Marin — Marin Filing Fees

Source: https://www.marin.courts.ca.gov/system/files/forms-and-filing/mcsc_civil_fee_schedule.pdf

Marin County Superior Court of California Statewide Civil Fee Schedule 1 Effective December 22, 2025 (Website Copy for Amounts Set by Court)

CIVIL JURY AND TRIAL RELATED FEES

Total Fee
Civil Jury and Trial Related Fees Code Section(s) Due

65 Daily jury deposits (amount set by court) CCP 631(e) Amount equal to each day's jury fees & mileage 67 Court reporter per diem fees for civil proceedings lasting more than one GC 68086(a)(1)(B) $550 full hour (amount set by court) day/$275 half-day 68 Extra court reporter (amount set by court) GC 69953.5 $550 full day/$275 half-day

JUDGMENT RELATED FEES

Total Fee
Judgment Related Fees Code Section(s) Due

71 VC 16379 Amount Certified copy of order to DMV when court orders judgment paid in set by installments court

POST JUDGMENT RELATED FEES

Total Fee
Post Judgment Related Fees Code Section(s) Due

79 Amount Notice to DMV of judgment debtor’s default in making installment set by payments VC 16381 court

FAMILY LAW FEES

Total Fee
Family Law Fees Code Section(s) Due

115 Costs for stepparent adoption, including investigation (amount set by FC 9002 $700 court up to $700) (FC 9001, 9002) 116 Child custody evaluation - a sliding scale from $1000 to $2000 based FC 3112 $1000/ upon ability to pay (amount set by court) $2000 117 Court-appointed counsel for child (amount set by court) (FC 3150 et FC 3153 $65 per seq.) hour 118 Premarital counseling for minors FC 304 Amount set by court 119 Cost for investigation re: petition to declare child free from parental FC 7851.5 $900 control

PROBATE FEES

Total Fee
Probate Fees Code Section(s) Due

162 Guardianship investigations (amount set by court): Initial $625/ Review Prob.C 1513.1 $625/$47 $475/Status Review $250 5/ $250 163 Information package for conservators Prob.C 1835 $20 164 Conservatorship investigator's fee (amount set by court): Temporary Prob.C 1851.5 $550/ $550/Review $475/General $850 $475/ $850 RECORDS RELATED FEES

Total Fee
Records Related Fees Code Section(s) Due
Court Form Packets: Dissolution packet, not Summary Dissolution CRC 10.815 $3/$1/$1
$3/Civil Trial Delay/ADR packet $1/Small Claims packet $1
Searching records or files, for each additional record or court file CRC 10.815 $5
Retrieving more than six (6) records or files located at the courthouse, CRC 10.815 $15
$15 per every six additional files requested
Retrieving records or files located at an offsite records facility, $5 for CRC 10.815 $5
each file

RETURNED CHECKS AND INSUFFICENT PAYMENTS

Total Fee
Returned Checks and Insufficient Payments Code Section(s) Due

191 Administrative charge for a check that is returned without payment. A CCP 411.20(g), $25 filing paid with such a check will be void if not paid, within 20 days of notification, in cash, by certified check, or by other means specified by the court, but not by traveler's check or personal check. 192 Administrative charge for processing a partial payment (amount set by CCP 411.21(g) $25 court). A first paper filing submitted with a check for an insufficient amount will be void if the amount due is not paid within 20 days of notification

MISCELLANEOUS FEES

Total Fee
Miscellaneous Fees Code Section(s) Due

194 Administrative charge for recovering, as part of judgment, fees not paid GC 6103.5(d) $25 by public entity under GC 6103

200 Appearance by videoconferencing GC 70630 Amount set by court 201 Reasonable fee for service or product, not to exceed costs, where no fee GC 70631 Variable is otherwise provided for (Rule 10.815) : copy of digital recording $25, Amount copy of local rules $40, copy of index - varies upon requirements.

203 Certificate of facts regarding unsatisfied judgment VC 16373 $15 Cost of legal services rendered for a minor by public defender, other W&I 903.1 Variable public attorney, or an attorney in private practice appointed pursuant to Amount an order of the juvenile court. Civil Assessment - Failure to Appear: Failure to appear after civil bench CCP 1993.2 Amount warrant issued under CCP 1993 set by court Shipping Fee GC 70631 $25 Bonds and undertakings Variable Amount Non-interest bearing deposit Variable Amount

Total Fee Miscellaneous Fees Code Section(s) Due Civil assessment/FTA/FTP PC 1214.1 Amount set by court JV record sealing PC 1203.45 $150 Contempt of court/no contact PC 166(b) Variable Amount Contempt of court/domestic violence PC 166(c) Variable Amount Forfeit of jury deposit CCP 631.3 $150 Forfeit of partial payment CCP 411.21(c) Variable Amount First no response to jury summons CCP 209 (1st) $250 Second no response to jury summons CCP 209 (2nd) $750 Third no response to jury summons CCP 209 (3rd) $1,500 Money sanctions CCP 177.5 Variable Amount Contempt of court CCP 1218 Variable Amount Administrative charge for a check that is returned without payment. A GC 71386 $25 filing paid with such a check will be void if not paid, within 20 days of notification, in cash, by certified check, or by other means specified by the court, but not by traveler's check or personal check. (Amount set by court.)

Telephonic Appearance Fee (For use by courts that directly provide GC72011 $74 telephonic services; not for reporting revenue collected via a vendor, e.g., CourtCall) - Court's Share Only Telephonic Appearance Fee (For use by courts that directly provide GC72011 $20 telephonic services; not for reporting revenue collected via a vendor, e.g., CourtCall) - State's Share Only CRC 2.253(b)(5) and Efiling service fee CCP 1010.6 $8