Part of Courts

Court fees

Learn what you’ll need to pay for different court processes.

Court of Appeal

Application in the course of an appeal
(other than an application for permission to appeal)
$100
Application for permission to appeal$600

Notice of Appeal

(where permission to appeal is not required)

$600
Conduct a search and/or inspect a file$25

Court of King's Bench

Commencement fee – Statement of Claim or Originating Application$300
Commencement fee – Statement of Claim for Divorce
(includes the $10 fee to register with the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings in Ottawa)
$310
Statement of Defence$100
Counterclaim (in addition to Statement of Defence fee)$200
Third Party Claim$200
Application (in the course of an action or proceeding)$100
Set a matter for trial$600
Daily trial fee for civil trials lasting 5 days or more$250/day
Claim under the Family Law Act$100
Response under the Family Law ActNo Fee
Application under the Extra-provincial Enforcement of Custody Orders Act$100
Conduct a search and/or inspect a file$25

Surrogate Matters

Issuing a grant of probate or administration, or resealing grants, excluding trusteeship, where the net value of property in Alberta is:

$10,000 or less$35
Over $10,000 but not more than $25,000$135
Over $25,000 but not more than $125,000$275
Over $125,000 but not more than $250,000$400
Over $250,000$525

 

Documents that require the opening of a court file respecting an estate$300
Application for trusteeship$300
Issuing a grant of double probate, supplemental grant, or grant of administration of unadministered property$300
Caveat$300
Application (in the course of an action or proceeding respecting an estate or trusteeship)$100
Conduct a search and/or inspect a file$25

Court of Justice

All matters

Conduct a search and/or inspect a file$25

Civil Matters

Civil Claim – valued at $7,500 or less$100
Civil Claim – valued over $7,500$200
Dispute Note without a counterclaim$50
Dispute Note with a counterclaim valued at $7,500 or less$100
Dispute Note with a counterclaim valued greater than $7,500$150
Third Party Claim$50
Notice of Application (in the course of an action or proceeding)$100

Family Matters

Claim under the Family Law Act$100
Response under the Family Law ActNo Fee
Application under the Extra-provincial Enforcement of Custody Orders Act$100

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