Chancery Court of Rutherford County, Tennessee
FILING FEES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2008
CATEGORY ONE CASES — $332.50
Contracts, torts, personal injury, property damage, malpractice, wrongful
Death, employment discrimination, civil rights suits, tax disputes, special
remedies and cases not otherwise specified.
CATEGORY TWO CASES — $257.50
Workers’ comp cases; appeals to Circuit from General
Sessions, City Courts or other Courts or hearings; transfers from foreign
counties; writs of mandamus; condemnation/inverse condemnation &
quo warranto actions.
CATEGORY THREE CASES — $207.50
Adoptions, legitimations, paternity cases, termination of parental rights, & other domestic relations matters not otherwise designated; restoration
of citizenship, name changes, minor settlements, enforcement of foreign
judgments; and orders of protection (fees not required in advance), removal
of disabilities (emancipation).
CATEGORY FOUR CASES — $75.00
Child support enforcement and modification, interstate support cases
If serving by certified mail — $80.49
GUARDIANSHIP/CONSERVATORSHIP — $267.50
ANNUAL ACCOUNTING — $40.00
DIVORCES:
WITH CHILDREN — $307.50
WITHOUT CHILDREN — $232.50
PLEASE ADD $22.00 FOR EACH SUMMONS TO BE SERVED BY THE
RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFF.
REOPENED CASES:
CONTEMPT — $75.00
PARENTING PLAN MODIFICATION — $75.00
OTHER POST-JUDGMENT REQUESTS — $25.00
If serving by certified mail — add $5.49
• FEES SHOULD BE PAID IN ADVANCE. •
OTHER FEES
COPIES (PER PAGE) — $.50
CERTIFICATION AND SEAL — $5.00
EXEMPLIFIED COPIES — $10.00 + $.50/PG
CONTINUANCES (TAXES AT END OF CASE) — $7.00
SUBPOENAS — $6.00
POST JUDGMENT REQUESTS — $25.00
(garnishments, execution, levy, post judgment interrogatory, publication request, motions
to set installment payments, and post judgment orders and pleas)
RECEIVING FUNDS ON CONFIRMATION OF PRIVATE SALE — $40.00
EXPUNGEMENTS — $100.00
SURRENDERS — $50.00
PREPARING RECORD ON APPEAL — $300.00
THIRD PARTY COMPLAINTS — same as original complaint
CROSS-FILINGS AND COUNTER-COMPLAINTS — $100.00
WAGE ASSIGNMENT — $30.49
PUBLICATONS
DAILY NEWS JOURNAL — $225.00
MURFREESBORO POST — $220.00
