Mendocino Superior Court Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Traffic violator school participation

A defendant must pay the administrative fee before participating in traffic violator school.

An administrative fee must be paid to the court prior to a defendant participating in traffic violator school.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil hearing or trial continuance

Payment of applicable fees is required for a one-time stipulated continuance of a civil hearing or trial date.

Parties may continue a civil hearing or trial date to a date approved by the clerk one (1) time by stipulation and payment of applicable fees.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certified mail service request

A service fee is required for a request for certified-mail service, and fee waivers are not applicable.

Plaintiff must submit local form MMC-300 Certified Mail Statement (Small Claims) with the required service fee when requesting the clerk to attempt service by certified mail (fee waivers are not applicable).

WARNING

The court may charge a technology fee of up to $2.00 per transaction to support the e-filing program.

The court may also charge a technology fee, up to $2.00 per transaction, to defray the cost of technology needed to support the e-filing program.

WARNING

Drop-box filers must securely attach checks or money orders for applicable fees to the front of the documents and must not attach cash.

Securely affix checks or money orders, with the appropriate fees, to the front of the documents. Do NOT attach cash to documents deposited in the drop box.

WARNING

The court will not accept coins to pay bail, fines, or filing fees.

Pursuant to Government Code § 68083.5, the court will not accept coins as payment of any bail, fine, or filing fee.

WARNING

An EFSP may require convenience or transaction fees, or other reasonable processing requirements, as a condition of electronic filing.

An EFSP may require payment of a convenience fee and/or transaction fee and/or impose other reasonable requirements as conditions for processing the electronic filing of a document.

WARNING

Applies to

Research request

Requests for case information unavailable on the online portal must include payment of the required fee.

Requests for case information not available on the court’s online information portal must be submitted on local form MMC-900 Research Request Form, along with payment of the required fee.

INFO

Applies to

File creation

No filing fee is charged when the court clerk creates the file described in this provision.

There will be no filing fee.

INFO

Clerks may grant initial fee-waiver applications that meet the eligibility standards stated in section (a).

Clerks are authorized to grant initial fee waiver applications that meet the standards noted in section (a) of this local rule.

INFO

Parties meeting the cited eligibility standards may apply for a court-fee waiver.

Pursuant to California Rules of Court rule 3.50, parties may file an application for a fee waiver if they meet the standards of eligibility set forth in Government Code §§ 68632 and 68633.