Fee Schedule
Clerk of District Court
*Sec. 25-1-201 (1) (a) MCA
UPDATED December 8, 2025

ADOPTION          $105.00
– Filing Petition

AMENDMENT OF PARENTING PLAN          $120.00
– Contested only (does NOT apply to mod of child support only)      

APPEAL FROM LOWER COURT          $30.00
– Does not apply to small claims cases or courts of record

APPEAL FROM LOWER COURTS OF RECORD/SMALL CLAIMS      $10.00

APPEARANCE          $70.00
– For the appearance of each defendant or each respondent

AUTHENTICATION/EXEMPLIFICATION          $6.00

CERTIFICATION          $2.00
– For certification with a seal

CIVIL COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION          $120.00
 – By plaintiff, petitioner, or appellant – Includes Invalidity      

COPY OF DECREE OF DISSOLUTION          $10.00
– Includes all docs incorporated by reference

COPY OF MARRIAGE LICENSE          $5.00

COPY OF DOCUMENTS          $1.00 per page for first ten pages, $ .50 per page thereafter
– Hard copy

COPY OF DOCUMENTS          $0.25 per page
– Electronic image

DISSOLUTION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION          $200.00
– Includes Summary & Joint Dissolution

EXECUTIONS/WRITS OF ASSISTANCE/ORDERS OF SALE          $25.00
– For Issuance

FOREIGN JUDGMENT          $90.00

FOREIGN PROBATE          $85.00
– With certificate; appoint domiciliary PR

INTERVENTION COMPLAINT           $80.00

JUDGMENT          $50.00
– For entry of judgment from prevailing party

LEGAL SEPARATION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION          $180.00
– For filing petition

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUANCE          $53.00
– For issuing, filing and recording marriage

DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE          $53.00
– For filing and recording the declaration

MARRIAGE LICENSE – DOUBLE PROXY            $83.00

NOTARIZATION / OATH and JURAT          $1.00
– For each Notarization with Court seal

PROBATE / GUARDIANSHIP / CONSERVATORSHIP          $100.00
– Formal or Informal Probate; Ancillary

SEARCHES – $2.00 per name per year per name up to 7 yrs – $1.00 per name per year thereafter

SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGE          $100.00
– For each motion filed (DJ, DN, DI cases exempt)

TRANSCRIPT OF JUDGMENT
– For preparation of a transcript          $4.00
– For filing a transcript from another jurisdiction          $50.00

TRANSMISSION of CASE TO ANOTHER COURT          $5.00
– Removal to Federal Court; appeals to Supreme Court

VENUE CHANGE
– For filing from another district court (incoming)          $10.00
– For Transfer to another jurisdiction (outgoing)          $5.00

WRIT of EXECUTION/WRIT of ASSISTANCE/ORDERS of SALE          $25.00
– For issuance