Clerk of the Circuit Court
Barbara S. Butler ------------Hendry County, Florida
LaBelle - Courthouse Complex --- 25 E. Hickpoochee Ave - SR 80 corner SR 29
Clewiston - Clewiston Town Center 931 W Sugarland Hwy
Phone 863-675-5217 or 983-1586
please send all mail to PO Box 1760, LaBelle, FL 33975-1760
FILING FEES EFFECTIVE 07-01-04
 
Circuit Civil
 Civil Case

 $255.00

 Dissolution of Marriage

  $363.00

 Reopen Fee - - All Circuit Civil Cases

 $ 50.00

Foreclosure Sale Fee

Mortgage Foreclosures-requires addition fee for recording of lis pendens
seperate check required

$ 60.00

$5.00 1st page 
$4.00 their after

 
County Civil
 Claims between $5,000.01 and $15,000.00

 $255.00

 Tenant Eviction

 $ 80.00

 Reopen Fee

 $ 50.00

 
 
Small Claims
 Claims less than $100.00

 $ 55.00

 Claims between $100.01 and $500.00

 $ 80.00

 Claims between $500.01 and $2,500.00

 $155.00

 Claims between $2,500.01 and $5,000.00

  $255.00

 Reopen Fees for Claims under $500.00

 $ 25.00

 Reopen Fees for Claims over $500.00

 $ 50.00

 
Miscellaneous
 Writs of Garnishment

 $178.00

 Petition for Extension (Medical Malpractice)

 $ 37.50

 Foreign Judgment Fee

  $ 37.50

 Issuing Subpoena

 $ 1.50

 Certification by Clerk

  $ 1.50

 Exemplification Fee

 $ 6.00

 Bond Approval

 $ 7.50

 
Probate
Opening any Estate

  $101.00

 Opening Petitions and Order to approve settlement of minors' claims; to open a safe deposit box; to enter rooms and places; for the determination of heirs if not formal Administration; and for a foreign guardian to manage property of a non-resident but not to include issuance of Letter of Order of Summary Administration and approved settlements of minor claims

 $101.00

 Caveat

  $ 36.00

 Notice of Trust

 $ 36.00

 Petition and order to admit foreign wills, authenticate copies of transcript of
record

 $101.00

 Disposition of personal property without administration

  $101.00

 Summary Administration $ 999.99 or less

 $105.00

 Summary Administration $1,000.00 or more

 $205.00

 Formal Administration

 $255.00

 Guardianship proceedings of person/minor only

 $105.00

 Guardianship proceedings of property/minor's property only

 $255.00

 Guardianship of person/minor and property

 $255.00

 Veteran's Guardianship

 $105.00

 Petition to determine incapacity

  $101.00

 Reopen fee

 $ 50.00

 
Audit Fees
 Verified Inventory - Audit Fee

 $ 75.00

 Annual Financial Return - Estates less than $2,500.00

 $ 15.00

 Annual Financial Return - Estates between $2,500.01 and $100,000.00

 $ 75.00

 Annual Financial Return - Estates between $100,000.01 and $500,000.00

 $150.00

 Annual Financial Return - Estates in excess of $500,000.00

 $225.00

 
Appeals
 Notice of Appeal from County to Circuit Court

 $251.00

 Notice of Appeal from Circuit Court to Appellate Court - 2 checks payable as follows:  
 Clerk of Court

 $ 50.00

 Clerk of the Appellate Court

 $300.00


Service Fees
 Copies (per Page)

$ 1.00

 Certifying Instruments

 $ 1.50

 Issue Subpoenas

 $ 1.50

 Restitution Fee (per Payment)

 $ 3.00

 Traffic School Search

 $ 6.00

 Record Searches (per year)

$ 1.50

 Preparing search form includes certification (plus per year search fee)

 $ 6.00

   
   
 
 
 
Offices Located At:
25 East Hickpochee Avenue
LaBelle, Florida 33935
or
P. O. Box 1760
LaBelle, Florida 33975
Telephone (863) 675-5217
and
931 W Sugarland Hwy
Clewiston, Florida 33440
Telephone (863) 983-1464
 
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