $333.50 PETITION/MOTION FOR LETTERS ROGATORY $308.50 $25.00 $333.50 MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY PLAINTIFF $307.50 $25.00 $332.50 (Assignment of Judgment) FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL & AMENDING PETITION (If adding a 6 th or more plaintiff or defendant, fee is $78.00 per litigant) DUPLICATE CITATIONS ( REISSUES ) $20.00 $20.00 CURATOR S FEE $500.00 $500.00 CURATOR S ANSWER TO ORIGINAL PETITION SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION FOR GARNISHMENT $131.50 $131.50 (Includes $15 deposit for answering interrogatories) GARNISHMENT WITH WRIT OF FIFA $131.50 $131.50 (Includes $15 deposit for answering interrogatories) MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL $125.00 $125.00 ACT OF CONGRESS $30.00 $30.00 PRO HAC VICE $100.00 $100.00 TRAFFIC CAMERA APPEALS $100.00 $100.00 APPEALS Fees are assessed after filing REGULAR COPIES (per page) $2.00 CERTIFIED COPIES (per page) $4.00 NOTE!!! CHECKS FOR SERVICE ARE TO BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE FIRST CITY COURT CONSTABLE S OFFICE AND NOT THE CLERK S OFFICE. CHECKS MUST BE FOR EXACT AMOUNTS.
First City Court EVICTIONS RULE FOR POSSESSION (Eviction) $124.50 RULE FOR POSSESSION (Housing Authority HANO) ANSWER TO RULE FOR POSSESSION $67.00 MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL (Eviction) $25.00
FIRST CITY COURT SMALL CLAIMS (PAYMENTS BY CASH, MONEY ORDER, CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS ONLY) SMALL CLAIMS SUIT $112.50 **This fee is for the first defendant. After the first defendant there will be a charge of $88.50 per additional defendant. *** SMALL CLAIMS COUNTER CLAIM SUIT OR RECONVENTIONAL DEMAND $111.50 MOTION TO TRANSFER SMALL CLAIM TO FCC DOCKET $332.50 PETITION FOR NULLITY $111.50 PETITION FOR INTERVENTION $111.50 PETITION TO MAKE JUDGMENT EXECUTORY $127.50 (This includes $15 deposit for employers who answer interrogatories) SMALL CLAIMS GARNISHMENT DEPOSIT $15.00 (This is the deposit for employers who answer interrogatories) SMALL CLAIMS ANSWERS PETITION TO AMEND (To add additional defendants fee is per defendant) $88.50 DUPLICATE CITATIONS ( REISSUES ) $20.00 (This is if the citation is reproduced by the small claims clerk) EXCEPTION $15.00 JUDGMENT DEBTOR RULE $15.00
FIRST CITY COURT OTHER PLEADINGS SUITS FILED BEFORE 1989 ANSWERS (to suits filed before 1989) $47.00 ANSWERS TO THIRD PARTY DEMAND $47.00 ANSWER TO RECONVENTIONAL DEMAND $47.00 ANSWER TO AMENDED PETITION $47.00 EXCEPTION $29.00 ACT OF CONGRESS $29.00 APPEALS (Petition, Motion and Bond) $47.00 CERTIFICATE OF COSTS $11.00 CERTIFICATE OF NO APPEAL $11.00 CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION $11.00 CITATION AND PETITION (REISSUE OR DUPLICATE) $20.00 REGULAR COPIES (per page) $2.00 CERTIFIED COPIES (per page) $4.00 DEFAULT JUDGMENT (with copies) $6.00 FIFA only $20.00 GARNISHMENT (including FIFA) $20.00 INCIDENTAL DEMANDS $141.00 JUDGMENT DEBTOR RULES (per service) $20.00
OTHER PLEADINGS/SUITS FILED BEFORE 1989 Page 2 MOTIONS $20.00 MOTION AND JUDGMENT ON GARNISHMENT $20.00 NOTICE OF DEPOSITION $25.00 NULLITY OF JUDGMENT $316.00 REVIVAL OF JUDGMENT $316.00 RULES TO SHOW CAUSE (per service) $20.00 REQUEST FOR NOTICE $20.00 SUBPOENA $20.00 SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM $20.00 SUMMARY JUDGMENT $20.00 SUPPLEMENTAL AND AMENDED PETITIONS $20.00 TRIAL REQUEST $20.00 WRIT OF ARREST $20.00 ***You are entitled to 3 free copies of a final Judgment or Motion to Dismiss in each case if you request them within 30 days of signing.