Fees

Fees are not configured in the Admin Panel. The court-side amount comes from Verdict CMS, and the platform fees are fixed in code. The Fee Schedules page in the parish sidebar is a read-only view that mirrors Verdict CMS.

There is no fee builder. The Admin Panel does not let you define flat, per-page, or graduated fee rules, and there is no fee-versioning by effective date. This page documents how a filer's charge is actually computed and what the read-only Fee Schedules view shows.

How a Filing Is Charged

When a clerk accepts a filing, the filer's stored card is charged the sum of three parts:

1. Court amount — the court's docket total for the filing, sourced from Verdict CMS (after any advance-deposit drawdown and clerk adjustments).
2. E-filing fee — a fixed $6.00 platform fee.
3. Convenience fee — 3.05% of the court amount plus the e-filing fee.

The court amount, e-filing fee, and convenience fee always sum to the total the card is charged. The e-filing and convenience fees are hidden from the clerk UI but are part of the filer's total.

Fee Exemptions

A filing is fee-exempt when its case type carries a $0 base fee — for example, criminal case types. Exemption is a property of the case type in Verdict, not an account-level or organization-level flag. Fee-waived filings are charged $0 (no court amount, no e-filing fee, no convenience fee).

Advance Deposits

Some case types carry a base fee in Verdict that acts as an advance deposit. On a new case, that base fee seeds the case's deposit balance; subsequent filings draw the balance down. On an existing case, the current deposit balance is used. Filers are charged only the shortfall once the deposit is exhausted.

The Read-Only Fee Schedules View

Open a parish from the Parishes card grid, then choose Fee Schedules in the parish sidebar. The page shows a read-only table sourced from Verdict CMS, with columns for Category, Type, Amount, Filing Type, Document Type, and Effective date. If no fee schedules have synced, the page shows "No fee schedules configured."

This view reflects what Verdict CMS holds. To change court fees, change them in Verdict — there is nothing to edit here.