Forms and fees
How to lodge a form and pay a fee
Complete the form with the relevant details and submit it to the relevant
District Court registry by post or in person. You will also need to enclose or bring along the appropriate fee.
If you are posting the form, you may enclose a cheque, credit card authorisation or debit card authorisation for the fee amount.
If you choose to pay a fee in person at the registry, you may pay in cash, by cheque, EFTPOS or credit card (Visa card and Mastercard only).
Court transcripts
Link to
Transcripts for more information and forms.
Forms for general court services
Listed below are forms and fees for general District Court services.
See also the
Guidelines for waiver, remission and postponement of fees.
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Subpoena forms (criminal)
Bail forms
Fees for general court services
The following fees are prescribed by the
Civil Procedure Regulation 2017 and
Criminal Procedure Regulation 2017 and are payable from 11 July 2019.
Please note, the Sheriff's Office also charges
fees for its services, including for the service of documents.
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1
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Issuing a subpoena (for production, to give evidence, or both)
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$106
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$212
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2
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Receipt by the registrar of a document or thing produced in compliance with a notice to produce under Part 34 of the
Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
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$88
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$175
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3
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Filing or registering a copy or certificate of a judgment, order, determination, decree, adjudication or award of any other court or person under section 133 of the
Civil Procedure Act 2005
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$96
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$191
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4
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Opening or keeping open the registry or part of the registry:
(a) on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday
(b) on any other day before 9 am or after 5 pm
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$764
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$1,528
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5
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Requesting production to the court of documents held by another court
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$62
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$124
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6
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Furnishing one or more sealed or certified copies of a judgment or order, or of the written opinion or reasons for opinion of any judicial or other officer of the court
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$62
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N/A
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7
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Retrieving, providing access to and furnishing a copy of any document (otherwise than as provided for by items 6, 8 and 10)
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$13, plus $7 for each 10 pages (or part of 10 pages) after the first 20 pages
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N/A
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8
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Retrieving and providing access to, but not furnishing a copy of, any file or box of files, where the file or box of files is retrieved from on off-site storage facility
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(a) standard retrieval request - $83 per file or box of files
(b) non-standard retrieval request (including urgent, high or after hours priority retrieval request or a retrieval request for deliver to or from a regional location outside the Sydney metropolitan area) - Such additional fee incurred by a court
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N/A
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9
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Supplying a duplicate recording of sound -recorded evidence -per cassette tape or disc
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$54
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N/A
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10
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Supplying a copy of a transcript of any proceedings:
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(a) where the matter being transcribed is under 3 months old
$93, plus an additional $11 for each page after the first 8 pages
(b) where the matter being transcribed is 3 months old or older
$113, plus an additional $13 for each page after the first 8 pages
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N/A
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11
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Providing any service for which a fee is not otherwise imposed by this Schedule
Note -
A fee may not be imposed under this item except with the approval of the registrar.
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$45
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$88
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12
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Filing an application to commence summary proceedings brought in the District Court, other than proceedings brought by the secretary of an industrial organisation of employees |
$1922
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N/A |