Civil Fees

ADVANCE DEPOSIT FEE SCHEDULE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
EAST FELICIANA PARISH
Effective April 1, 2025

Civil Case Advance Deposit Fees

Filing / Action		Advance Deposit Fee
New Suit with (1) service		$400.00
With TRO or Rule		$450.00
With TRO and Rule		$525.00
Each additional service		$100.00
Answer & Reconventional Demand w/1 service		$350.00
Executory Process		$500.00
Protective Orders		Actual Cost
Garnishments		$500.00
Judgment Debtor Rule w (1) service		$350.00
Successions		$400.00
Appointment of Curator		$825.00
Subsequent Pleadings with (1) service		$250.00
Each Additional Service		$100.00
Motion and Order to Continue (1) service		$225.00
Motion and Order for Appeal		$225.00
More than 2 attys - add $30.00 each		—
Reissue Summons/Subpoena		$100.00
Payment of Civil Witness Fees Prior to Issuance:
Per Day Witness Fee		$25.00
Hotel & Meal (if more than 25 miles from Courthouse)		$5.00
Mileage (per mile, going and returning)		$0.16
Law Enforcement Officer Witness Fee		$40.00

Should it be necessary to have a party served through the Secretary of State, please send additional checks payable to the Secretary of State in the amount of $50.00 and payable to Sheriff of East Baton Rouge in the amount of $27.20.

Sheriffs Requiring Advance Payment

Bossier Parish

$30.00 + mileage

Caddo Parish

$30.00

East Baton Rouge Parish

$30.00 + mileage

Jefferson Parish

$30.00

Natchitoches Parish

$30.00 + mileage

Plaquemine Parish

$30.00

Pointe Coupee

$30.00 + mileage

St. Helena Parish

$30.00

St. Mary Parish

$30.00 + mileage

Tangipahoa Parish

$30.00

Terrebonne Parish

$30.00 + mileage

West Baton Rouge Parish

$30.00 per paper

Secretary of State

$50.00

Commissioner of Insurance

$25.00

These Advance Deposit fees include the statutory judicial fees as provided in R.S. 13:10.3

ADVANCE PAYMENT OF FEES INDICATED SHALL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO ANY FILING