Sheriff Court Fees

Sheriff Court Fees

• Adoption

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Petition for adoption - £138

  
  

• Bankruptcy

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Petition for sequestration - £124

  Misc. applications (including appeals) in sequestration - £64

   

• Copying (including search fee)

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Up to 10 pages (includes search fee) - £20

  Each page in excess of 10 pages - £0.50

   

• Commissary

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Dative petition - £20

  Receiving and examining inventory, value of estate not exceeding:

  £50,000 - No fee

  £50,000.01 (up to £250,000) - £276

  Exceeding £250,000 - £554

  Certificate (if ordered when lodging inventory) - £8

  Certificate (if lodged subsequent to lodging inventory)

  (i) first certificate including search fee - £20

  (ii) each subsequent certificate - £8

  Copy or duplicate confirmation

  If ordered when lodging inventory: £13

  If ordered subsequently (including search fee): £28

  • Extra duplicate ordered at same time: £13 

  Certified extract confirmation and will (if any)
  
  If ordered when lodging inventory: £28
  
  If ordered subsequently (including search fee): £40

  • Extra certified extract ordered at same time: £28

  Copy will
  
  If ordered when lodging inventory: £8
  
  If ordered subsequently (including search fee): £20

  • Extra copy will ordered at same time £8

  Inventory in respect of death of emergency service personnel etc, death in active service or death of constables and service personnel targeted because of their status, where exempt from paying inheritance tax by virtue of sections 153A, 154 and 155A of the Inheritance Act 1984 - No fee (Fees for certificates, copies, etc. should be charged as normal)

   

• Criminal

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Summary complaint raising a private prosecution - £41

  Petition for removal of disqualification - £99

• Divorce/Dissolution of civil partnership - Simplified Procedure

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Application for simplified divorce/dissolution of civil partnership - £134

   

  After you have submitted your application the SCTS will contact you if service by a sheriff officer is required.  Service by sheriff officer in a simplified divorce/dissolution of civil partnership - £13 plus Sheriff Officer's fee

   

• Ordinary Procedure including Ordinary Divorce/Dissolution of civil partnership

  Fee payable from 1st April 2023:

   

  Initial writ (ordinary/summary applications) - £138

  NID/reopening note (ordinary) - £138

  Caveat - £47

  Record - £124

  Fixing proof - £59

  Each day or part day of proof, debate or hearing in summary application/misc. application - £251

  Initial lodging of affidavits in undefended family action- £72

  Motion or minute - £53

  Appeal to Sheriff Principal - £124

   

  Ordinary Divorce/Dissolution

  Application for ordinary divorce/dissolution - £165

  NID/reponing note (ordinary divorce/dissolution) - £165

  Motion or minute (ordinary divorce/dissolution) - £53

  Record (ordinary divorce/dissolution) - £124

  Fixing Proof (ordinary divorce/dissolution) - £59

  Each day or part day of proof, debate or hearing (ordinary divorce/dissolution) - £251

  Initial lodging of affidavits in undefended ordinary divorce/dissolution- £72

  Appeal to Sheriff Principal - £124

     

• Miscellaneous

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Note in Liquidation or judicial factor - £41

  Auditors fee – account lodged - £48

  Summary Warrant - £80

  Certificate - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 - £28

• Fatal Accident Inquiry

  Fee payable from 15^th June 2017

  Transcript of evidence at the enquiry in terms of Rule 4.8 of the Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules) 2017 –

  1.   where a transcript has to be made - £1.61 for each minute that has to be transcribed; or 
  2.   where a transcript has already been made—

  • £6.00 for a photocopy of a transcript up to 10 pages; and

  • £0.50 for each page in excess of 10 pages.

   

  NB. Where more than one person makes a request within 28 days following the date of the sheriff’s determination, the sheriff may make an order about how the fee payable is to be divided between them.

• Summary Cause and Simple Procedure

  As from 28 NOVEMBER 2016, if you are raising a claim which has a monetary value of £5000 or less which seeks payment, delivery, recovery of possession or an order for someone to do something specific, you should use the SIMPLE PROCEDURE.

  Fee payable from 1 April 2023:

  To lodge a summons for summary cause or claim form for simple procedure cases in actions for sums of money £300 or less (or 250 euros for European small claim) - £20

  To lodge a summons or claim form in all other actions - £110

  Marking of an appeal - £64 (Sheriff Appeal Court fees due in relation to appeal procedures can be found in the Sheriff Appeal Court Fees (Civil) section of the SCTS website)

  The SCTS will contact you if service by a sheriff officer is required.  Service of summons or claim form by sheriff officer - £13 plus Sheriff Officer's fee

• Second Extract

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Second extract fee (includes search fee) - £20

   

• Search

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023:

  Any search of records or archives (except those provided for in commissary section):

  Per 30 minutes or part thereof - £13

  In addition correspondence fee where applicable – £13

   

• All Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court

  Fee payable from 1^st April 2023

  Initial writ - £237

  Defences - £237

  Motion or minute (or written opposition) - £59

  Fixing proof/trial/debate/hearing on merits - £64

  Hearing fee -£87

  Record (personal injury case) - £117

  Citation of civil jury - £329

  Certified copy of document - £20