Service Charges & Fees: General Fees - Clerk & Comptroller, Palm Beach County

Service Charges and Fees - General Fees
Effective July 1, 2008
General Fees - (561) 355 2996
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Authenticated/exemplified certificates $7.00 Restitution payments, per payment $3.50

Bond approval $8.50 Seal or expunge any record $42.00

Certified / registered mailing fee varies Search per year - per name - per legal description $2.00

Certifying copies: per instrument $2.00 Severance granted charge $18.00

Copies before filing: per page $0.15 Subpoena, processing of out of state $4.00

Copies larger than 8 ½" x 14", per page $5.00 Subpoena, preparing and issuing $7.00

Copies of any instrument, other than photographic $6.00 Subpoenas, signing and sealing $2.00

Copies up to and including 8 ½" x 14" per page $1.00 Oath, administering, attesting, and sealing $3.50

Copies of subdivision / road plats per page (24x36") $5.00 Validating certificates $3.50

Copies of other official records per page $1.00 Venire facias, issuing $5.00

Copy of court minutes per page $5.00 Verifying any instrument presented for certification prepared by someone other than Clerk, per page $3.00

Making microfilm copies, 16mm, 100 ft roll $42.00 Witnesses, paying of and making and reporting payrolls of jurors to state comptroller, per page, per copy $5.00

Making microfilm copies, 35mm, 100 ft roll $60.00 Writ of garnishment $85.00

Microfiche (Court only), per fiche $3.50 Writing any paper other than herein specifically mentioned, same as for copying including signing and sealing $7.00

Non-Sufficient Funds up to $50 $25.00

$50.01 - $300 $30.00 Sheriff's fee, per service (payable to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office) $20.00

$300.01 and over
(or 5% of the amount of the check)
$40.00

Notary fee $3.00

Registry of court fee: first $500 3%

Registry of court fee, each subsequent $100 1.5%

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Authenticated/exemplified certificates	$7.00	Restitution payments, per payment	$3.50
Bond approval	$8.50	Seal or expunge any record	$42.00
Certified / registered mailing fee	varies	Search per year - per name - per legal description	$2.00
Certifying copies: per instrument	$2.00	Severance granted charge	$18.00
Copies before filing: per page	$0.15	Subpoena, processing of out of state	$4.00
Copies larger than 8 ½" x 14", per page	$5.00	Subpoena, preparing and issuing	$7.00
Copies of any instrument, other than photographic	$6.00	Subpoenas, signing and sealing	$2.00
Copies up to and including 8 ½" x 14" per page	$1.00	Oath, administering, attesting, and sealing	$3.50
Copies of subdivision / road plats per page (24x36")	$5.00	Validating certificates	$3.50
Copies of other official records per page	$1.00	Venire facias, issuing	$5.00
Copy of court minutes per page	$5.00	Verifying any instrument presented for certification prepared by someone other than Clerk, per page	$3.00
Making microfilm copies, 16mm, 100 ft roll	$42.00	Witnesses, paying of and making and reporting payrolls of jurors to state comptroller, per page, per copy	$5.00
Making microfilm copies, 35mm, 100 ft roll	$60.00	Writ of garnishment	$85.00
Microfiche (Court only), per fiche	$3.50	Writing any paper other than herein specifically mentioned, same as for copying including signing and sealing	$7.00
Non-Sufficient Funds up to $50	$25.00		$7.00
$50.01 - $300	$30.00	Sheriff's fee, per service (payable to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)	$20.00
$300.01 and over (or 5% of the amount of the check)	$40.00
$300.01 and over (or 5% of the amount of the check)
Notary fee	$3.00
Registry of court fee: first $500	3%
Registry of court fee, each subsequent $100	1.5%