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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to court fees; amending s. 28.24, 2
F.S.; increasing the service charges a clerk of the 3
circuit court charges for certain services rendered by 4
the clerk's office; requiring the Office of Economic 5
and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; 6
requiring such report to be submitted to the 7
Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 8
28.2401, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and 9
service charges that may be charged by the clerk in 10
probate matters; requiring the Office of Economic and 11
Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; 12
requiring such report to be submitted to the 13
Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 14
28.241, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and 15
service charges in trial and appellate proceedings; 16
requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic 17
Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such 18
report to be submitted to the Legislature within a 19
specified time frame; amending s. 34.041, F.S.; 20
increasing certain filing fees and service charges for 21
civil actions, suits, or proceedings in county court; 22
deleting provisions requiring clerks to submit 23
portions of fees collected to the Department of 24
Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust 25

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Fund; revising the distribution formula for additional 26
filing fees; requiring the Office of Economic and 27
Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; 28
requiring such report to be submitted to the 29
Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 30
45.035, F.S.; increasing the service charge the clerk 31
is entitled to for disbursement of surplus proceeds 32
for certain judicial sales procedures; requiring the 33
Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare 34
a certain report; requiring such report to be 35
submitted to the Legislature within a specified time 36
frame; amending s. 721.83, F.S.; increasing the filing 37
fee for additional timeshare interests joining a 38
consolidated timeshare foreclosure action; requiring 39
the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to 40
prepare a certain report; requiring such fees and 41
charges to be rounded to a specified amount; requiring 42
such report to be submitted to the Legislature within 43
a specified time frame; amending s. 744.3678, F.S.; 44
increasing the fee a clerk of the circuit court may 45
charge for auditing of the return of ward's estate; 46
requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic 47
Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such 48
report to be submitted to the Legislature within a 49
specified time frame; providing an effective date. 50

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 52
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Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3), paragraph (a) of 54
subsection (5), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), paragraph (b) 55
of subsection (11), paragraph (a) of subsection (14), paragraph 56
(a) of subsection (15), subsection (17), paragraph (a) of 57
subsection (18), subsection (19), paragraph (a) of subsection 58
(20), paragraph (a) of subsection (21), and subsection (26) of 59
section 28.24, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection 60
(30) is added to that section, to read: 61
28.24 Service charges.—The clerk of the circuit court 62
shall charge for services rendered manually or electronically by 63
the clerk's office in recording documents and instruments and in 64
performing other specified duties. These charges may not exceed 65
those specified in this section, except as provided in s. 66
28.345. 67
(2) For examining, comparing, correcting, verifying, and 68
certifying transcripts of record in appellate proceedings, 69
prepared by attorney for appellant or someone else other than 70
clerk, per page: 6.00 5.00, from which the clerk shall remit 71
0.50 per page to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 72
General Revenue Fund. 73
(3) For preparing, numbering, and indexing an original 74
record of appellate proceedings, per instrument: 4.00 3.50, from 75

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which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per instrument to the 76
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 77
(5)(a) For verifying any instrument presented for 78
certification prepared by someone other than clerk, per page: 79
4.00 3.50, from which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per page to the 80
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 81
(9)(a) For writing any paper that is a court record other 82
than a paper otherwise specifically mentioned in this section, 83
including signing and sealing: 8.00 7.00, from which the clerk 84
shall remit 1.00 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into 85
the General Revenue Fund. 86
(11) For receiving money into the registry of court: 87
(b) Eminent domain actions, per deposit: 200.00 170.00, 88
from which the clerk shall remit 20.00 per deposit to the 89
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 90
(14)(a) Oath, administering, attesting, and sealing of 91
court records not otherwise provided for in this section: 4.00 92
3.50, from which the clerk shall remit 0.50 to the Department of 93
Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 94
(15)(a) For validating certificates or any authorized 95
bonds that are court records, each: 4.00 3.50, from which the 96
clerk shall remit 0.50 each to the Department of Revenue for 97
deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 98
(17) For exemplified certificates, including the signing 99
and sealing of them: 8.00 7.00, from which the clerk shall remit 100

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1.00 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General 101
Revenue Fund. 102
(18)(a) For authenticated certificates that are court 103
records, including the signing and sealing of them: 8.00 7.00, 104
from which the clerk shall remit 1.00 to the Department of 105
Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 106
(19)(a) For issuing and filing a subpoena for a witness, 107
not otherwise provided for in this section, including the 108
writing, preparing, signing, and sealing of it: 8.00 7.00, from 109
which the clerk shall remit 1.00 to the Department of Revenue 110
for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 111
(b) For signing and sealing only: 3.00 2.00, from which 112
the clerk shall remit 0.50 to the Department of Revenue for 113
deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 114
(20)(a) For approving a court bond: 10.00 8.50, from which 115
the clerk shall remit 1.00 to the Department of Revenue for 116
deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 117
(21)(a) For searching court records, for each year's 118
search: 3.00 2.00, from which the clerk shall remit 0.50 for 119
each year's search to the Department of Revenue for deposit into 120
the General Revenue Fund. 121
(26) For sealing any court file or expungement of any 122
record: 50.00 42.00, from which the clerk shall remit 4.50 to 123
the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue 124
Fund. 125

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(30) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 126
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 127
report that includes recommendations for increasing the service 128
charges in this section according to the percentage change in 129
the Consumer Price Index. The service charges must be rounded to 130
the nearest $1. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research 131
shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the 132
Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the 133
next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature. 134
Section 2. Paragraphs (a), (c), (d), and (g) of subsection 135
(1) of section 28.2401, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 136
subsection (5) is added to that section, to read: 137
28.2401 Service charges and filing fees in probate 138
matters.— 139
(1) Except when otherwise provided, the clerk may impose 140
service charges or filing fees for the following services or 141
filings, not to exceed the following amounts: 142
(a) Fee for the opening of any estate of one document or 143
more, including, but not limited to, petitions and orders to 144
approve settlement of minor's claims; to open a safe-deposit 145
box; to enter rooms and places; for the determination of heirs, 146
if not formal administration; and for a foreign guardian to 147
manage property of a nonresident; but not to include issuance of 148
letters or order of summary administration.........$275 $230 149
(c) Fee for petition and order to admit foreign wills, 150

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authenticated copies, exemplified copies, or transcript to 151
record............................................ $275 $230 152
(d) Fee for disposition of personal property without 153
administration.....................................$275 $230 154
(g) Fee for formal administration, guardianship, 155
ancillary, curatorship, or conservatorship proceedings$470 $395 156
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The clerk shall remit $115 of each filing fee collected under 158
paragraphs (a), (c)-(i), and (k) to the Department of Revenue 159
for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund. 160
(5) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 161
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 162
report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing 163
fees in this section according to the percentage change in the 164
Consumer Price Index. The filing fees must be rounded to the 165
nearest $5. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research 166
shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the 167
Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the 168
next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature. 169
Section 3. Present subsection (7) of section 28.241, 170
Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (8), a new 171
subsection (7) is added to that section, and subsections (1) and 172
(2) of that section are amended, to read: 173
28.241 Filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings.— 174
(1) Filing fees are due at the time a party files a 175

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pleading to initiate a proceeding or files a pleading for 176
relief. Reopen fees are due at the time a party files a pleading 177
to reopen a proceeding if at least 90 days have elapsed since 178
the filing of a final order or final judgment with the clerk. If 179
a fee is not paid upon the filing of the pleading as required 180
under this section, the clerk must shall pursue collection of 181
the fee pursuant to s. 28.246. 182
(a)1.a. Except as provided in sub-subparagraph b. and 183
subparagraph 2., the party instituting any civil action, suit, 184
or proceeding in the circuit court must shall pay to the clerk 185
of that court a filing fee of up to $460 $395 in all cases in 186
which there are not more than five defendants and an additional 187
filing fee of up to $5 $2.50, from which the clerk shall remit 188
$0.50 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General 189
Revenue Fund, for each defendant in excess of five. Of the first 190
$200 in filing fees, $195 must be remitted to the Department of 191
Revenue for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 192
must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into 193
the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 194
Services and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks 195
of Court Operations Corporation created in s. 28.35, and $1 must 196
be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 197
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 198
Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related 199
expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services. 200

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b. The party instituting any civil action, suit, or 201
proceeding in the circuit court under chapter 39, chapter 61, 202
chapter 741, chapter 742, chapter 747, chapter 752, or chapter 203
753 shall pay to the clerk of that court a filing fee of up to 204
$345 $295 in all cases in which there are not more than five 205
defendants and an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50 for 206
each defendant in excess of five. Of the first $100 in filing 207
fees, $95 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for 208
deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 must be 209
remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 210
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 211
Services and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks 212
of Court Operations Corporation created in s. 28.35, and $1 must 213
be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 214
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 215
Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related 216
expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services. 217
c. An additional filing fee of $5 $4 shall be paid to the 218
clerk. The clerk shall remit $3.50 to the Department of Revenue 219
for deposit into the Court Education Trust Fund and shall remit 220
$1.50 50 cents to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 221
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 222
Services to fund clerk education provided by the Florida Clerks 223
of Court Operations Corporation. An additional filing fee of up 224
to $18 must shall be paid by the party seeking each severance 225

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that is granted, from which the clerk shall remit $3 to the 226
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 227
The clerk may impose an additional filing fee of up to $85, from 228
which the clerk shall remit $10 to the Department of Revenue for 229
deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for all proceedings of 230
garnishment, attachment, replevin, and distress. Postal charges 231
incurred by the clerk of the circuit court in making service by 232
certified or registered mail on defendants or other parties must 233
shall be paid by the party at whose instance service is made. 234
Additional fees, charges, or costs may not be added to the 235
filing fees imposed under this section, except as authorized in 236
this section or by general law. 237
2.a. Notwithstanding the fees prescribed in subparagraph 238
1., a party instituting a civil action in circuit court relating 239
to real property or mortgage foreclosure must shall pay a 240
graduated filing fee based on the value of the claim. 241
b. A party must shall estimate in writing the amount in 242
controversy of the claim upon filing the action. For purposes of 243
this subparagraph, the value of a mortgage foreclosure action is 244
based upon the principal due on the note secured by the 245
mortgage, plus interest owed on the note and any moneys advanced 246
by the lender for property taxes, insurance, and other advances 247
secured by the mortgage, at the time of filing the foreclosure. 248
The value must shall also include the value of any tax 249
certificates related to the property. In stating the value of a 250

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mortgage foreclosure claim, a party must shall declare in 251
writing the total value of the claim, as well as the individual 252
elements of the value as prescribed in this sub-subparagraph. 253
c. In its order providing for the final disposition of the 254
matter, the court shall identify the actual value of the claim. 255
The clerk must shall adjust the filing fee if there is a 256
difference between the estimated amount in controversy and the 257
actual value of the claim and collect any additional filing fee 258
owed or provide a refund of excess filing fee paid. 259
d. The party must shall pay a filing fee of: 260
(I) Four hundred and seventy Three hundred and ninety-five 261
dollars in all cases in which the value of the claim is $50,000 262
or less and in which there are not more than five defendants. 263
The party must shall pay an additional filing fee of up to $5 264
$2.50 for each defendant in excess of five. Of the first $200 in 265
filing fees, $195 must be remitted by the clerk to the 266
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, 267
$4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit 268
into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of 269
Financial Services and used to fund the contract with the 270
Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s. 271
28.35, and $1 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for 272
deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department 273
of Financial Services to fund audits of individual clerks' 274
court-related expenditures conducted by the Department of 275

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Financial Services; 276
(II) One thousand and seventy Nine hundred dollars in all 277
cases in which the value of the claim is more than $50,000 but 278
less than $250,000 and in which there are not more than five 279
defendants. The party must shall pay an additional filing fee of 280
up to $5 $2.50 for each defendant in excess of five. Of the 281
first $355 in filing fees, $350 must be remitted by the clerk to 282
the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue 283
Fund, $4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for 284
deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department 285
of Financial Services and used to fund the contract with the 286
Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s. 287
28.35, and $1 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for 288
deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department 289
of Financial Services to fund audits of individual clerks' 290
court-related expenditures conducted by the Department of 291
Financial Services; or 292
(III) Two thousand two hundred and sixty One thousand nine 293
hundred dollars in all cases in which the value of the claim is 294
$250,000 or more and in which there are not more than five 295
defendants. The party must shall pay an additional filing fee of 296
up to $5 $2.50 for each defendant in excess of five. Of the 297
first $1,705 in filing fees, $930 must be remitted by the clerk 298
to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General 299
Revenue Fund, $770 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue 300

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for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 must be 301
remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 302
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 303
Services to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks of Court 304
Operations Corporation created in s. 28.35, and $1 must be 305
remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 306
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 307
Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related 308
expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services. 309
e. An additional filing fee of $5 must $4 shall be paid to 310
the clerk. The clerk shall remit $3.50 to the Department of 311
Revenue for deposit into the Court Education Trust Fund and 312
shall remit $1.50 50 cents to the Department of Revenue for 313
deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department 314
of Financial Services to fund clerk education provided by the 315
Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. An additional 316
filing fee of up to $18 must shall be paid by the party seeking 317
each severance that is granted. The clerk may impose an 318
additional filing fee of up to $85 for all proceedings of 319
garnishment, attachment, replevin, and distress. Postal charges 320
incurred by the clerk of the circuit court in making service by 321
certified or registered mail on defendants or other parties must 322
shall be paid by the party at whose instance service is made. 323
Additional fees, charges, or costs may not be added to the 324
filing fees imposed under this section, except as authorized in 325

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this section or by general law. 326
(b) A party reopening any civil action, suit, or 327
proceeding in the circuit court must shall pay to the clerk of 328
court a filing fee set by the clerk in an amount not to exceed 329
$60 $50. For purposes of this section, a case is reopened after 330
all appeals have been exhausted or time to file an appeal from a 331
final order or final judgment has expired. A reopen fee may be 332
assessed by the clerk for any motion filed by any party at least 333
90 days after a final order or final judgment has been filed 334
with the clerk in the initial case. A reservation of 335
jurisdiction by a court does not cause a case to remain open for 336
purposes of this section or exempt a party from paying a reopen 337
fee. A party is exempt from paying the fee for any of the 338
following: 339
1. A writ of garnishment; 340
2. A writ of replevin; 341
3. A distress writ; 342
4. A writ of attachment; 343
5. A motion for rehearing filed within 10 days; 344
6. A motion for attorney's fees filed within 30 days after 345
entry of a judgment or final order; 346
7. A motion for dismissal filed after a mediation 347
agreement has been filed; 348
8. A disposition of personal property without 349
administration; 350

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9. Any probate case prior to the discharge of a personal 351
representative; 352
10. Any guardianship pleading prior to discharge; 353
11. Any mental health pleading; 354
12. Motions to withdraw by attorneys; 355
13. Motions exclusively for the enforcement of child 356
support orders; 357
14. A petition for credit of child support; 358
15. A Notice of Intent to Relocate and any order issuing 359
as a result of an uncontested relocation; 360
16. Stipulations and motions to enforce stipulations; 361
17. Responsive pleadings; 362
18. Cases in which there is no initial filing fee; or 363
19. Motions for contempt. 364
(c)1. A party in addition to a party described in sub-365
subparagraph (a)1.a. who files a pleading in an original civil 366
action in circuit court for affirmative relief by cross-claim, 367
counterclaim, counterpetition, or third-party complaint must 368
shall pay the clerk of court a fee of $470 $395. A party in 369
addition to a party described in sub-subparagraph (a)1.b. who 370
files a pleading in an original civil action in circuit court 371
for affirmative relief by cross-claim, counterclaim, 372
counterpetition, or third-party complaint must shall pay the 373
clerk of court a fee of $350 $295. The clerk shall deposit the 374
fee into the fine and forfeiture fund established pursuant to s. 375

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142.01. 376
2. A party in addition to a party described in 377
subparagraph (a)2. who files a pleading in an original civil 378
action in circuit court for affirmative relief by cross-claim, 379
counterclaim, counterpetition, or third-party complaint must 380
shall pay the clerk of court a graduated fee of: 381
a. Four hundred and seventy Three hundred and ninety-five 382
dollars in all cases in which the value of the pleading is 383
$50,000 or less; 384
b. One thousand and seventy Nine hundred dollars in all 385
cases in which the value of the pleading is more than $50,000 386
but less than $250,000; or 387
c. Two thousand two hundred sixty One thousand nine 388
hundred dollars in all cases in which the value of the pleading 389
is $250,000 or more. 390
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The clerk shall deposit the fees collected under this 392
subparagraph into the fine and forfeiture fund established 393
pursuant to s. 142.01. 394
(d) The clerk of court shall collect a service charge of 395
$15 $10 for issuing an original, a certified copy, or an 396
electronic certified copy of a summons, which the clerk shall 397
deposit into the fine and forfeiture fund established pursuant 398
to s. 142.01. The clerk shall assess the fee against the party 399
seeking to have the summons issued. 400

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(2) Upon the institution of any appellate proceeding from 401
any lower court to the circuit court of any such county, 402
including appeals filed by a county or municipality as provided 403
in s. 34.041(5), or from the county or circuit court to an 404
appellate court of the state, the clerk shall charge and collect 405
from the party or parties instituting such appellate proceedings 406
a filing fee, as follows: 407
(a) For filing a notice of appeal from the county court to 408
the circuit court, a filing fee not to exceed $280. 409
(b) For filing a notice of appeal from the county or 410
circuit court to the district court of appeal or to the Supreme 411
Court, in addition to the filing fee required under s. 25.241 or 412
s. 35.22, a filing fee not to exceed $115 $100, of which the 413
clerk shall remit $20 to the Department of Revenue for deposit 414
into the General Revenue Fund. If the party is determined to be 415
indigent, the clerk must shall defer payment of the fee 416
otherwise required by this subsection. 417
(7) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 418
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 419
report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing 420
fees and service charges in this section according to the 421
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. The filing fees 422
and service charges must be rounded to the nearest $5. The 423
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the 424
report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 425

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House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly 426
scheduled session of the Legislature. 427
Section 4. Paragraphs (a), (b), (d), and (e) of subsection 428
(1) and subsection (2) of section 34.041, Florida Statutes, are 429
amended, and subsection (9) is added to that section, to read: 430
34.041 Filing fees.— 431
(1)(a) Filing fees are due at the time a party files a 432
pleading to initiate a proceeding or files a pleading for 433
relief. Reopen fees are due at the time a party files a pleading 434
to reopen a proceeding if at least 90 days have elapsed since 435
the filing of a final order or final judgment with the clerk. If 436
a fee is not paid upon the filing of the pleading as required 437
under this section, the clerk must shall pursue collection of 438
the fee pursuant to s. 28.246. Upon the institution of any civil 439
action, suit, or proceeding in county court, the party must 440
shall pay the following filing fee, not to exceed: 441
1. For all claims less than $100..................$50. 442
2. For all claims of $100 or more but not more than $500443
$75. 444
3. For all claims of more than $500 but not more than 445
$2,500: $170, from which the clerk shall remit $20 to the 446
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 447
4. For all claims of more than $2,500 but not more than 448
$15,000................................................$295. 449
5. For all claims more than $15,000.........$460 $395. 450

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6. In addition, for all proceedings of garnishment, 451
attachment, replevin, and distress: $85, from which the clerk 452
shall remit $10 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into 453
the General Revenue Fund. 454
7. Notwithstanding subparagraphs 3. and 6., for all claims 455
of not more than $1,000 filed simultaneously with an action for 456
replevin of property that is the subject of the claim..$125. 457
8. For removal of tenant action..................$180. 458
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The filing fee in subparagraph 7. is the total fee due under 460
this paragraph for that type of filing, and no other filing fee 461
under this paragraph may be assessed against such a filing. 462
(b) The first $15 of the filing fee collected under 463
subparagraph (a)4. and the first $10 of the filing fee collected 464
under subparagraph (a)8. must shall be deposited in the State 465
Courts Revenue Trust Fund. By the 10th day of each month, the 466
clerk shall submit that portion of the fees collected in the 467
previous month which is in excess of one-twelfth of the clerk's 468
total budget for the performance of court-related functions to 469
the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the 470
Court Trust Fund. An additional filing fee of $5 must $4 shall 471
be paid to the clerk. The clerk shall transfer $3.50 to the 472
Department of Revenue for deposit into the Court Education Trust 473
Fund and shall transfer $1.50 50 cents to the Department of 474
Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within 475

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the Department of Financial Services to fund clerk education 476
provided by the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. 477
Postal charges incurred by the clerk of the county court in 478
making service by mail on defendants or other parties must shall 479
be paid by the party at whose instance service is made. Except 480
as provided in this section, filing fees and service charges for 481
performing duties of the clerk relating to the county court are 482
shall be as provided in ss. 28.24 and 28.241. Except as 483
otherwise provided in this section, all filing fees must shall 484
be retained as fee income of the office of the clerk of the 485
circuit court. Filing fees imposed by this section may not be 486
added to any penalty imposed by chapter 316 or chapter 318. 487
(d) The clerk of court shall collect a service charge of 488
$15 $10 for issuing a summons or an electronic certified copy of 489
a summons, which the clerk shall deposit into the fine and 490
forfeiture fund established pursuant to s. 142.01. The clerk 491
shall assess the fee against the party seeking to have the 492
summons issued. 493
(e) Of the first $200 in filing fees payable under 494
subparagraph (a)5., $195 must be remitted to the Department of 495
Revenue for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 496
must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into 497
the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 498
Services and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks 499
of Court Operations Corporation created in s. 28.35, and $1 must 500

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be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 501
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial 502
Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related 503
expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services. 504
By the 10th day of each month, the clerk shall submit that 505
portion of the filing fees collected pursuant to this subsection 506
in the previous month which is in excess of one-twelfth of the 507
clerk's total budget to the Department of Revenue for deposit 508
into the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund. 509
(2) A party reopening any civil action, suit, or 510
proceeding in the county court must shall pay to the clerk of 511
court a filing fee set by the clerk in an amount not to exceed 512
$30 $25 for all claims of not more than $500 and an amount not 513
to exceed $60 $50 for all claims of more than $500. For purposes 514
of this section, a case is reopened after all appeals have been 515
exhausted, or time to file an appeal from a final order or final 516
judgment has expired. A reopen fee may be assessed by the clerk 517
for any motion filed by any party at least 90 days after a final 518
order or final judgment has been filed with the clerk in the 519
initial case. A reservation of jurisdiction by a court does not 520
cause a case to remain open for purposes of this section or 521
exempt a party from paying a reopen fee. A party is exempt from 522
paying the fee for any of the following: 523
(a) A writ of garnishment; 524
(b) A writ of replevin; 525

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(c) A distress writ; 526
(d) A writ of attachment; 527
(e) A motion for rehearing filed within 10 days; 528
(f) A motion for attorney's fees filed within 30 days of 529
the entry of the judgment or final order; 530
(g) A motion for dismissal filed after a mediation 531
agreement has been filed; 532
(h) A motion to withdraw by attorneys; 533
(i) Stipulations and motions to enforce stipulations; 534
(j) Responsive pleadings; or 535
(k) Motions for contempt. 536
(9) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 537
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 538
report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing 539
fees and service charges in this section according to the 540
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index. The filing fees 541
and service charges must be rounded to the nearest $5. The 542
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the 543
report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 544
House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly 545
scheduled session of the Legislature. 546
Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 547
45.035, Florida Statutes, is amended and subsection (4) is added 548
to that section, to read: 549
45.035 Clerk's fees.—In addition to other fees or service 550

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charges authorized by law, the clerk shall receive service 551
charges related to the judicial sales procedure set forth in ss. 552
45.031-45.033 and this section: 553
(2) If there is a surplus resulting from the sale, the 554
clerk may receive the following service charges, which shall be 555
deducted from the surplus: 556
(b) The clerk is entitled to a service charge of $20 $15 557
for each disbursement of surplus proceeds, from which the clerk 558
shall remit $5 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 559
General Revenue Fund. 560
(4) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 561
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 562
report that includes recommendations for increasing the service 563
charges in this section according to the percentage change in 564
the Consumer Price Index. The service charges must be rounded to 565
the nearest $5. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research 566
shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the 567
Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the 568
next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature. 569
Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 721.83, Florida 570
Statutes, is amended to read: 571
721.83 Consolidation of judicial foreclosure actions.— 572
(3)(a) A consolidated timeshare foreclosure action is 573
shall be considered a single action, suit, or proceeding for the 574
payment of filing fees and service charges pursuant to general 575

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law. In addition to the payment of such filing fees and service 576
charges, an additional filing fee of up to $15 $10, from which 577
the clerk shall remit $5 to the Department of Revenue for 578
deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for each timeshare 579
interest joined in that action must shall be paid to the clerk 580
of court. 581
(b) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 582
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 583
report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing 584
fees in this section according to the percentage change in the 585
Consumer Price Index. The filing fees must be rounded to the 586
nearest $5. The Office of Economic and Demographic Research 587
shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the 588
Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the 589
next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature. 590
Section 7. Present subsection (5) of section 744.3678, 591
Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), a new 592
subsection (5) is added to that section, and subsection (4) of 593
that section is amended, to read: 594
744.3678 Annual accounting.— 595
(4) The guardian shall pay from the ward's estate to the 596
clerk of the circuit court a fee based upon the following 597
graduated fee schedule, upon the filing of the annual financial 598
return, for the auditing of the return: 599
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of the court may charge a fee of up to $25 $20, from which the 601
clerk shall remit $5 to the Department of Revenue for deposit 602
into the General Revenue Fund. 603
(b) For estates with a value of more than $25,000 up to 604
and including $100,000 the clerk of the court may charge a fee 605
of up to $100 $85, from which the clerk shall remit $10 to the 606
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 607
(c) For estates with a value of more than $100,000 up to 608
and including $500,000 the clerk of the court may charge a fee 609
of up to $200 $170, from which the clerk shall remit $20 to the 610
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 611
(d) For estates with a value in excess of $500,000 the 612
clerk of the court may charge a fee of up to $295 $250, from 613
which the clerk shall remit $25 to the Department of Revenue for 614
deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 615
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Upon petition by the guardian, the court may waive the auditing 617
fee upon a showing of insufficient funds in the ward's estate. 618
Any guardian unable to pay the auditing fee may petition the 619
court for a waiver of the fee. The court may waive the fee after 620
it has reviewed the documentation filed by the guardian in 621
support of the waiver. 622
(5) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the 623
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a 624
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this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer 626
Price Index. The fees must be rounded to the nearest $5. The 627
Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the 628
report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 629
House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly 630
scheduled session of the Legislature. 631
Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 632