Civil Suits & Probate
Any divorce, collection, damage suit, small claim, expropriation, succession, tutorship or other civil litigation filed in Sabine Parish may be found in this department. Cases are indexed by party name and date.
Below, you will find the advance costs schedule and an itemized breakdown of court costs pursuant to La.R.S. 13:841 (Act 243 of 2006)
*Any litigant may file a request in writing to obtain an explanation of charges in his/her case.
*Any litigant may file a written dispute of charges in his/her case.
*Any such written request should be mailed to: Sabine Parish Clerk of Court, P.O. Box 419, Many, LA 71449
*Please specify the Docket # and charges in question.
{Please provide a SASE for return of copies, receipts, etc.}
| CIVIL ADVANCE DEPOSIT SCHEDULE |
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| Type Suit |
Deposit | |
| Adoptions | $500.00 | |
| Clerk’s Docket Suit | $350.00 | |
| Curator Fee | $200.00 | |
| Each Additional Defendant | $100.00 | |
| Garnishment Petition | $350.00 | |
| Interdictions | $550.00 w/o curator
$750.00 with curator |
|
| Judgment Debtor Rule | $250.00 | |
| Mandamus Suits | $350.00 | |
| Motion for Summary Judgment | $250.00 | |
| New Suit | $350.00 | |
| Rule to Show Cause | $250.00 | |
| Small Successions <$125,000 | $250.00 | |
| Subpoenas | $100.00 | |
| Subsequent Petitions
-Reconventional Demand -Third Party Demand -Supplemental Petition -Amended Petition -Cross Claim |
$350.00 | |
| Successions | $350.00 | |
| Tutorships | $350.00 | |
| Uncontested Divorce w/ Waiver | $250.00 | |
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CIVIL & PROBATE ITEM CHARGES |
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Title |
Description |
Fee |
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Act of Congress/Exemplified Certificate |
R. S. 13:841 |
$5.00 |
|
Administering Oath |
per Witness per Juror |
$2.00 $2.00 |
|
Appeals |
per page |
$5.00 |
|
Battered Women’s Shelter Fee |
RS 13:998 |
$10.00 |
|
Copies |
Certified Copy Conformed Copy Copy Per Page |
$5.00 $3.00 $1.00 |
|
Court Attendance |
per session |
$20.00 |
|
Fax Confirmation Certificate |
$15.00 |
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Fax Filed Pleading |
+pleading costs |
$5.00 |
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File Pleadings: Civil, Probate, etc. R. S. 13:841 |
First Page Each additional page Paper exhibits per page All other exhibits |
$6.00 $4.00 $2.00 $5.00 |
|
Indexing |
Each Name |
$2.00 |
|
Initialization Fee |
R. S. 13:841 |
$20.00 |
|
Issuing document: |
With Notice Without Notice |
$20.00 $15.00 |
|
Jamis Fee-per party |
RS 13:841.1 |
$1.50 |
|
Judges Supplemental Fee |
RS 13:10.3 Eff. 7/1/2019 |
$29.50 |
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Judicial College Fee-per suit |
RS 13:841.3 |
.50 |
|
Judicial Commitments |
RS 28:54 |
$125.00 |
|
Judicial Expense Fund |
RS 13:996.58 |
$15.00 |
|
Jury Bond |
CCP 1734 |
$7,500.00 |
|
Jury Filing Fee |
$150.00 |
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Minute Entries |
R. S. 13:841 |
$5.00 |
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Postage & Special Carrier |
R. S. 13:841 |
Actual Costs |
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Small Successions |
Estate value less than $125,000 |
1/2 actual cost |
