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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.
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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

 
 
     
  Miscellaneous Fees  
 

Following are fees to be charged for services provided by the courts of appeals. No fees are to be charged for services rendered on behalf of the United States, with the exception of those specifically prescribed in items 2, 4 and 5. No fees under this schedule shall be charged to federal agencies or programs which are funded from judiciary appropriations, including, but not limited to, agencies, organizations, and individuals providing services authorized by the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, and Bankruptcy Administrator programs.

 

 
 
  1. For docketing a case on appeal or review, or docketing any other proceeding, $450. A separate fee shall be paid by each party filing a notice of appeal in the district court, but parties filing a joint notice of appeal in the district court are required to pay only one fee. A docketing fee shall not be charged for the docketing of an application for the allowance of an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), unless the appeal is allowed.
  2. For every search of the records of the court and certifying the results thereof, $26. This fee shall apply to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the information requested is available through electronic access.
  3. For certifying any document or paper, whether the certification is made directly on the document, or by separate instrument, $9.
  4. For reproducing any record or paper, 50 cents per page. This fee shall apply to paper copies made from either: (1) original documents; or (2) microfiche or microfilm reproductions of the original records. This fee shall apply to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the record or paper requested is available through electronic access.
  5. For reproduction of recordings of proceedings, regardless of the medium, $26, including the cost of materials. This fee shall apply to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the reproduction of the recording is available electronically.
  6. For reproduction of the record in any appeal in which the requirement of an appendix is dispensed with by any court of appeals pursuant to Rule 30(f), F.R.A.P., a flat fee of $71.
  7. For each microfiche or microfilm copy of any court record, where available, $5.
  8. For retrieval of a record from a Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the court, $45.
  9. For a check paid into the court which is returned for lack of funds, $45.
  10. Fees to be charged and collected for copies of opinions shall be fixed, from time to time, by each court, commensurate with the cost of printing.
  11. The court may charge and collect fees commensurate with the cost of providing copies of the local rules of court. The court may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge.
  12. The clerk shall assess a charge for the handling of registry funds deposited with the court, to be assessed from interest earnings and in accordance with the detailed fee schedule issued by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
  13. Upon the filing of any separate or joint notice of appeal or application for appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, or notice of the allowance of an appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, or of a writ of certiorari, $5 shall be paid by the appellant or petitioner.
  14. The court may charge and collect a fee of $200 per remote location for counsel's requested use of videoconferencing equipment in connection with each oral argument.
  15. For original admission of attorneys to practice, $150 each, including a certificate of admission. For a duplicate certificate of admission or certificate of good standing, $15.

 
  Please note, an additional local fee of $50 will be added to the $150 national fee for new Tenth Circuit bar memberships. Checks in the amount of $200 shall be made out to Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals.
 
     
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