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Online Payment of Attorney Admission Fee is Now Available
You may now pay online for your attorney admission fee with a credit card using the court’s ECF filing system. Once you register for ECF with the court, select the Bar Admission option from the Utility menu, and follow the directions.
Opens another page Submitting Your Bar Application Using ECF
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You can make more payments beginning October 1, 2012:
Click here to open this document  Submitting Petitions with Payment Via ECF
Click here to open this document  Submitting Petitions Without Immediate Payment Via ECF
Click here to open this document  Submitting F.R.A.P. 5 Petitions Via ECF
link to page  Request a Certificate of Good Standing using ECF
Posted on September 28, 2012

  
Fee Schedule Changes Effective November 1st, 2011
At its September 2011 session, the Judicial Conference of the United States approved changes to the miscellaneous fee schedule for the Courts of Appeal. These changes will take effect on November 1st, 2011, and will apply to all transactions occurring on or after that date. The new fees will be as follows:
ItemAmount
Record Search$30.00
Certification$11.00
Copy of Audio Recording$30.00
Record Reproduction (by the clerk's office)$83.00
Record Retrieval Fee$53.00
Returned Check Fee$53.00
Attorney Admission Fee**
**Please note, however, that the current total admission fee for the 10th Circuit Bar is $225. The amount identified in the fee schedule is the national portion of the fee. Effective January 1, 2012 the total fee (the local and national fees combined) increased to $225.		$176.00
Certificate of Good Standing$18.00

Posted on October 14, 2011

  
 
     
  Please contact the court for any further details on attorney admission:
  
     
  Office of the Clerk
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Byron White U.S. Courthouse
1823 Stout Street
Denver, CO 80257
Telephone: 303-844-3157
  
     
  All counsel, including counsel appointed pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act, who represent litigants in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals must be admitted to the bar of the court. Admission requirements are set forth in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (Fed. R. App. P. 46) and the Tenth Circuit Local Rules (10th Cir. R. 46.2).
 
     
  The admission fee will be waived for any attorney representing the United States and for attorneys appointed by the court to represent a party to an appeal. A certificate of admission will be issued by the clerk's office and forwarded to counsel.
  
     
  For instructions, information and to apply for admissions click the link below.  Please read the instructions carefully before completing the application form.  
  link to page  Application for Admission  
     
  See also  
  Opens another page Contact Info  
  Opens another page Copy Requests  
  Opens another page Electronic Public Access Fees Schedule  
  Opens another page Fee Schedule  
  Opens another page Videoconferenced Arguments  
  Opens another page Submitting Your Bar Application Using ECF (Video)  
  Opens a PDF file Submitting Your Bar Application Using ECF  
     
 
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United States Court of Appeals
for the Tenth Circuit
The Byron White U.S. Courthouse
1823 Stout Street, Denver, CO 80257