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, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of the Clerk in Omaha toll free at (866) 220-4381 or in Lincoln toll free at (866) 220-4379.

The following filing and service fees shall be collected by the clerk of the court:

Miscellaneous Fee Schedules (effective 4/9/2006)
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 $32.00
Attorney Admission Fee
(full-time)
$150.00
Attorney Renewal Fee $10.00 every two years
Certificate of good standing $15.00
Certification (per document) $9.00
Check paid into court which is returned for lack of funds $45.00
Civil Case $350.00
Duplicate certificate of admission $15.00
Eighth Circuit Model Civil Jury Instructions $5.00 disk
$10.00 hard copy
Exemplification $18.00
Facsimile (pre-paid) $1.00 per page
Filing & Indexing any paper not in a case $39.00
Habeas Corpus $5.00
Local Rules $5.00 Hard Copy
Notice of Appeal and Docket Fees for Eighth Circuit $455.00
Petition to Perpetuate Testimony $250.00
Photocopy (does not include certification)(pre-paid) $.50 per page
Copy of documents printed from public access terminals $.10 per page
Power of Attorney $39.00
Registration of Judgments for enforcement in other districts $39.00
Retrieval of record from Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from place of business of court $45.00
Search of Records $26.00 per name

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