Circuit Court Fees
Effective July 1, 2011
Appeal Municipal Court or Administrative Decision record or certiorari 814.61(8)(am)(1) $129.50    
  New Trial 814.61(8)(am)(2) $144.50    
  Circuit Court to the Court of Appeals $15.00    
  Appellate Court $195.00    
Arbitration Appointment of arbitrator No Fee    
  Compel, confirm, modify, vacate arbitrators award $164.50    
  Arbitration re: purchase of real property $94.50    
Certification 814.61(5)(a) $5.00    
Change of Venue Civil 814.61(2) $75.00    
  Family 814.61(1)(b)&(2) $95.00    
  Family (with request for support of maintenance) 814.61(2); 814.61(1)(b); 814.61(13) $105.00    
  Small Claims 814.61(2) $22.00    
  Discretionary change of venue 801.52; 814.61(2) No Fee    
  Transmitting court 814.61(9) $15.00    
Civil Claim for money judgement greater than $10,000 $265.50    
  Claim for personal injury or tort greater than $5,000 $265.50    
  *No dollar amount claimed $164.50    
  Petition for writ of certiorari $129.50    
  Third party complaint - greater than $5,000 $235.50    
  Third party complaint - less than $5,000 $117.50    
  Third party complaint - no dollar amount requested $134.50    
Condemnation Appeals On the record or by certiorari $129.50    
  New trial $144.50    
Copies fee per page 814.61(10)(a) $1.25    
Docketing fee $5.00    
Family No support or maintenance (annulment) $184.50    
  Request for support or maintenance $194.50    
  Action by Child Support Agency (fee waived only for paternity cases & Ch. 769) $194.50    
  Enforce legal custody, physical placement or visitation order No Fee    
  Grandparent visitation 767.43 (in pending family action) No Fee    
  Grandparent visitation Ch. 767 (new action) $184.50    
  Grandparent post-judgement motion 814.61(7)(a) $30.00    
  Revision of judgment (legal custody or physical placement) $50.00    
  Revision of judgment (other than custody or placement) $30.00    
  Mediation 814.615(1)(a) (payable to Waupaca Co DHHS) $200.00    
  Paternity - acknowledgment of paternity 767.805 $184.50    
  Paternity - commence action by private party 814.61(1)(a) $184.50    
  Paternity - with request for support 814.61(13) $194.50    
Foreign Judgment file 814.61(6) $15.00    
Forfeiture (Complex) - CX (environmental damage, consumer protection, or other significant violation of the public interest) No Fee    
Garnishment Amount claimed greater than $10,000 $210.50    
  Amount claimed equal to or less than $10,000 $92.50    
Minor Settlement Petition to approve minor settlement 807.10 $164.50    
  Receive, handle or deposit funds 814.61(12)(a)1 $10.00 or .5%    
  Withdraw funds, per transaction 814.61(12)(a)1 $10.00    
Name Change   $164.50    
Occupational Drivers License File petition $40.00    
Search (when no case number is provided) $5.00    
Small Claims Commence action $10,000 or less (except tort/personal injury) $94.50    
  Commence action $5,000 or less (tort/personal injury) $94.50    
  Crossclaim or counterclaim over $10,000 $125.50    
  Third Party Complaint $5,000 or less $117.50    
  Demand for jury trial $89.00    
  Service by mail - per defendant $2.00    
Temporary Restraining Orders Domestic abuse, child abuse, vulnerable adult No Fee    
  Harrassment - if petition alleges stalking, sexual assault, physical violence, impaired physical condition or threats No Fee    
  Harrassment $164.50    
  Other injunctions & restraining orders - filed as new CV $164.50    
Transcript from Judgment docket 814.61(5) $5.00    
Vital Statistics Amendments after one year $164.50    
Wage Earner Voluntary debt proceeding $31.50    
Warrants Tax warrants - filing & docketing $5.00    
  Satisfaction, voidance or withdrawal $5.00    
* The civil filing fee under §814.61(1)(a) may not be collected from a petitioner commencing an action under §813.12 (Domestic Abuse TRO). Instead, the fee shall be collected from the respondent under §813.12 if he or she is convicted of violating a temporary restraining order or injunction issued under §813.12(3) or (4) or a tribal order of injunction filed under §813.12(9).

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