Court Fees in the New York City Civil Court

Fees must be paid by cash (exact change only), certified check, money order or bank check made payable to: “Clerk of the Civil Court.” Personal checks are not accepted. A litigant who cannot afford to pay a required fee can file papers asking a judge to waive the fee in the litigant’s case.


 

Service

Amount

Statutory Authority

Filing a small claim

$15/20

NYCCCA 1803(a)

File a counterclaim to a small claim

$ 5.00 plus postage

NYCCCA 1803(c)

File a commercial claim

$25.00
plus postage

NYCCCA 1803-A(a)

File a commercial claim in a consumer credit transaction

$25.00
plus postage

NYCCCA 1803-A(b)

File a counterclaim to a commercial claim

$ 5.00 plus postage

NYCCCA 1803-A(d)

Issue a summons, etc.

$45.00

NYCCCA 1911(a)

Filing a Consumer Credit Transaction

$140.00

NYCCCA 1911(b-1)

Filing first paper, etc.

$45.00

NYCCCA 1911(b)

Filing infant's compromise

$40.00

NYCCCA 1911(c)

Filing notice of trial

$40.00

NYCCCA 1911(d)

Entry of judgment on confession

$45.00

NYCCCA 1911(e)

Filing of judgment in a Consumer Credit Transaction commenced prior to September 1, 2010

$95.00

NYCCCA 1911(n)

Filing notice of appeal

$30.00

NYCCCA 1911(f)

Issue satisfaction of judgment, etc.

$ 6.00

NYCCCA 1911(g)

Demand for jury trial

$70.00

NYCCCA 1911(h)

Exemplification

$15.00

NYCCCA 1911(i)

Certifying a paper

$ 6.00

NYCCCA 1911(j)

Issue notice of petition

$45.00

NYCCCA 1911(k)

Name change

$65.00

NYCCCA 1911(l)

Transcript of Judgment (Filing)

$25.00

CPLR 8021(b)(7)

Transcript of Judgment (Issuance)

$15.00

CPLR 8021(b)(11)(c)(3)

Production of Court Record

$20.00

CPLR 8020(h)

* Fees for filing a notice of appeal submitted through the Electronic Document Delivery Service (EDDS) will be collected online.

Effective September 7, 2011