Butte Superior Court Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury trial

Jury fees must be deposited with the Clerk’s Office at least five calendar days before trial; the fee amount is listed on the Court’s website.

Jury fees must be deposited with the Clerk’s Office at least five (5) calendar days prior to the date of trial. The amount of the jury fee deposit can be found on the Court’s website at www.butteCourt.ca.gov.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Continuance request

A continuance request submitted without the appropriate fee will be rejected.

Any request not accompanied by the appropriate fee will be rejected.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Private professional conservator registration

Private Professional Conservators must register with the Clerk’s Office, contact it for the current fee, and provide fingerprint cards and a Certificate of Registration.

All parties who fit the definition of a Private Professional Conservator as described in Probate Code §2340, Business and Professions Code §§6500, et seq., must register with the Clerk’s Office. Contact the Clerk’s Office for the current fee. One set of fingerprint cards and a Certificate of Registration of Private Professional Conservator are required when registering.

CRITICAL

A party who received a court-fee or cost waiver must satisfy the court’s lien on qualifying recoveries of $10,000 or more within 90 days of oral or written notice, and the case cannot be dismissed until the lien is paid in full.

Where a party has obtained a waiver of Court fees and/or costs, the Court shall automatically have a statutory lien on any and all settlements, compromises, arbitration awards, mediation settlements or any other type of dispute resolution where the party is to receive $10,000.00 or more in value. (See Government Code § 68637). The case shall not be dismissed until the party who received the Court fees and/or costs waiver satisfies the lien in full. Within 90-days of oral or written notice from the Court, the party shall satisfy the lien in full.

WARNING

Applies to

Additional conforming copies

The Clerk will conform up to two copies at filing absent good cause; additional copies are photocopied and charged the standard copy fee.

Unless the Court finds good cause, the Clerk of the Court will conform a maximum of two (2) copies of any document at the time of filing. Additional copies will be provided by photocopying and the standard Clerk of the Court fee for copies will be charged.

WARNING

Court Investigator assessments must be paid to Butte County Superior Court.

Assessments shall be paid to Butte County Superior Court.

WARNING

Applies to

Judgment entry

Fee waivers are reviewed when a Judgment is submitted for signature and entry, and the judicial officer may require outstanding fees to be paid or a new fee waiver application to be granted before entry.

Pursuant to Government Code §68637, subsections (d) and (e), all fee waivers will be subject to review by a judicial officer at the time a Judgment is submitted for signature and entry. At such time, the judicial officer may specify at his/her discretion that a Judgment not be entered except upon payment of all outstanding fees or upon the granting of a new fee waiver upon submission of a new application. Nothing in this Rule limits the Court's ability to review fee waivers during the proceeding per Government Code §68636.

WARNING

The Court Investigator assessment is paid as ordered and may be waived, deferred, or reduced in part for hardship; it is billed to the estate or, where applicable, a trust, and the conservator must provide the trustee’s current address.

Assessment for the cost of the Court Investigator’s investigation shall be paid as ordered by the Court. Probate Code §1851.5 permits the Court to waive, defer, or order paid in part such fee in case of hardship. Assessments will be billed to the estate or, where applicable, to a trust where the conservatee is a beneficiary. Conservator shall provide the Court with the current address of the trustee of any such trust.

INFO

No fee is required for faxed documents received under Local Rule 13.1.

No fee will be required for faxed documents received pursuant to Butte County Superior Court Local Rules, Rule 13.1.