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SF0093 • 2017
AN ACT relating to district courts; amending filing fees for probate and civil cases as specified; and providing for an effective date.
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S:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to SR 5-4
S No report prior to CoW Cutoff
S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary
S Received for Introduction
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2017 STATE OF WYOMING 17LSO-0428 Introduced 1.2 SENATE FILE NO. SF0093 District court filing fees. Sponsored by: Senator(s) Driskill and Moniz and Representative(s) Clem, Dayton, Laursen and Pownall A BILL for AN ACT relating to district courts; amending filing fees for probate and civil cases as specified; and providing for an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming: Section 1 . W.S. 2 ‑ 2 ‑ 401(a)(i) and 5 ‑ 3 ‑ 206(a)(i) are amended to read: 2 ‑ 2 ‑ 401 . Schedule; additional charges. (a) For probate matters filed or commenced, the clerk of the district court shall collect fees as follows: (i) Original filing fee............ $50.00 $75.00 5 ‑ 3 ‑ 206 . Fees. (a) For all civil matters filed or commenced, the clerk of each district court shall charge the following fees: (i) For filing instruments or documents in each civil action and certifying one (1) copy of any order, decree or judgment at the time of its filing for each party, an original filing fee of seventy dollars ($70.00) ninety ‑ five dollars ($ 9 5.00) which shall be paid by the plaintiff. This fee shall apply to original actions commenced and to actions that are reopened after a final decree previously has been entered. Ten dollars ($10.00) of the filing fee shall be for court automation, ten dollars ($10.00) shall be for indigent civil legal services and both shall be remitted as provided in W.S. 5 ‑ 3 ‑ 205; Section 2 . This act is effective July 1, 2017 . (END) 1 SF0093