All fees related to a filing must be made payable to the ‘Chautauqua County Clerk’
Payments are accepted in the form of cash, check, money order, cashier check, or credit card. We accept all major credit cards for charges of $20.00 and over, with a mandatory 2.5% processing fee.
The following is a current Court Filing fee schedule for the Office of the Chautauqua County Clerk.
COURT FEES
Index Number (Starting a Case) $210.00
Request for Judicial Intervention (RJI) $95.00
Note of Issue $30.00
Third Party Summons $210.00
Motion or Cross-Motion $45.00
Demand for Jury $65.00
Notice of Appeal $65.00
Voluntary Discontinuance or
Stipulation of Settlement $35.00
Default Judgment $45.00
Filing for a Foreclosure Action $400.00
JUDGMENTS
Docket, Assignment, Satisfaction NO FEE
Filing Transcript $10.00
Issuing Transcript and Certificate of Disposition $5.00
LIENS
Index Number $210.00
Attachment Notice (no fee to cancel) $35.00
Notice of Lending $15.00
Lis Pendens $35.00
Mechanics Lien (no fee to cancel) $15.00
Mechanics Lien – Discharge Payment into Court $3.00
Mechanics Lien – Affidavit of Service $5.00
Extension of Mechanics Lien $15.00
Federal Tax Lien, to File or Release $40.00
