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Fees
King County District Court accepts cash, check, money order, or certified check for the payment of most fines, fees and forfeitures. All filing fees are set by Washington state law.
Civil fees
- Civil filing
- $83.00
- Civil jury demand
- $125.00
- Counterclaim
- $83.00
- Counterclaim (small claims actions)
- $50.00
- Cross claim
- $83.00
- Ex parte fee
- $20.00 (per order)
- Extension of judgment
- $43.00
- Impound fee
- $83.00
- Name change filing
- $98.00
- Name change recording - Individual name change petiition
- $203.50
- Payment for the recording fee must be made separately from the name change filing fee (refer to our Name Change page for details)
- $203.50
- Name change recording - Family name change petiition
- $204.50 (for first named person), PLUS
- $203.50 (for each additional named person)
- Payment for the recording fee must be made separately from the name change filing fee (refer to our Name Change page for details)
- $204.50 (for first named person), PLUS
- Small claims filing
- $50.00
- Supplemental proceeding
- $20.00
- Third party claim
- $83.00
- Third party claim - small claims actions
- $50.00
- Transcript of judgment to Superior Court
- $20.00
- Writs (post judgment)
- $12.00
Miscellaneous fees
- Abstract of driving record
- $15.00
- Appeal preparation
- $40.00 (including taped/CD record)
- Authentication/exemplification
- $2.00 (additional seal)
- Certified copy of a record
- $5.00 for first page ($1.00 for each additional page)
- Clerk's services (per RCW 3.62.060 (1)(i))
- $20.00 (per hour or portion of an hour)
- Copy fees - non-certified documents
- $0.25 (per page)
- CD reproduction - Electronic recording of proceeding
- $10.00 (per CD)
- CD reproduction - copies
- $20.00
- Exemplified certified copies
- Varies depending on page count; starts at $7.00
- Faulty documents that require special handling (per KCC 4A.3634.100(A))
- $20.00
- NSF check fee
- $35.00