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Fees

Please make checks, money orders, and any negotiable instruments payable to:
"Clerk, United States Court"


Note: Effective February 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court Clerk’s Office will discontinue receipting payments in the Lincoln office. Payments must be made in person in Omaha, over the phone (1-866-220-4381), or mailed to the Omaha office at the following address: U.S. District Court Clerk’s Office, 111 South 18th Plaza, Suite 1152, Omaha, NE 68102.

If you need to print copies from the public terminals in Lincoln, payment must be made by credit card, check, or money order.


Appeal to district judge from judgment of conviction by magistrate judge in misdemeanor case 

$41.00

Attorney admission fee (full-time) 

$199.00

Certificate of good standing

$21.00

Certification (per document)

$12.00

Check paid into court which is returned for lack of funds

$53.00

Civil case (including $55 general administrative fee)
Note: This fee does not apply to persons granted in forma pauperis status under 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

$405.00

Copies of Records in Electronic Form (when those records are not stored in CM/ECF or available on PACER)

$33.00

Copy of documents printed from public access terminals

$.10 per page

Duplicate certificate of admission

$21.00

Eighth Circuit model civil jury instructions

$5.00 disk
$10.00 hard copy

Exemplification

$24.00

Filing and indexing any paper not in a case

$52.00

Habeas corpus

$5.00

Notice of appeal and docket fees for Eighth Circuit

$605.00

Photocopy (does not include certification)(pre-paid)

$.50 per page

Power of attorney

$52.00

Pro Hac Vice Fee

$100.00

Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts

$52.00

Retrieval of record from Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage
location removed from place of business of court (First box requested)

 

Effective June 1, 2016, a requestor may obtain the records electronically using FRC
SMARTSCAN from the FRC.  The SMARTSCAN service includes a $10.00 Judiciary
fee, plus a $9.90 flat rate pull charge, and $0.65 per page collected on behalf of the FRC. 

$70.00
($43.00 for each additional box requested)

Search of records

$34.00 per name