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Filing Fees & Costs

Civil Action

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$52
Sheriff's Service per each defendant to be served	$50

Garnishment

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$52
Sheriff's Service on Garnishee (First Copy)	$50
Sheriff's Service per each additional defendant to be served	$6

Dispossessory

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$52
Sheriff's Service per each defendant to be served	$25
Sheriff's Service Fee for Eviction / Serving of Writ of Possession (Payable to Liberty County Sheriff's Department)	$25

Writ of Fieri Facias (Fi Fa)

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$25
Fee for Issuance of Writ of Fi Fa	$4
Cost to Cancel Writ of Fi Fa	$25

Post-Judgment Interrogatory

Item	Amount
Filing Costs (Judgment from Liberty County Magistrate Court)	$10
Filing Costs (Judgment from another court)	$52
Sheriff's Service per each defendant to be served (applies to judgment from another court)	$50

Abandoned Motor Vehicles Lien Foreclosure Affidavit

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$10

Mechanic's / Materialmen's Lien

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$25
Sheriff's Service per each defendant to be served	$50

Writ of Possession for Foreclosure on Personal Property

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$52
Sheriff's Service per each defendant to be served	$50

Subpoena

Item	Amount
Filing Costs	$5
Sheriff's Service Fee	$10

Criminal Warrant / Pre-Warrant Application

Item	Amount
Application Fee, irrespective of whether warrant issued	$10

Bad Check Warrant Application

Item	Amount
Application Fee, irrespective of whether warrant issued	$5

Good Behavior Bond Application

Item	Amount
Application Fee - Initial Filing, irrespective of whether application is approved	$20
Application Fee - Extension of Good Behavior Bond, irrespective of whether application is approved	$25
Application for Rule Nisi for Indirect Criminal Contempt	NO FEE
Sheriff's Service Fee (applies to all Good Behavior Bond applications)	$25

Magistrate Court Miscellaneous Costs

Item	Amount
Copy, Certified, first page	$2.50
Copy, Certified, each page after first	$0.50
Copy, Uncertified, per page	$1.00
Copy, Faxed or Electronic, first page	$2.50
Copy, Faxed or Electronic, each additional page	$1.00
Copy, Audio Court Recording, per case	$10.00
Copy, Open Records Request retrieval and copying taking longer than 15 minutes, per request (current prorated hourly salary of lowest paid full-time employee)	$17.10

Note

The filing fees and court costs are subject to change, pursuant to enacted laws and/or revisions. If you have questions concerning any fees or court cost, contact the Liberty County Magistrate Court at 912-368-2063.