10th JD - Suffolk County District Court
Fees
updated January 18, 2012
Service Fee
Statutory
Authority
SMALL CLAIMS - File an action
Damages $1 - $1000
$15
SMALL CLAIMS - File an action
Damages $1001 - $5000
$20
SMALL CLAIMS - File a Counterclaim $ 5 +postage*
COMMERCIAL CLAIM (including CONSUMER TRANSACTION) - File an action $25
+postage**
COMMERCIAL CLAIM - File a Counterclaim $ 5 +postage*
effective January 22, 2012:
*Postage: Small or Commercial Claims - file a counterclaim: $.45 (first class envelope)
**Postage: Commercial Claims - file an action: $5.00 per defendant (first class envelope & one certified envelope with an electronic return receipt)
Issue a summons, etc. $45
File first paper, etc. $45
File first paper, consumer credit transaction + $95
Enter judgment on confession $45
File Civil NOTICE OF APPEAL 
$30
Transcript fee $ 6
Issue satisfaction of judgment, etc. $ 6
Demand for jury trial $70
Exemplification $15
Certify a paper $ 6
File notice of trial $40
File notice of inquest $40
Filing fee for plaintiff to file judgment on consumer credit transaction after Sep 1 2010 (if not paid at filing) + $95
   
Demand for Trial de novo $75
Copy (per page) 65¢
Adobe Acrobat PDF Documentsee fee chart
 
Criminal surcharges & fees
Scofflaw suspension termination fee (VTL§503.2(j-1)i) $70 per ticket
Penal Law Violation Conviction $95 MS +$25 CVAF
Misdemeanor Conviction (outside VTL and PRHPL) $175 MS + $25 CVAF
Felony Conviction (outside VTL and PRHPL) $300 MS + $25 CVAF
Sex Offense Conviction + $50 SORF
Sex Assault Conviction + $1000 SSOVF
crime requiring DNA sample (Executive Law 995.7) Conviction + $50 DNAF
DWI infraction (VTL§1192) Conviction $55 MS + $5 CVAF + $25 AS + $170 AS
DWI Misdemeanor (VTL§1192) Conviction $175 MS + $25 CVAF + $25 DWI + $170 AS
DWI Felony (VTL§1192) Conviction $300 MS + $25 CVAF + $25 DWI + $170 AS
Equipment Violation Conviction (VTL§375) $25 MS + $5 CVAF + $20 AS
Other VTL offense Conviction $55 MS + $5 CVAF + $20 AS
Speeding in a construction or work zone Conviction (VTL§1180(d)(2) or §1180(f)) + $50 MS
Certified mailing fee (VTL§§ 385 or 401) + $30
Handicapped parking offense Conviction (VTL§§ 1203-a, 1203-b, 1203-c) $30 MS
Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation Law Conviction $15 MS
 
AS = Additional Surcharge (VTL §§ 1809-c, 1809-e)
CVAF = Crime Victim Assistance Fee
DNAF = DNA Databank Fee
DWI = Driving While Intoxicated
MS = Mandatory Surcharge
SORF = Sex Offender Registration Fee
SSOVF = Supplemental Sex Offender Victims Assistance Fee
 
PL = Penal Law
PRHPL = Parks Recreation & Historic Preservation Law
VTL = Vehicle & Traffic Law
 
for more information, please see PL §60.35, VTL §1809 , VTL§385.20-a, VTL§401.19-a, PRHPL§27.12, Corrections Law 168, Executive Law 995
 

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