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Filing Fees

SEC. 25-1-201 MCA

Commencement of each ACTION or proceeding from plaintiff, petitioner, or appellant / includes INVALIDITY $120.00  
Petition for ADOPTION $105.00  
APPEARANCE of each defendant or each respondent $70.00  
AUTHENTICATED or EXEMPLIFIED copies $6.00  
CERTIFICATION with a seal $2.00  
CIVIL APPEAL from lower court $30.00  
Petition for CONTESTED AMENDMENT OF PARENTING PLAN (effective 10-1-97) $120.00  
COPIES / paper - $1.00 per page for first ten pages of each file per request and $.50 per page thereafter; emailed copies - $.25 per page    
COPIES of decree of dissolution $10.00  
COPIES of Certificate of Marriage $ 5.00  
Petition for DISSOLUTION $200.00  
FOREIGN JUDGMENT $90.00  
Complaint in INTERVENTION $80.00  
JUDGMENT / includes Renewal of Judgment, Transcript of Judgment, and Confession of Judgment $50.00  
Petition for LEGAL SEPARATION $180.00  
MARRIAGE LICENSE / Declaration of Marriage $53.00  
MARRIAGE LICENSE / Double-proxy $83.00  
OATH or jurat with a seal $1.00  
PROBATE / Informal/Formal / includes Guardianships, Conservatorships, and Ancillary cases with Montana Letters issued $100.00  
PROBATE / Foreign P.R. with Certificate $85.00  
PROCESS SERVER REGISTRATION $100.00  
SEARCHES - $2 per name per year up to 7yrs, $1 per name thereafter     
SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGE (required of governmental agencies, excluding criminal cases) $100.00  
TRANSFER from another court / includes SMALL CLAIMS appeals $10.00  
TRANSMISSION of records or files or transfer of a case to another court (includes removals to Federal District Court and forwarding appeals to Supreme Court) $5.00  
WRITS OF EXECUTION / Writs of Assistance / Orders of Sale $5.00  

Page Last Updated: Aug 18, 2022