The Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule sets the fees and exemptions for electronic access to court documents. Electronic access fees are managed by the PACER Service Center, which bills users quarterly for electronic access.
Summary of Fees
Effective December 1, 2023
| Description | Fee |
| Attorney Admissions-Related Fees | |
| Attorney Admissions | $249 ($199 national fee plus $50 local fee) Form:�Application for Admission to Practice |
| Certificate of Good Standing | $21 Form:�Certificate of Good Standing Request |
| Duplicate Admissions Certificate | $21 |
| Docketing & Filing Fees | |
| Petition for Review or Notice of Appeal from an Administrative Agency Decision | $600 |
| Petition for Writ of Mandamus or any Other Original Proceeding | $600 |
| Notice of Appeal from a Tax Court Decision | $600 Note: Fee must be paid in the U.S. Tax Court |
| Notice of Appeal from a District Court Decision | $605 Note: Fee must be paid in the U.S. District Court |
| Direct Appeal from a Bankruptcy Court Decision | $605 ($298 when the notice of appeal is filed plus $307 additional if a direct appeal is authorized) Note: Fee must be paid in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court |
| Petition for Permission to Appeal | No fee for petition; $605 if permission to appeal granted and an appeal is authorized Note: Fee must be paid in the U.S. District Court |
| Electronic Public Access Fees | |
| PACER Fee for Remote Electronic Access to Documents | $.10 per page. For case-specific documents, the maximum fee per document is $3. The PACER Service Center bills for remote electronic access on a quarterly basis. If quarterly usage does not exceed $30, there is no charge. |
| Records Search & Retrieval Fees | |
| Search of Court Records | $34 per name or item searched |
| Physical Retrieval of Archived Records from the Federal Records Center/NARA | $70 for first box plus $43 for each additional box |
| Electronic Retrieval of Archived Records from the Federal Records Center/NARA | $20.90 plus $.65 per page (100-page limit) |
| Reproduction & Copy Fees | |
| Printing Documents Accessed Electronically at a Public Access Terminal | $.10 per page (fee applies to printing only; there is no charge to access and view documents at the public access terminals in the courthouse) |
| Reproduction of Paper Filings or Other Documents | $.50 per page |
| Reproduction of Electronic Records not available in CM/ECF | $33 per item |
| Reproduction of Oral Argument Recording | $34 (CD); Recordings of all oral arguments after September 1, 2007, are available from the court’s�Internet Archive�without charge. |
| Reproduction of the Record on Appeal in a Case Without an Appendix | $94 |
| Other Fees | |
| Certification of any Document or Paper | $12 |
| Issuance of an Apostille | $50 |
| Fee for Use of the Court’s Videoconferencing Equipment for Oral Argument | $200 per location |
| Fee for Payments Returned or Denied for Insufficient Funds, or Reversed Due to a Chargeback | $53 |
Any fees due to the Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, may be paid by check, cashier's check, or money order. Checks are made payable to "Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals" and mailed to: Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 5205, Washington, D.C. 20001.
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