What is a docketing fee?
The law requires that at the same time you file your Appeal Bond, you pay to the Clerk of the Municipal Court a $25.00 Appellate Court Docket Fee. This fee is only refundable to you if the Appellate Court reverses the Trial Courts decision. Otherwise, it is retained in addition to any other fine or court costs assessed against you. If you are unable to pay the docketing fee, the Appellate Court can waive that requirement. To receive a waiver you must sign an affidavit that you are unable to pay and you must prove that inability at a hearing set by the Appellate Court.
