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Forms will need to be lodged with the appropriate fee, either in person, by post or via the online registry. Find out how to lodge a form or pay a fee.
Listed below are forms for general District Court services.
The following fees are prescribed by the Civil Procedure Regulation 2017 and Criminal Procedure Regulation 2017 and are payable from 1 July 2024.
Please note, the Sheriff's Office also charges fees for its services, including for the service of documents.
Matter for which fee is payable | Standard fee |
Corporation fee |
---|---|---|
Item 1 Issuing a subpoena (for production, to give evidence, or both) |
$126 |
$252 |
Item 2 Receipt by the registrar of a document or thing produced in compliance with a notice to produce under Part 34 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 |
$126 |
$252 |
Item 3 Filing or registering a copy or certificate of a judgment, order, determination, decree, adjudication or award of any other court or person under section 133 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 |
$109 |
$218 |
Item 4 Opening or keeping open the registry or part of the registry: (a) on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday (b) on any other day before 9 am or after 5 pm |
$903 |
$1,806 |
Item 5 Requesting production to the court of documents held by another court |
$74 |
$148 |
Item 6 Furnishing one or more sealed or certified copies of a judgment or order, or of the written opinion or reasons for opinion of any judicial or other officer of the court |
$74 |
N/A |
Item 7 Retrieving, providing access to and furnishing a copy of any document (otherwise than as provided for by items 6, 8 and 10) |
$15, plus $8 for each 10 pages (or part of 10 pages) after the first 20 pages |
N/A |
Item 8 Retrieving and providing access to, but not furnishing a copy of, any file or box of files, where the file or box of files is retrieved from on off-site storage facility |
(a) standard retrieval request - $98 per file or box of files (b) non-standard retrieval request (including urgent, high or after hours priority retrieval request or a retrieval request for deliver to or from a regional location outside the Sydney metropolitan area) - Such additional fee incurred by a court |
N/A |
Item 9 Supplying a duplicate recording of sound -recorded evidence -per cassette tape or disc |
$64 |
N/A |
Item 10 Supplying a copy of a transcript of any proceedings: |
(a) where the matter being transcribed is under 3 months old $110, plus an additional $13 for each page after the first 8 pages (b) where the matter being transcribed is 3 months old or older $140, plus an additional $15 for each page after the first 8 pages |
N/A |
Item 11 Providing any service for which a fee is not otherwise imposed by this Schedule Note - A fee may not be imposed under this item except with the approval of the registrar. |
$53 |
$106 |
Item 12 Filing an application to commence summary proceedings brought in the District Court, other than proceedings brought by the secretary of an industrial organisation of employees |
$2,274 |
N/A |
01 Jul 2024
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