2022 DISTRICT COURT FEE SCHEDULE WITH STATUTE CITATION

• ADOPTIONS

  - filing Petition - $105.00

• AMENDMENT OF PARENTING PLAN

  - contested only (does not apply to cases dealing with child support only) - $120.00

• APPEAL FROM LOWER COURT

  - does not apply to Small Claims cases - $30.00

• APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT TO SUPREME COURT

  - cost of mailing case to Supreme Court can also be required - $5.00

• APPEARANCE

  - for the appearance of each defendent or each respondent - $70.00

• AUTHENTICATION / EXEMPLIFICATION

  - for authentication or exemplified copies for out-of-sate jurisdictions - $6.00

• CERTIFICATION

  - for certification with a seal - $2.00

• CIVIL COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION

  - for each action or proceeding from the plaintiff, petitioner, or appellant (includes Invalidity) - $120.00

• COPY OF DECREE OF DISSOLUTION

  - for each copy of a decree (separately filed parenting plans or property settlement agreements not included) (does not include certification) - $10.00

• COPY OF MARRIAGE LICENSE

  - for each copy of a marriage license (does not include certification) - $5.00

• COPIES OF OTHER DOCUMENTS

  - $1.00 per page for the first ten pages

  - $0.50 oer page thereafter

• DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE

  - for filing and recording the declaration - $53.00

• DISSOLUTION OF COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION

  - for filing Petition (includes Summary and Joint Dissolution) - $200.00

• EXECUTIONS / WRITS OF ASSISTANCE / ORDERS OF SALE

  - for Issuance - $5.00

F - V

• FOREIGN CAPITAL DEPOSITORY JUDGMENT

  - for filing the judgment - $2,500.00

• FOREIGN JUDGMENT

  - for filing authenticated copy and docketing - $90.00

  (no cost for registering out of state custody decrees & support orders, MCA 40-5-1033) 

• FOREIGN PROBATE

  - with certificate - $85.00

• INTERVENTION COMPLAINT

  - for filing a complaint in intervention - $80.00

• JUDGMENTS

  - for entry of judgment from prevailing party - $45.00

• LEGAL SEPARATION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION

  - for filing Petition - $180.00

• MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUANCE

  - for issuing, filing and recording marriage - $53.00

• NOTARIZATION / OATH AND JURAT

  - for each Notarization with Court seal - $2.00

• PROBATE / GUARDIANSHIP / CONSERVATORSHIP COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION

  - for filing Formal / Informal or Ancillary Petition - $100.00

• PROCESS SERVER REGISTRATION

  - for registration - $100.00

• SEARCHES

  - $2.00 per name per year up to 7 years

  - $1.00 per name thereafter (no maximum charge limit)

• SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGE

  - for each motion field (not in criminal cases) - $100.00

• TRANSCRIPT / ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT

  - for preparation of a transcript - $4.00

  - for filing a transcript from another jurisdiction - $45.00

• TRANSMISSION OF RECORD OR FILES OR TRANSFER OF A CASE TO ANOTHER COURT

  - (includes removals to Federal District Court and forwarding appeals to Supreme Court) - $5.00

• VENUE CHANGE

  - for filing from another district court (incoming) - $10.00

  - for sending file to another jurisdiction (outgoing) - $5.00