Arizona Laws 22-281. Fees and deposits
A. Justices of the peace shall receive fees established and classified as follows in civil actions:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 22-281
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
Class Description Fee
A Initial case filing fee
Civil filing fees $ 73.00
B Subsequent case filing fee
Civil filing fees — defendant $ 40.00
C Initial case filing fee
Forcible entry and detainer filings $ 35.00
Small claims filing 25.00
D Subsequent case filing fee
Small claims answer $ 15.00
E Minimum clerk fee
Document and transcript transfer on appeal $ 28.00
Certification of any documents 28.00
Issuance of writs 28.00
Filing any paper or performing any act
for which a fee is not specifically
prescribed 28.00
Subpoena (civil) 28.00
Research in locating a document 28.00
Seal a court file 28.00
Reopen a sealed court file 28.00
Record duplication 28.00
F Per page fee
Copies of any documents per page $ 0.50
G Special fees
Small claims service by mail $ 8.00
B. This section does not deprive the parties to the action of the privilege of depositing amounts with the justice, in addition to those set forth in this section, for use in connection with the payment of constable’s and sheriff’s fees for service of process, levying of writs and other services for which fees are otherwise provided by law.
C. Excluding the monies that are kept by the court pursuant to subsection D of this section, justices of the peace shall transmit monthly to the county treasurer all monies collected pursuant to subsection A of this section. The county treasurer shall distribute or deposit all of the monies received pursuant to this subsection as follows:
1. To the state treasurer for deposit in the judicial collection enhancement fund established by section 12-113, in the following percentages:
(a) 14.80 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons.
(b) 16.23 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.
2. To the state treasurer for deposit in the alternative dispute resolution fund established by section 12-135, in the following percentages:
(a) 1.69 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons.
(b) 1.89 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.
3. To the elected officials’ retirement plan fund established by section 38-802, either of the following percentages, which shall be distributed to the fund pursuant to section 38-810:
(a) 21.91 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons.
(b) 14.09 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.
4. To the county general fund, in the following percentages:
(a) 49.95 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons.
(b) 55.51 percent if the county treasurer is serving in a county with a population of five hundred thousand persons or less.
5. 6.00 percent to the elected officials’ retirement plan fund established by section 38-802 for the purpose of funding a portion of the employers’ contributions required pursuant to section 38-810.
D. In counties with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons, 5.65 percent of the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection C of this section shall be kept and used by the court collecting the fees in the same manner as the $7 of the time payment fee prescribed by section 12-116, subsection B.
E. In counties with a population of five hundred thousand persons or less, 6.28 percent of the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection C of this section shall be kept and used by the court collecting the fees in the same manner as the $7 of the time payment fee prescribed by section 12-116, subsection B.
F. The supreme court may increase the fees prescribed in subsection A of this section in an amount not to exceed the percent of change in the average consumer price index as published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics between that figure for the latest calendar year and the calendar year in which the last fee increase occurred.