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Fee Schedule

Lake County Filing Fees

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, effective July 1, 2009, the Court Administrator's office will be required to collect civil filing fees and other Court fees as indicated below:


Fees

All fees of the Court Administrator shall be paid in advance at or prior to the time of the performance of any service requiring payment of such fees, and said Administrator shall not proceed in any matter requiring the payment of fees until the full amount is paid.
  
Adoption (Except International) $395.00
International Adoptions 320.00
Plaintiff-Petitioner      320.00
Each Defendant-Respondent   
Intervening Party		  
320.00
Request for Jury Trial      100.00
Harassment Proceedings 320.00
Dissolution of Marriage:
    Petitioner            
400.00
    Respondent 400.00
Motions or Responses to Motions
 100.00
Probate:
    Formal and Informal   
320.00
Appeal to District Court:
    Court Trial   
310.00
    Jury Trial        410.00
Tax Court:
    Regular Division  		  
320.00
    Small Claims Division    160.00
Conciliation Court:
    For Claims up to $2500
75.00
    For Claims $2501 to $7500.00    80.00
Counter claims or denials:
    For amounts up to $2500		  
75.00
    For amounts $2501 to $7500.00       80.00
Torrens Action:
    Application & Answer		   
320.00
      

OTHER FEES
Subpoena $   16.00
Filing and Docketing
Transcript of Judgment
40.00
Issuing Transcript of Judgment 40.00
Issuing Execution and
Filing Return    		  
55.00
Issuing all writs   55.00
Filing Satisfaction, Partial Satisfaction or
Assignment of Judgment
5.00
Judgment Search:
    Each Name
5.00
Filing Foreign Judgment:
    For Amounts up to $10,000		  
75.00
    For Amounts over $10,000      320.00
Copy of any Instrument or Document-Civil or Criminal:
    Certified   
14.00
    Plain copy    8.00
Exemplified Attestation 15.00
Deposit of Wills 27.00
Certification of Authentication  15.00
Fax   25.00