IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI
SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Liberty, Missouri

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
Effective May 1, 2011

FILING DEPOSITS AND OTHER FEES
PAYABLE to CLAY COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK
(Not applicable to Probate)

Most Regular Circuit Petitions $100.00, including library fee
Domestic Relations Petitions without children $132.00, including library fee
Domestic Relations Petitions with children $192.00, including library fee
Motion to Modify Divorce or Dissolutions without children $132.00, including library fee
Motion to Modify Divorce or Dissolutions with children $192.00, including library fee
Stipulated Motion to Modify $39.00
Stipulation of Emancipation No Fee
Motions for Contempt $132.00
Family Access Motions $132.00
Adult Abuse No Fee
Child Abuse No Fee
Minor’s Settlements Ready for Immediate Disposition (Friendly Suits) $100.00, including library fee
Foreign Judgments Service Fees Only
Change of Name and Correction of Birth Certificates $100.00, including library fee
(No Service) plus deposit for publication $55.00
Petitions for Review of Driver’s License Suspension or DOR trial de novo, plus service fees $100.00, including library fee
Revocation (assigned to Associate Circuit) $30.00 (Checks made payable to COLE COUNTY SHERIFF)
Warehouse License Applications (No Service) $100.00, including library fee
Other Civil Actions, which do not require service of process $100.00, including library fee
Adoptions plus any additional costs for publication, registered mail, etc. $480.00, including library fee
Adoptions (Adult) plus any additional costs for publication, registered mail, etc. $180.00, including library fee
Motions for Examination of Judgment Debtor, Motion To Amend Pro Forma Decree, Application for Writ of Scire Facias to Revive Judgment and other civil actions brought back to court which are not Domestic Relations cases. Service Fees Only
Change of Venue No docket fee
Notice of Appeal – Missouri Court of Appeals $80.00
Trial de Novo from Municipal Court (Send filing fee, bond, if ordered, to Clay County Circuit Clerk) $30.00

Publication Fees

Deposit on publication for Dissolution $100.00
Deposit on publication for Change of Name and Correction of Birth Certificates $55.00
Deposit on publication other actions $100.00

Court Rules

Obtained online No fee
Picked up $2.50
Mailed $5.00

Legal File for Appeals

Photocopy fee $0.25 per page
Certification $5.00, plus postage if mailed

Appellant to notify Circuit Clerk as to how many copies of file to prepare.

Small Claims

Filing fee $20.00, plus postage
Service by certified mail for each defendant $10.00

Associate Divisions

Filing fee $33.00
Rent and Possession filing fee $33.00
Hardship Driving petition $33.00
Refusal to take chemical test $33.00
Trial de Novo $45.00
Associate Certification to Circuit $67.00
Used Car Title $33.00
Judgment Debtor Service Fees Only
Verified Application for Executions (Check made payable to Clay County Sheriff or out-of-county sheriff) $50.00 (If Clay County)

Miscellaneous Filing Fees

Filing of Transcript of Judgment No Fee (Except if Clay County judgment, $5.00 fee for certified copy)
Filing of Mechanic’s Lien $5.00
Verified Application for Execution (Check made payable to Clay County Sheriff or out-of-county sheriff) $50.00 (If Clay County)

Forms

Financial Statements for Dissolution
One (1) set per case No Charge if picked up
One (1) set per case $1.00, if mailed
One (1) pad (10 sets) $2.50, if picked up
One (1) pad (10 sets) $5.00, if mailed

Time Payment Fee

Time Payment Fee $25.00

See Local Court Rule 5.7.

Effective November 7, 2005

The Clerk shall impose a fee of twenty-five dollars on each person who fails to pay a court-ordered judgment, penalty, fine, sanction, court costs, restitution or juvenile monetary assessment within thirty (30) days of the date of the court imposed judgment, penalty, fine, sanction or court cost.

Duplication Fees

Certified Copies:
First Page $4.00
Additional Pages $1.00 per page
Authenticated:
First Page $6.00
Additional Pages $1.00 per page
Photocopy $1.00 per page
Copies printed from microfilm $1.00 per page

Photocopies of 10 or more pages from one or more files may be charged actual cost of search and copying.

All copies mailed will be charged cost of postage and packaging.

SO ORDERED this 18th day of April, 2011.

/s/ELIZABETH DAVIS
Presiding Judge