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Sheriff Court Fees

The list below shows the fees that are charged for the most common applications and stages of procedure in the sheriff court. If you need to know the fee for any other application, you can either look at the fee order or contact your local sheriff court.

Sheriff Court Fees

Adoption

Fee payable from 1st April 2023:

Petition for adoption - £138


Bankruptcy

Fee payable from 1st April 2023:

Petition for sequestration - £124

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

 

Copying (including search fee)

Fee payable from 1st April 2023:

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

Each page in excess of 10 pages - £0.50

 

Commissary

Fee payable from 1st 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 1st 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 1st 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 1st 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 15th 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 1st April 2023:

Second extract fee (includes search fee) - £20

 

Search

Fee payable from 1st 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 1st 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

 

NB:Additional fees for further steps in procedure may be required - you can get further information from the sheriff clerk's office.

Fee exemption

see information on fee exemption

Fee Orders

The current Fee Order is available on the legislation.gov.uk website at the link below.  




The Sheriff Court Fees Order 2022

as amended by the Sheriff Court Fees Amendment Order 2022 with effect from 1 July 2022)

Schedule 1 applies from 1 July 2022

Schedule 2 applies from 1 April 2023

Schedule 3 applies from 1 April 2024

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  • Cheques - Made payable to "The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service"
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