CLERK OF COURTS

 

KATHY FORTNEY, CLERK OF COURTS

COURT AND CLERK FEE SCHEDULE

Payments made be made by cash, check, money order, Visa, Master Card or Discover.

Checks drawn on out-of-state banks must be certified.

Make checks payable to Kathy Fortney, Clerk of Courts, Medina County. 

Court Filing Fees

FORECLOSURES $425
ORDERS OF SALE (Includes Alias Orders of Sale) $600
COMPLAINTS IN GENERAL DIVISION - Up to Five Defendants 

An additional $10 is required for each defendant named in the complaint in excess of five

$225
COMPLAINTS or PETITIONS for DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION, ANNULMENT and LEGAL SEPARATION WITH CHILDREN $250
COMPLAINTS or PETITIONS for DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION, ANNULMENT and LEGAL SEPARATION WITHOUT CHILDREN $182
COUNTER CLAIMS, CROSS CLAIMS, THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINTS and AMENDED COMPLAINTS in both the GENERAL and DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION $100
COURT OF APPEALS FILING FEE $125
COGNOVIT NOTES  $50
POST-DECREE MOTIONS in GENERAL DIVISION (Includes motion for relief from judgment, motion to reactivate case, etc.)  $50
POST-DECREE MOTIONS in DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION (Except procedural motions)  $75
PROCEDURAL MOTIONS in DOMESTIC RELATIONS (i.e., Motion to Continue, to Extend Time, to Compel, to Dismiss, etc.) No Charge
PETITIONS or REQUESTS to ACCEPT JURISDICTION (Domestic Relations Only)  $75
PETITIONS for DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CIVIL PROTECTION and ANTI-STALKING ORDERS No Charge
REQUESTS for INFORMAL MEDIATION (Domestic Relations Only) No Charge
SUBPOENAS (if Served by Sheriff) $25
SUBPOENAS (if Served by Certified Mail) $5
PUBLICATION (Notice Prepared by Clerk's Office) $150
PUBLICATION (Notice Prepared by Attorney) $300
WRIT OF EXECUTION $100
WRIT OF POSSESSION $150
ORDER in AID of EXECUTION - DEBTOR'S EXAM in Existing Case $100
ORDER in AID of EXECUTION - DEBTOR'S EXAM in New Case $150
GARNISHMENT in Existing Case (Additional $1 fee per bank - payable to bank) $50 per bank
GARNISHMENT in New Case (Additional $1 fee per bank - payable to bank) $75 per bank
ARBITRATION APPEAL $300
FILING a FOREIGN JUDGMENT $50
FOREIGN SHERIFF (Each Party to be Served) $40

Miscellaneous Clerk Fees

PHOTOCOPIES (per page)    $.25
CERTIFIED COPY (In Addition to Photocopy Charge)   $1
AUTHENTICATION - CERTIFICATE of RECORD   $5
CERTIFICATE of JUDGMENT
  • (Judgment from Another Court to be Filed in Medina Common Pleas)
  • (Judgment from a Medina Common Pleas Case to be Filed in Medina County Common Pleas)
$25

$30

CERTIFICATE of JUDGMENT for TRANSFER (Judgment from Medina Common Pleas to be Filed in Another Court) $10
JUDGMENT LIEN RELEASE $10
STATE TAX LIEN RELEASE $30
SATISFACTION of JUDGMENT (Per page)   $2
RECORDING NOTARY COMMISSION (Plus $1 for Notary Fee)   $5
ORDER TO STAY SHERIFF'S SALE $500

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