Bienville Parish Clerk's Office
James W. "Jim" Martin - Clerk of Court
Civil Department Information
Fee Schedule
 

ADVANCE DEPOSIT SCHEDULE
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
BIENVILLE PARISH

July 5, 2000
 

CIVIL MATTERS:
 
$200.00 Cases with ONE defendant
This deposit is required with EACH:
- Original Petition 
- Supplemental Petition and/or Amending Petition
- Intervention
- Third Party Demand 
- Reconventional Demand
- Judgment Debtor Examination
- Garnishment
- Other Proceeding in which service is required
 
$50.00 EXTRA for EACH Additional Defendant
$25.00 EXTRA for EACH Service on Secretary of State
$125.00 EXTRA for EACH Curator’s Fee
(Pursuant to the Rules of our Court, a $125.00 check - payable to the order of the Curator - must be attached to each petition, etc., that is served on the Curator.)

$75.00

EXTRA for Attorney for Garnishee
$100.00 EXTRA for Attorney Appointed in Workman’s Comp Settlement
 
$100.00 Compromise Settlement - Workman’s Compensation Case
 
$100.00 Mandamus (to cancel mortgage)
 
PROBATE MATTERS:
 
$200.00 In Each Proceeding
 
ADOPTIONS:
 
$125.00 Petition for Interlocutory Decree
$75.00 EXTRA for Each Curator’s Fee
 
CLERK’S DIVISION:
 
$150.00 Cases with One Defendant
$50.00 EXTRA For EACH Additional Defendant
****** Garnishment (*Handled as regular civil matter - see schedule above)
  
WITNESS FEES:
 
PAYMENT OF CIVIL WITNESS FEES PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA IS REQUIRED OF THE PARTY REQUESTING THE SUBPOENA.
 
$25.00 Per day for each witness living and employed outside the parish and more than 25 miles from the courthouse, plus $.20 per mile traveling expense
$8.00 Per day for each witness living or employed in the parish or within 25 miles of the courthouse, plus $.16 per mile traveling expense
$40.00 Per day for each law enforcement officer, fire service person, or person testifying as a representative of a governmental traffic engineering department
 



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