F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 A bill to be entitled An act relating to court fees;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic serviceResearch charges according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring such chargesreport to be roundedsubmitted to the Legislature within a specified amount;time frame;
increasing certain filing fees and service charges that may be charged by the clerk in probate matters;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic filingResearch fees according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring such feesreport to be roundedsubmitted to the Legislature within a specified amount;time frame;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic filingResearch fees and service charges according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring such feesreport and charges to be roundedsubmitted to the Legislature within a specified amount;time frame;
deleting provisions requiring clerks to submit portions of fees collected to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust Page 1 of 2426 CODING:
hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 Fund;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic filingResearch fees and service charges according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring such feesreport and charges to be roundedsubmitted to the Legislature within a specified amount;time frame;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic serviceResearch charges according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring such chargesreport to be roundedsubmitted to the Legislature within a specified amount;time frame;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic filingResearch fees and service charges according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame;
requiring the clerk,Office byof aEconomic specified date, to adjust and increaseDemographic theResearch fee according to prepare a specifiedcertain percentage;report;
requiring thesuch feereport to be roundedsubmitted to the Legislature within a specified amount;time frame;
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hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per instrument to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
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hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 (30) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the clerkOffice shallof adjustEconomic and increaseDemographic Research shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for increasing the service charges in this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
but not to include issuance of letters or order of summary administration.........$275 $230 (c) Fee for petition and order to admit foreign wills, authenticatedPage copies,6 exemplifiedof copies,26 orCODING: transcript to record............................................
$275 $230 (d) Fee for disposition of personal property without administration.....................................$275 $230 (g) Fee for formal administration, guardianship, Page 6 of 24 CODING:
hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 ancillary,authenticated curatorship,copies, orexemplified conservatorshipcopies, proceedings$470or $395transcript The clerk shall remit $115 of each filing fee collected under paragraphs (a), (c)-(i), and (k) to therecord............................................ Department of Revenue for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund.
(5)$275 By$230 January(d) 1,Fee 2030,for anddisposition everyof 3personal yearsproperty thereafter,without theadministration.....................................$275 $230 (g) Fee for formal administration, guardianship, ancillary, curatorship, or conservatorship proceedings$470 $395 The clerk shall adjustremit and$115 increaseof theeach filing feesfee incollected thisunder sectionparagraphs according(a), (c)-(i), and (k) to the percentageDepartment changeof inRevenue for deposit into the ConsumerState PriceCourts Index.Revenue Trust Fund.
(5) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing fees in this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
28.241 Filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings.— (1) Filing fees are due at the time a party files a pleadingPage to7 initiateof a26 proceedingCODING: or files a pleading for relief.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 pleading to initiate a proceeding or files a pleading for relief.
and subparagraph 2., the party instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in the circuit court must shall pay to the clerk Pageof 7that court a filing fee of 24up CODING:to $460 $395 in all cases in which there are not more than five defendants and an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50, from which the clerk shall remit $0.50 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for each defendant in excess of five.
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 of that court a filing fee of up to $460 $395 in all cases in which there are not more than five defendants and an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50, from which the clerk shall remit $0.50 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for each defendant in excess of five.
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The party instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in the circuit court under chapter 39, chapter 61, chapter 741, chapter 742, chapter 747, chapter 752, or chapter 753 shall pay to the clerk of that court a filing fee of up to $345 $295 in all cases in which there are not more than five defendants and an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50 for each defendant in excess of five.
Of the first $100 in filing fees, $95 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Page 8 of 24 CODING:
hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 Administrativeb. Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s.
The party instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding in the circuit court under chapter 39, chapter 61, chapter 741, chapter 742, chapter 747, chapter 752, or chapter 753 shall pay to the clerk of that court a filing fee of up to $345 $295 in all cases in which there are not more than five defendants and an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50 for each defendant in excess of five.
Of the first $100 in filing fees, $95 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s.
An additional filing fee of up to $18 must shall be paid by the party seeking each severance thatPage is9 granted, from which the clerk shall remit $3 to the Department of Revenue26 forCODING: deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
The clerk may impose an additional filing fee of up to $85, from which the clerk shall remit $10 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for all proceedings of garnishment, attachment, replevin, and distress.
Postal charges incurred by the clerk of the circuit court in making service by certified or registered mail on defendants or other parties must shall be paid by the party at whose instance service is made.
Additional fees, charges, or costs may not be added to the Page 9 of 24 CODING:
hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 filingthat feesis imposedgranted, underfrom thiswhich section,the exceptclerk asshall authorizedremit in$3 thisto sectionthe orDepartment byof generalRevenue law.for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
The clerk may impose an additional filing fee of up to $85, from which the clerk shall remit $10 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, for all proceedings of garnishment, attachment, replevin, and distress.
Postal charges incurred by the clerk of the circuit court in making service by certified or registered mail on defendants or other parties must shall be paid by the party at whose instance service is made.
Additional fees, charges, or costs may not be added to the filing fees imposed under this section, except as authorized in this section or by general law.
In stating the value of a mortgagePage foreclosure10 claim, a party must shall declare in writing the total value of the26 claim,CODING: as well as the individual elements of the value as prescribed in this sub-subparagraph.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 mortgage foreclosure claim, a party must shall declare in writing the total value of the claim, as well as the individual elements of the value as prescribed in this sub-subparagraph.
Page(I) 10Four hundred and seventy Three hundred and ninety-five dollars in all cases in which the value of 24the CODING:claim is $50,000 or less and in which there are not more than five defendants.
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 (I) Four hundred and seventy Three hundred and ninety-five dollars in all cases in which the value of the claim is $50,000 or less and in which there are not more than five defendants.
28.35, and $1 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related expenditures conducted by the Department of FinancialPage Services;11 of 26 CODING:
(II) One thousand and seventy Nine hundred dollars in all cases in which the value of the claim is more than $50,000 but less than $250,000 and in which there are not more than five defendants.
The party must shall pay an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50 for each defendant in excess of five.
Of the first $355 in filing fees, $350 must be remitted by the clerk to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, $4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department Page 11 of 24 CODING:
hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 of Financial ServicesServices; and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s.
(II) One thousand and seventy Nine hundred dollars in all cases in which the value of the claim is more than $50,000 but less than $250,000 and in which there are not more than five defendants.
The party must shall pay an additional filing fee of up to $5 $2.50 for each defendant in excess of five.
Of the first $355 in filing fees, $350 must be remitted by the clerk to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, $4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services and used to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s.
Of the first $1,705 in filing fees, $930 must be remitted by the clerk to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund, $770 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue forPage deposit12 into the State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $4 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue26 forCODING: deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services to fund the contract with the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation created in s.
28.35, and $1 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services.
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An additional filing fee of $5 must $4 shall be paid to Page 12 of 24 CODING:
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28.35, and $1 must be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services.
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An additional filing fee of $5 must $4 shall be paid to the clerk.
Additional fees, charges, or costs may not be added to the filing fees imposed under this section, except as authorized in thisPage section13 orof by26 generalCODING: law.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 this section or by general law.
A reservation of Pagejurisdiction 13by a court does not cause a case to remain open for purposes of 24this CODING:section or exempt a party from paying a reopen fee.
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 jurisdiction by a court does not cause a case to remain open for purposes of this section or exempt a party from paying a reopen fee.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 142.01.
One thousand and seventy Nine hundred dollars in all Pagecases 15in which the value of 24the CODING:pleading is more than $50,000 but less than $250,000;
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 cases in which the value of the pleading is more than $50,000 but less than $250,000;
(2)Page Upon16 the institution of any26 appellateCODING: proceeding from any lower court to the circuit court of any such county, including appeals filed by a county or municipality as provided in s.
34.041(5), or from the county or circuit court to an appellate court of the state, the clerk shall charge and collect from the party or parties instituting such appellate proceedings a filing fee, as follows:
(a) For filing a notice of appeal from the county court to the circuit court, a filing fee not to exceed $280.
(b) For filing a notice of appeal from the county or Page 16 of 24 CODING:
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34.041(5), or from the county or circuit court to an appellate court of the state, the clerk shall charge and collect from the party or parties instituting such appellate proceedings a filing fee, as follows:
(a) For filing a notice of appeal from the county court to the circuit court, a filing fee not to exceed $280.
(b) For filing a notice of appeal from the county or circuit court to the district court of appeal or to the Supreme Court, in addition to the filing fee required under s.
(7) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the clerkOffice shallof adjustEconomic and increaseDemographic Research shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing fees and service charges in this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Page 17 of 26 CODING:
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
Upon the institution of any civil action, suit, or proceeding in county court, the party must Pageshall 17pay ofthe 24following CODING:filing fee, not to exceed:
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 shall pay the following filing fee, not to exceed:
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must shall be deposited in the State PageCourts 18Revenue ofTrust 24Fund. CODING:
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 Courts Revenue Trust Fund.
The clerk shall transfer $3.50 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Court Education Trust Fund and shall transfer $1.50 50 cents to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within thePage Department19 of Financial26 ServicesCODING: to fund clerk education provided by the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 the Department of Financial Services to fund clerk education provided by the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation.
(d) The clerk of court shall collect a service charge of $15 $10 for issuing a summons or an electronic certified copy of a summons, which the clerk shall deposit into the fine and Pageforfeiture 19fund ofestablished 24pursuant CODING:to s.
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 forfeiture fund established pursuant to s.
28.35, and $1 must bePage remitted20 to the Department of Revenue26 forCODING: deposit into the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Financial Services to fund audits of individual clerks' court-related expenditures conducted by the Department of Financial Services.
By the 10th day of each month, the clerk shall submit that portion of the filing fees collected pursuant to this subsection in the previous month which is in excess of one-twelfth of the clerk's total budget to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund.
(2) A party reopening any civil action, suit, or proceeding in the county court must shall pay to the clerk of court a filing fee set by the clerk in an amount not to exceed $30 $25 for all claims of not more than $500 and an amount not to exceed $60 $50 for all claims of more than $500.
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By the 10th day of each month, the clerk shall submit that portion of the filing fees collected pursuant to this subsection in the previous month which is in excess of one-twelfth of the clerk's total budget to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund.
(2) A party reopening any civil action, suit, or proceeding in the county court must shall pay to the clerk of court a filing fee set by the clerk in an amount not to exceed $30 $25 for all claims of not more than $500 and an amount not to exceed $60 $50 for all claims of more than $500.
For purposes of this section, a case is reopened after all appeals have been exhausted, or time to file an appeal from a final order or final judgment has expired.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 (c) A distress writ;
(9) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the clerkOffice shallof adjustEconomic and increaseDemographic Research shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for increasing the filing fees and service charges in this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The filing fees and service charges Pagemust 21be ofrounded 24to CODING:the nearest $5.
WordsThe strickenOffice areof deletions;Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
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hb759-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 759 2026 must be rounded to the nearest $5.
45.035 Clerk's fees.—In addition to other fees or service chargesPage authorized22 byof law,26 theCODING: clerk shall receive service charges related to the judicial sales procedure set forth in ss.
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 charges authorized by law, the clerk shall receive service charges related to the judicial sales procedure set forth in ss.
(4) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the clerkOffice shallof adjustEconomic and increaseDemographic Research shall prepare a report that includes recommendations for increasing the service charges in this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
Subsection (3) of section 721.83, Florida Statutes, is amended,amended to read:
721.83 Consolidation of judicial foreclosure actions.— (3)(a) A consolidated timeshare foreclosure action is shall be considered a single action, suit, or proceeding for the payment of filing fees and service charges pursuant to general Page 2223 of 2426 CODING:
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(b) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the clerkOffice shallof adjustEconomic and increaseDemographic theResearch filingshall feesprepare anda servicereport chargesthat includes recommendations for increasing the filing fees in this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The filing fees and service charges must be rounded to the nearest $5.
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
(a) For estates with a value of $25,000 or less the clerk ofPage the24 court may charge a fee of up26 toCODING: $25 $20, from which the clerk shall remit $5 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
(b) For estates with a value of more than $25,000 up to Page 23 of 24 CODING:
hb759-00hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 759 2026 and including $100,000 the clerk of the court may charge a fee of up to $100$25 $85,$20, from which the clerk shall remit $10$5 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
(b) For estates with a value of more than $25,000 up to and including $100,000 the clerk of the court may charge a fee of up to $100 $85, from which the clerk shall remit $10 to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.
(5) By January 1, 2030, and every 3 years thereafter, the clerkOffice shallof adjustEconomic and increaseDemographic theResearch feesshall inprepare thisa sectionreport accordingthat toincludes therecommendations percentagefor changeincreasing the fees in thePage Consumer25 Priceof Index.26 CODING:
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hb759-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 759 2026 this section according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index.
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall submit the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the start of the next regularly scheduled session of the Legislature.
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