Court Filing Fees

Superior Court Filing Fees

Effective April 15, 2010

The filing fee schedules offered through this web page reflect the state fees established by statute.  Please check with the specific court for additional local fees.
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Transfer from Justice Courts

A.R.S.
12-284
CLASS

 SERVICE BASE FEE DOC. STORAGE FUND (1) SPOUSAL MAINT ENF ENHANCE FUND (2) CONCIL. COURT FUND (3) DOM.REL. ED/MED. FUND (4) AZ LENGTHY TRIAL FUND (5) TOTAL

CIVIL
A Complaint or petition $166.00 $15.00       $15.00 $196.00
B Answer or initial appearance 88.00 15.00       15.00 118.00
B Separate answer (jury eligible) 88.00 15.00       15.00 118.00
B Separate answer (non-jury eligible) 88.00 15.00         103.00
A Petition to take deposition 166.00 15.00       15.00  196.00
A Petition for stay or special action 166.00 15.00       15.00  196.00
A Petition for change of name 166.00 15.00        15.00 196.00
A Filing a process server application 166.00           166.00
  Filing registrar's orders (A.R.S. § 32-1166.06) N/C            
A Filing Intervenor 166.00 15.00       15.00 196.00
A Additional plaintiffs 166.00 15.00       15.00 196.00
B Additional defendants 88.00 15.00       15.00 118.00
A Foreign judgment 166.00 15.00        15.00 196.00
B Garnishee's contesting garnishment 88.00 15.00         103.00
  Answer of garnishee-defendant N/C            
E Change of venue transmittal fee 26.00           26.00
E Change of venue for jurisdiction (A.R.S. § 12-404) plaintiff petitioner pays fee 26.00           26.00
A Change of venue to this county 166.00 15.00       15.00  196.00
B O.S.C. - to appear and do one or more of the following:
  1. Request affirmative or counter relief;
  2. Attacks process of proceedings;
  3. Takes other affirmative action
88.00 $15.00         103.00
B Notice of appeal filing fee (except under A.R.S. § 12-2107) 88.00           88.00
B Cross-appeal filing fee by appellee except under A.R.S. §§ 12-2107, 12-1809 & 13-3602) 88.00           88.00
A Tax court case 166.00 15.00       15.00  196.00
E Civil traffic appeal 26.00 15.00         41.00 
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
C Petition for dissolution of marriage 131.00 15.00 5.00 65.00     216.00
D Response or initial appearance in dissolution 66.00 15.00 5.00 65.00     151.00
C Petition for legal separation 131.00 15.00 5.00 65.00     216.00
D Response or initial appearance in legal separation 66.00 15.00 5.00 65.00     151.00
C Petition for annulment 131.00 15.00 5.00 65.00     216.00
D Response to petition for annulment 66.00 15.00 5.00 65.00     151.00
G Order of protection N/C            
E Change of venue transmittal fee 26.00           26.00
E Change of venue to another county on section (A.R.S. § 12-404) transmittal fee 26.00           26.00
A Change of venue to this county (except under A.R.S. § 25-502(G)) 166.00 15.00   65.00     246.00
G Injunction against harassment N/C            
C Petition for domestic relations case for which a fee is not specifically prescribed: foreign judgment for custody; establish support/custody. 131.00 15.00         146.00
D Response to domestic relations case for which a fee is not specifically prescribed: foreign judgment; establish support/custody 66.00 15.00         81.00
C Petition for maternity or paternity cases 131.00 15.00   65.00     211.00
D Response for maternity or paternity cases 66.00 15.00   65.00     146.00
C Voluntary paternity; Clerk creates order of paternity 131.00 15.00   65.00     211.00
D Postadjudication petitions in domestic relations cases (6) 66.00       15.00   81.00
  (Seventy-five percent remitted to county treasurer for deposit in Expedited child support & parenting time fund est. In A.R.S. § 25-412)              
D Postadjudication transfer in cases to establish or modify child support (7) 66.00       15.00   81.00
  (Seventy-five percent remitted to county treasurer for deposit in Expedited child support & parenting time fund est. In A.R.S. § 25-412)              
MISCELLANEOUS
G Petition or application for adoption N/C            
G Petition or application for adoption on a child who is a current ward of the court in the care, custody and control of DES N/C            
G Contested adoption N/C            
E Issuance of any writ 26.00           26.00
G Marriage license (Includes covenant marriages) 72.00           72.00
E Certified copy of marriage license or application 26.00           26.00
G Notary services 7.00           7.00
G Small claims tax case 22.00 15.00         37.00
G Postage & handling 7.00           7.00
F Copies (other than photographic of papers & records on appeal); civil & criminal case with privately retained counsel; or documents from record, per page. 0.50           0.50
F Photographic copies per page (includes appeals) 0.50           0.50
E Certificate of correctness of copy of record 26.00           26.00
F Comparison fee, per page (documents furnished by party) 0.50           0.50
E Exemplification per certification (2 seals @ $26/ea) 52.00           52.00
E Authentication per certification (3 seals @ $26/ea) 78.00           78.00
E Certification of official capacity of notary public / justice of the peace 26.00           26.00
E Certificate of clerk to any matter in clerk's record not specifically provided 26.00           26.00
E Payment history report 26.00           26.00
E Filing transcript and docketing judgment from any court 26.00           26.00
E Demand for notice, filing paper, or performing any act for which a specific fee is not provided by statute 26.00           26.00
E For services performed by the clerk that becomes part of a case or matter of record in the office of the clerk 26.00           26.00
E Issuance of each subpoena in civil cases 26.00           26.00
E Seal a court file 26.00           26.00
E Reopen a court file 26.00           26.00
G Stop payment on a check 14.00           14.00
E Reel of film/Alpha index per year (plus per page fee below) 26.00           26.00
F Alpha index per page 0.50           0.50
E Research in locating document (per year/source researched) 26.00           26.00
E Power of attorney 26.00           26.00
E Retrieve bank records 26.00           26.00
E Certification under one document certification 26.00           26.00
  Petition for Emancipation of a Minor 46.00 15.00         61.00
  Objection to Petition for Emancipation of a Minor 88.00 15.00         103.00
PROBATE, CONSERVATORSHIP, GUARDIANSHIP & FIDUCIARY
E Court controlled trust accounts; charge for each individual action performed 26.00           26.00
C Petition in formal testacy or appointment proceeding 131.00 15.00         146.00
C Application for informal probate or informal appointment 131.00 15.00         146.00
C Petition for supervised administration 131.00 15.00         146.00
C Petition to appoint guardian 131.00 15.00         146.00
C Petition to appoint conservator or make protective order 131.00 15.00         146.00
C Single estate application or petition under Title 14, Chapter 3 (A.R.S. § 14-3938) 131.00 15.00         146.00
C Opposing petition in testacy, or appointment proceedings or appointment of guardianship/conservatorship 131.00 15.00         146.00
D Any person opposing contested petition if no prior payment 66.00 15.00         81.00
C Petition for transfer of real property by affidavit (A.R.S. § 14-3971(F)) 131.00 15.00         146.00
D Postjudgment activities in probate cases 66.00 15.00         81.00
TRANSFER FROM JUSTICE COURTS
A Appellant (except under A.R.S. § 12-1809 & 13-3602) 166.00 15.00         181.00
B Appellee (except under A.R.S. §§ 12-1809 & 13-3602) 88.00 15.00         103.00
A Ownership of real property becomes issue (Plaintiff / Appellant) 166.00 15.00       15.00 196.00
B Ownership of real property becomes an issue (Defendant) 88.00 15.00       15.00 118.00
B Jurisdiction exceeded appellee (within 20 days of filing) 88.00 15.00       15.00  118.00
(1) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-284.01, assess a fee of no more than $15 on filing or appearance fees for the Document Storage and Retrieval Fund.
(2) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-289, charge and collect a $5 surcharge for each filing of a petition or an answer for annulment, dissolution of marriage or legal separation for the Spousal Maintenance Enforcement Enhancement Fund.
(3) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-284(E), in each county where the superior court has established a conciliation court, the petitioner and respondent shall pay an additional $65.
(4) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 12-284(C), assess a $15 surcharge on each postadjudication petition filing in a domestic relations case for the Domestic Relations Education and Mediation Fund.
(5) Pursuant to A.R.S § 12-115, assess a $15 fee on all civil complaints, answers to civil complaint and motions to intervene in civil actions.
(6)
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 25-504: 
Subsection M "...a fee shall not be charged to a person who files a request to terminate an order of assignment if an employer is making deductions on multiple assignments for an obligation for the same minor children.”
Subsection O "...a fee shall not be charged to a party filing a stipulation concerning satisfaction of support obligations."
(7) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 25-502(G), the party who petitioned for transfer must pay the postadjudication fee prescribed in A.R.S. § 12-284(A), class D to the county to which the proceeding is being transferred.
NOTE: Fee to convert an existing marriage to a covenant marriage - courts are advised to charge the $26 minimum clerk fee "Demand for notice, filing paper, or performing any act
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