District Court fees

Please note

  • Our fees and charges typically increase on 1 July each year. On 1 July 2025, our fees and charges were increased by 3.4 per cent in line with the Government’s indexation policy.
  • All cheques should be made payable to the Department of Justice.
  • The Department of Justice does not accept cheques from:
    • Macquarie Bank
    • Suncorp Bank
    • RACQ Bank.
  • AmEx cards are not accepted.
  • all fees are subject to change without notice.

Below, you’ll find detailed information about District Court fees, including criminal and civil proceedings, payment methods, and tools to assist with fee calculations.

District Court criminal and civil fees

Task Fee ($)

Inspecting an exhibit other than a document under rule 56(2)

 21.35
Inspecting a document or thing under rule 29(8A)(a) 21.35
Searching or inspecting a court file or document under rule 57(3) 21.35
Obtaining a certified copy under rule 57(3) or (5) 78.55
Task Fee ($)
Preparing and copying appeal record book:
First copy – each page 3.25 per page
Additional copy – each page 0.70 per page
Binding appeal record book – each book 12.45 per book
Task Fee ($)
Preparing and copying a subsequent appeal record book:
First copy – each page 3.25 per page
Additional copy – each page 0.70 per page
Binding appeal record book – each book 12.45 per book
Task Fee ($)
Copying all or part of a document, other than an appeal record book or subsequent appeal record book:
First copy – each page 3.25 per page
Maximum fee for first copy 84.10
Additional copy – each page 0.70 per page
Maximum fee for additional copy 33.55
Task Fee ($)
Filing an application to the District Court under rule 56A(1):
If at least one applicant is a corporation 1,990.00
Otherwise 998.50
Task Fee ($)
Copying an exhibit under an order made under rule 56A(3):
First copy – each page 3.35 per page
Maximum fee for first copy 84.10
Additional copy – each page 0.70 per page
Maximum fee for additional copy 33.55
Task Fee ($)
Opening, or keeping open, the District Court registry open between 4.30pm and 8.30am Monday to Friday, or on a Saturday, Sunday or court holiday, for the purpose of making an application or copying an exhibit under rule 56A 613.30
Originating process Fee ($)
Filing any claim, including a counterclaim:  
If at least one plaintiff is a corporation 2,015.00
Otherwise 1,023.00
If the fee is reduced under regulation 8, 9 or 10:  
If at least 1 plaintiff is a corporation 1,023.00
Otherwise 149.6
Filing any application that is an originating process:  
If at least one applicant is a corporation 2,015.00
Otherwise 1,023.00
If the fee is reduced under regulation 8, 9 or 10:  
If at least one applicant is a corporation 1,023.00
Otherwise 149.6
Filing any document initiating any appeal, including a case stated, an application for leave to appeal or a cross appeal:  
If at least one party initiating the appeal is a corporation 2,988.00
Otherwise 1,492.00
If the fee is reduced under regulation  8, 9 or 10:  
If at least one plaintiff is a corporation 1,492.00
Otherwise 149.6
Any other documents Fee ($)
Filing or receiving any document not connected with a matter on record and not otherwise provided for, including filing or receiving any document into the sheriff’s office or marshal’s office 114.10
Issuing subpoena Fee ($)
Issuing a subpoena under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999, rule 414 at the request of a party 108.20
Setting down Fee ($)
Setting down for hearing or trial of a proceeding:  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 3,323.00
Otherwise 1,660.00
If the fee is reduced under regulation 8, 9 or 10:  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 1,660.00
Otherwise 149.6
For the hearing or trial of a proceeding Fee ($)
For each day or part of a day after the first day and up to the fourth day  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 1,326.00
Otherwise 663.3
If the fee is reduced under regulation 8, 9 or 10:  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 663.3
Otherwise 149.6
For each day or part of a day after the fourth day and up to the ninth day  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 2,389.00
Otherwise 1,198.00
If the fee is reduced under regulation 8, 9, or 10:  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 1,198.00
Otherwise 149.6
For each day or part of a day after the ninth day  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 4,651.00
Otherwise 2,321.00
If the fee is reduced under regulation 8, 9 or 10:  
If at least one plaintiff or appellant is a corporation 2,321.00
Otherwise 149.60
Opening office Fee ($)
Opening or keeping the registry, sheriff’s office or marshal’s office open between 4:30pm and 8:30am Monday to Friday, or on a Saturday, Sunday or court holiday 613.30
Copies Fee ($)
Copy of a record of the court or a document or exhibit filed in the registry, sheriff’s office or marshal’s office, including reasons for judgment  
First copy—each page 3.25 per page
Maximum fee for first copy 84.10
Additional copy—each page 0.70 per page
Maximum fee for additional copy 33.55
Additional fee for certifying a copy mentioned above. See the Regulation for details of this fee 79.95
Attendance of officer pursuant to order, direction of the court or warrant Fee ($)

For an officer to attend:

  • with a record or document at a court or place out of the court building; or
  • to examine a witness or an enforcement debtor away from the court building; or
  • a view away from the court building; or
  • to the discharge of cargo; or
  • to the sale or removal of a ship or goods; or
  • to the delivery up of a ship or goods
 131.00 per hour or part-hour, or 656.00 maximum per day
Public searches Fee ($)
Searching the records 29.15 per name or file
Retrieval from Queensland State Archives 29.15 per file
Accounts and assessment of costs Fee ($)
Taking an account before the registrar 131.00 per hour or part-hour
Assessment of a costs statement, or part of a costs statement by an assessing registrar:  
Under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999, rule 708—for each hour or part of an hour 131.00
Other than under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999, rule 708—for each $100 or part of $100 allowed 16.40
Miscellaneous Fee ($)
Settling and executing a deed of transfer 177.80
Certificate of registrar 79.95
Poundage Fee ($)
Poundage if an enforcement officer enforces an enforcement warrant or other process under or because of which an amount is received by a registrar, sheriff or the enforcement creditor 2.5% of the amount received, but not less than 177.80
Poundage on enforcing an enforcement warrant for possession under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999, rule 915 2.5% of annual rent or, if the property is not tenanted, the market value of annual rent, but not less than 177.80
Fees payable for service and enforcement by enforcement officer etc. Fee ($)
Service or attempted service, or enforcement or attempted enforcement, of a warrant, process or document by an enforcement officer, marshal, marshal’s officer or registrar—  
On each person or ship served or enforced 136.10

For each additional warrant, process or document served or enforced, if:

  • 2 or more warrants, processes or documents lodged at the same time against the same person or ship are served or enforced at the same time; or
  • 2 or more persons or ships are served with the same warrant, process or document, the same proceedings are enforced against them, or proceedings are enforced at the same time and at the same address
 24.50
Time necessarily spent after the first hour on the service or attempted service, or enforcement or attempted enforcement, of a warrant, process or document, or arranging an auction, apprehending or attempting to apprehend a person – for each 15-minute period or part of a 15-minute period. See the Regulation for details 10.65
Travelling fees for service or attempted service, or enforcement or attempted enforcement, per kilometre or part of a kilometre necessarily travelled from the registry to the place of service or enforcement, one way in excess of 8km from the registry. See the Regulation for details 4.30 per km
Taking a person to prison or a place of detention from the place of arrest — for each kilometre 4.30 per km
Retaining possession of a ship, with or without cargo, or of a ship’s cargo without a ship — for each day 20.55
Expenses of enforcement officer etc. in relation to service and enforcement Fee ($)

An amount for the reasonable cost, as reasonably incurred by an enforcement officer, marshal, marshal’s officer or registrar, of expenses for—

  • each person left in possession of property; or
  • the securing and safe custody of property under seizure; or
  • any of the following:
    • board and lodging;
    • travelling expenses;
    • clerical assistance at sales;
    • advertising;
    • feeding livestock or removing livestock to a place of safekeeping
    • hire of transport, warehouses or yards;
    • out of pocket expenses
 At the discretion of the registrar
Miscellaneous Fee ($)
Drawing an advertisement of sale, if the sale is under an enforcement warrant for the seizure and sale of property 197.1

The fees payable to enforcement officers under the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 2019 have changed. The charges are no longer calculated by fee units. The same fees apply for enforcement officers performing services and enforcement functions, regardless of jurisdiction.

Fee information

Fees are stated in fee regulations as fee units and not in dollars. The current fee unit value for court fees is $1.096. Rounding rules apply when calculating fees.

These fees display dollar amounts, including roundings.

Current fees

The current fee unit value for court fees is set under:

Rounding rules

Rounding rules apply to ensure fees are calculated accurately. These rules are outlined in:

Fee legislation in proceedings

The applicable legislation for Supreme Court fees depends on the type of proceeding: