Haw. Ct. Fee Schedule: Circuit Court Filing Fees

Circuit Court Filing Fees and Costs

The following is a summary of the most frequently applied court filing fees and costs.

(Effective January 1, 2014)

Filing Fees

Type of Action Total Charge

Civil Actions (e.g. Complaints)/Special Proceedings, including Special Proceedings filed $315

by prisoners

Demand for jury trial, including without limitation, probate cases, appeals to the circuit $200

court, and cases transferred to the circuit court from the district court (this fee to be

paid to the court in which the demand is filed by the party first making the demand)

Transfer of District Court action to Circuit Court (to be paid in addition to fees assessed $240

by District Court)

Mechanic=s/Materialmen=s Lien $345

Foreign Judgments $415

Appeal to a Circuit Court $215

Appeal to Appellate Court - Non-Criminal $315

Appeal to Appellate Court - Criminal $100

Probate, Conservatorship, Conservator-Guardianship, Trust, and/or Equity Contact Estate and

Guardianship Branch:

First Circuit

808-539-4399

Third Circuit

808-961-7650

Fifth Circuit

808-482-2343

Contact Legal Documents

Branch

Second Circuit

808-244-2969 (#3)

As of January 02, 2014

Court Costs

Description of Cost Charge

Copies of any document in any public record maintained by the clerk:

- in the clerk=s office $1.00 first page,

$.50 each additional page

-in an off-site storage location $5,

plus applicable copying charge

- on microfilm $5 when provided by the clerk,

plus $1 per page

- on microfilm (self-service) $1 per page

Telefaxing of any document in any public record:

- Within Hawaii $2 first page,

$1 each additional page,

plus applicable charges

- outside Hawaii, within the United States $5 first page,

$2 each additional page,

plus applicable charges

- outside the United States $10 first page,

$5 each additional page,

plus applicable charges

Copies of audio tapes, electronic copy of any document $10

Copies of video tapes Cost of production

Expedited or rush requests (copy(ies) provided within 4 hours if request received before $10,

noon HST) plus applicable charges

Certification under seal of a copy of a pleading or other paper subsequent to the initial $2

pleading or paper, except the record on appeal

Making of copy; comparing of copy with original; certification or authentication of $3

notaries

Ex officio filing (in addition to the usual filing fee) $10

Exemplification $4

Filing of notary commission $6

Notice of completion of contract, with affidavit of publication $5

Objection to notice of dismissal ACivil Compliance@ $30

Search of record by the clerk $5

Retrieval of files from storage $5

Mailing paper copies of any item, other than the mailing of the first paper copy of a court Actual cost of mailing

order, opinion, or other item entered in the case by the court for parties to a pending

case.

Dishonored checks or electronic fund transfers $25

Written transcript fees (paid to court reporter/transcriber) View schedule of rates in Rules

Governing Court Reporting in the

State of Hawai=i, Rule 19.

As of January 02, 2014