KB article ID: 915 (permalink) The court will need to review all filing fees and their use, to make sure everything is set up correctly. The following is intended to help the court understand how filing fees are configured, so they can review and troubleshoot their fees.Filing fees are configured in different places, depending upon what the fees are for and whether they are associated with a specific filing type.Fees for initial case filingThese are configured using the Filing Fee Reference Code right on the Case Type (subtype) tab. Since Goodin's Filing Fee Reference Codes are just case type and amount, it's easy to see if a subtype has a filing fee and whether it is the correct amount.Fees for subsequent filingsScenario #1: when fees can always be collected by the filing of specific named filing typeThese are configured using the Filing Fee Reference Code right on the Filing Code tabExamples:
Option A: configured using "optional services" Examples:
This scenario requires the use of optional services. This is because the process involves creation of a Filing Component (optional service item) and then tying that Filing Component to all of the filings on the case type. Tyler has a tool which does a lot of this work. Note: To learn more about optional services, see the video available here. With optional services, the filer can easily forget to go pick the optional service item. But if the filing fee is configured on the Filing Code, the filer can't forget. So when optional services are required, some courts choose to also have "fee" and "no fee" versions of the Filing Codes. When the filer selects the Filing Code having a fee, it becomes unnecessary for them to select an optional service. Examples:
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