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a joint notice of appeal are Certifying any document or paper ........................ 11.00 required to pay only one fee) ............................. $ 505.00 Exemplifying any document or paper................... 22.00 SearchofCourtRecordsandcertificationoftheresults 31.00 Issuance of an Apostille ........................................ 47.00 Certifying any document or paper ........................ 11.00 Filing or indexing any paper not in a case or Issuance of an Apostille ........................................ 47.00 proceeding (i.e., petition to perpetuate Photographic (Xerox) copies (from documents or testimony, Rule 27(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., the filing of microfilm), per page........................................... .50 papers by trustees under 28 U.S.C. §754, the Reproduction of audio recording, including filing of letters rogatory or letters of request, and materials............................................................ 31.00 registering of a judgment from another district For reproduction of the record in any appeal in pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963) ........................... 47.00 which the court of appeals does not require an Registration of foreign judgment .......................... 47.00 appendix, pursuant to Rule 30(f), F.R.A.P......... 86.00 Admission of attorney to practice (including For each microfiche sheet of film or microfilm certificate).......................................................... 231.00 Filing Fees jacket copy of any court record, where available .. 5.00 Duplicate Certificate or Certificate of Good For retrieval of a record from a Federal Records Standing..................................................... 19.00 Center, National Archives, or other storage Motion for leave to appear (Pro hac vice).............. 100.00 location removed from the place of business of Copies made by Clerk (not including certification) the court, first box retrieved .............................. 64.00 Photographic (Xerox) copies (from docu- Each additional box ...................................... 39.00 ments or microfilm), per page ................... .50 For electronic retrievals, in addition to any Reproduction of magnetic tape recording, in- chargesassessedbythespecificstoragelocation 10.00 cluding materials....................................... 31.00 For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a copy For each microfiche sheet of film or microfilm of an electronic record stored outside of the court’s jacket copy of any court record, where available .. 6.00 electronic case management system, including but For retrieval of a record from a Federal Records Center, not limited to, document files, audio recordings, and National Archives, or other storage location removed video recordings, per record provided ...................... 31.00 from the place of business of the court, first box ..... 64.00 For a check paid into the court which is returned Each additional box ...................................... 39.00 for lack of funds ................................................. 53.00 For electronic retrievals, in addition to any To be paid by appellant or petitioner upon the filing of any separate or joint notice of appeal or chargesassessedbythespecificstoragelocation 10.00 application for appeal from the Bankruptcy For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a Appellate Panel, or notice of the allowance of an copy of an electronic record stored outside of the appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ... 5.00 court’s electronic case management system, Admission of attorney to practice (including certificate) 181.00 including but not limited to, document files, audio Duplicate Certificate or Certificate of Good recordings, and video recordings, per record provided (audio recordings of court proceedings Standing..................................................... 19.00 continue to be governed by a separate fee)............ 31.00 The clerk shall assess a charge for the handling of registry For a check paid into the court which is returned funds, to be assessed from interest earnings and in accordance for lack of funds ................................................. 53.00 with the detailed fee schedule issued by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. For filing an action brought under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity The court may charge and collect fees, commensurate with (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, P.L. 104-114, 110 Stat. the cost of printing, for copies of the local rules of court. The court § 785 (1996) (in addition to fee for commencing may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge. any civil proceeding other than habeas corpus). 6,548.00 The court may charge and collect a $200.00 per remote location The clerk shall assess a charge for the handling of registry for counsel’s requested use of videoconferencing equipment in funds, to be assessed from interest earnings and in accordance connection with each oral argument. with the detailed fee schedule issued by the Director of the For usage of electronic access to court data, $.10 per page for Administrative Office of the United States Courts. For public users using a Federal judiciary Internet site [provided management of registry funds invested through the Court the court may, for good cause, exempt persons or classes of Registry Investment System, a fee at a rate of 10 basis points persons from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens shall be assessed from interest earnings, excluding registry and to promote public access to such information]. No fee is funds from disputed ownership interpleader cases deposited owed until an account holder accrues charges of more than under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 and held in a Court Registry $15.00 in a quarterly billing cycle. All such fees collected shall Investment System Disputed Ownership Fund. be deposited to the Judiciary Information Technology Fund. For management of funds deposited under 28 U.S.C. § 1335 For printing copies of any record or document accessed and invested in a Disputed Ownership Fund through the electronically at a public terminal in the courthouse, $.10 per Court Registry Investment System, a fee at an annual rate of page. This fee shall apply to the United States. 20 basis points of assets on deposit shall be assessed from For every search of court records conducted by the PACER interest earnings. Service Center, $30.00. The Director of the Administrative Office has the authority UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT to waive these fees for cause. SCHEDULE OF FEES AND DEPOSITS The court may charge and collect fees, commensurate with the cost of printing, for copies of the local rules of court. The court Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1914 and the District Court may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge. Miscellaneous Fee Schedule (effective October 1, 2019) For usage of electronic access to court data, $.10 per page for public users using a Federal judiciary Internet site [provided Commencing any civil proceeding other than the court may, for good cause, exempt persons or classes of habeas corpus (including $50.00 administrative persons from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens fee, except in in forma pauperis cases) .............. $ 400.00 and to promote public access to such information]. No fee is Filing application for writ of habeas corpus.......... 5.00 owed until an account holder accrues charges of more than Filing notice or petition