Fees

Fees payable to the clerk

Fee

Statutory Authority

SMALL CLAIMS - File an action
Damages $1 - $1000

$15

UDCA §1803

SMALL CLAIMS - File an action
Damages $1001 - $5000

$20

UDCA §1803

SMALL CLAIMS - File a Counterclaim

$ 5 +postage*

UDCA §1803

COMMERCIAL SMALL CLAIM (including CONSUMER TRANSACTION) - File an action

$25 +postage**

UDCA §1803-A

COMMERCIAL SMALL CLAIM - File a Counterclaim

$ 5 +postage*

UDCA §1803-A

Issue a summons, etc.

$45

UDCA §1911

File first paper, etc.

$45

UDCA §1911

File first paper, consumer credit transaction

+ $95

UDCA §1911

Enter judgment on confession

$45

UDCA §1911

File Civil NOTICE OF APPEAL 

$30

UDCA §1911

Transcript fee

$ 6

UDCA §1911

Issue satisfaction of judgment, etc.

$ 6

UDCA §1911

Demand for jury trial (index starting CV or LT)

$70

UDCA §1911

Exemplification

$15

UDCA §1911

Certify a paper

$ 6

UDCA §1911

File notice of trial

$40

UDCA §1911

File notice of inquest

$40

UDCA §1911

Filing fee for plaintiff to file judgment on consumer credit transaction after Sep 1 2010 (if not paid at filing)

+ $95

UDCA §1911

   

Demand for Trial de novo

$75

22 NYCRR Part 28

Copy (per page)

65¢
see fee chart

CPLR §8019

Demand for jury trial (index starting SC or CC)

$120
($70 fee +$50 undertaking)

UDCA §1911
UDCA §1806
UDCA §1806-A

as of January 21 2024:

*Postage: Small or Commercial Claims - file a counterclaim: $.64 (first class metered envelope)
**Postage: Commercial Claims - file an action: $8.00 per defendant (first class metered envelope & one certified metered envelope with an electronic return receipt)