Clerk of District Court Filing Fees
SEC. 25-1-201 MCA
Commencement of each ACTION or proceeding from plaintiff, petitioner, or appellant / includes INVALIDITY | $120.00 |
Petition for ADOPTION | $105.00 |
APPEARANCE of each defendant or each respondent | $70.00 |
AUTHENTICATED or EXEMPLIFIED copies | $6.00 |
CERTIFICATION with a seal | $2.00 |
CIVIL APPEAL from lower court | $30.00 |
Petition for CONTESTED AMENDMENT OF PARENTING PLAN (effective 10-1-97) | $120.00 |
COPIES / paper | $1.00 per page for first ten pages of each file per request and $.50 per page thereafter; emailed copies – $.25 per page |
COPIES of decree of dissolution | $10.00 |
COPIES of Certificate of Marriage | $5.00 |
Petition for DISSOLUTION | $200.00 |
FOREIGN JUDGMENT | $90.00 |
Complaint in INTERVENTION | $80.00 |
JUDGMENT / includes Renewal of Judgment, Transcript of Judgment, and Confession of Judgment | $50.00 |
Petition for LEGAL SEPARATION | $180.00 |
MARRIAGE LICENSE / Declaration of Marriage | $53.00 |
Notarization/Oath & Jurat | $1.00 |
PROBATE / Informal/Formal / includes Guardianships, Conservatorships, and Ancillary cases with Montana Letters issued | $100.00 |
PROBATE / Foreign P.R. with Certificate | $85.00 |
PROCESS SERVER REGISTRATION | $100.00 |
SEARCHES | $2 per name per year up to 7yrs, $1 per name thereafter |
SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGE (required of governmental agencies, excluding criminal cases) | $100.00 |
TRANSFER from another court / includes SMALL CLAIMS appeals | $10.00 |
TRANSMISSION of records or files or transfer of a case to another court (includes removals to Federal District Court and forwarding appeals to Supreme Court) | $5.00 |
WRITS OF EXECUTION / Writs of Assistance / Orders of Sale | $5.00 |