Fines, fees, and costs may be paid by cash, cashier’s check, money order, and most may be paid with a credit card. For credit card payments, the financial service provider charges a nonrefundable fee for each transaction. Personal checks are not accepted for criminal cases.
Credit cards accepted are Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. The only debit cards which will be accepted are those with the Visa or MasterCard logo. If using a credit card in person, a photo I.D., which matches the name of the credit card holder must be presented at the time of the transaction. If paying by phone, the name on the credit card must match the name on the case.
Cashier’s check and money order payments to the Clerk’s Office should be made payable to “Gary J. Cooney, Clerk of Court & Comptroller.” Payments by cashier’s check and money order may be mailed to: Lake County Clerk’s Office, ATTN: Court Payments, P.O. Box 7800, Tavares, FL 32778. Be sure to make note of the case number on your cashier’s check or money order.
NOTE: We do not accept cashier’s checks dated more than two (2) months from the issue date.
The following fees are those seen most commonly in these types of cases. The filing fee for an appeal of an administrative decision is the applicable circuit court filing fee.
Item:
Fee Amount:
Appeal to District Court of Appeals or the Florida Supreme Court: (Separate Payments):
Fee to the Clerk’s Office
Fee to Clerk of District Court of Appeal or Clerk of Florida Supreme Court
$100.00
$300.00
Circuit Court Appeals
$281.00
Certificate of Clerk
$7.00
Cross Appeal, Notice of Joinder or Motion to Intervene as Appellant
$295.00
Preparing, numbering and indexing original records of appellate proceedings, per instrument
$3.50
Examining, comparing, correcting, verifying and certifying transcript of record in appellate proceedings prepared by someone other than the Clerk, per page
$5.00
Attorney Appearance Pro Hac Vice
$100.00
General Service Charges:
Item:
Fee Amount:
Authenticated certificates, including signing, and sealing
$7.00
Certifying document in public record
$2.00
Copies by photographic in public records. Per page, more than 8.5″ x 14″ in size
$5.00
Copies by photographic in public records. Per page, not more than 8.5″ x 14″ in size
$1.00
Copies, one-sided, WHEN FEE IS NOT PRESCRIBED IN LAW. Per page, not more than 8.5″ x 4″ in size
$.15
Copies, two-sided, WHEN FEE IS NOT PRESCRIBED IN LAW. Second side of the two-sided copy, not more than 8.5″ x 14″ in size
$.05
Copying other than photographic process
$7.00
Exemplified certificates, including signing and sealing
$7.00
Fax copies – first page
$2.00
Fax copies – each additional page
$1.00
Microfiche (Court Only)
$3.50
Microfilm copies 35 MM 100′ (Court Only)
$60.00
Microfilm copies, 16 MM 100′ (Court Only)
$42.00
Notary fee – Per notarial act
$10.00
Oath, administering, attesting, and sealing (Recording & Court Only)
$3.50
Postage-Certified mail, registered mail
U.S. Postal Service Rate
Postal Charges
Actual Cost
Searching records, per year, per name
$2.00
Signing and sealing only
$2.00
Writing paper, other than specifically mentioned, including copying, signing, and sealing
$7.00
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