Court Fees


The clerk's office accepts payments by credit card.  Credit card payments may be made by telephone, fax, e-mail, or at the counter in the Omaha and Lincoln offices.  If you have any questions, contact the clerk's office toll free in Omaha at (866) 220-4381 and in Lincoln at (866) 220-4379.

The following filing and service fees are collected by the clerk's office:

Miscellaneous Fee Schedules (effective November 1, 2011)
Electronic Public Access Miscellaneous Fee Schedule
National Archives and Records Administration Fee Schedule
Court Reporting Fee Schedule
Appeal to district judge from judgment of conviction by magistrate judge in misdemeanor case $37.00
Attorney admission fee
(full-time)
$176.00
Attorney renewal fee $20.00 every two years
Certificate of good standing $18.00
Certification (per document) $11.00
Check paid into court which is returned for lack of funds $53.00
Civil case $350.00
Duplicate certificate of admission $15.00
Eighth Circuit model civil jury instructions $5.00 disk
$10.00 hard copy
E-mail or Facsimile requests (pre-paid) $.50 per page
Exemplification $18.00
Filing and indexing any paper not in a case $46.00
Habeas corpus $5.00
Notice of appeal and docket fees for Eighth Circuit $455.00
Photocopy (does not include certification)(pre-paid) $.50 per page
Copy of documents printed from public access terminals $.10 per page
Power of attorney $46.00
Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts $46.00
Retrieval of record from Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from place of business of court $53.00
Search of records $30.00 per name

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