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Civil Advance Deposit Costs & Filing Fee Schedule
The prices reflected below are effective January 1, 2007, pursuant to La R.S. 13:841 as amended by Act 243 of the 2006 Regular Legislative Session
Advance deposit costs include a $20.00 initialize fee and a $2.00 per name indexing fee:
Petition w/1 service $275.00
each additional defendant $75.00
Petition w/ no service $225.00
Petition w/ Rule or TRO $300.00
Petition with both TRO and Rule $350.00
Other pleadings w/o service $75.00
each additional service $75.00
Executory process $400.00
Curator Fee (additional) $300.00
Filing and Issuing Fees
Filing Documents  
First page $5.00
Each page thereafter $3.00
**over 26 pages flat fee $80.00
Filing Exhibits (paper)  
**per page $2.00
**over 30 pages flat fee $60.00
All other Exhibits $5.00
Issuing Documents w/ Notice of Service $20.00
Certification of Copy $5.00
Act of Congress Certification $10.00
Conformed copy $3.00
Copies per page $1.00
Juror supoena $5.00
Minute entry $5.00
Swearing witnesses/jurors $2.00
Fax Filing $5.00 Per Document
Postage U.S. Postal Rate
Please note that this fee schedule is intended as a guide to assist in estimating costs.
Please call the Clerk's Office - Civil Department should you have questions regarding costs.