COSTS AND FEES TO BE COLLECTED BY THE CLERK

The clerk shall collect costs and fees provided by Chapter 607 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes except that the clerk shall collect the amounts specified herein as follows: 1. For copies of any document in any public record maintained by the clerk: a. in the clerk's office: i. $1.00 for the first page ii. $.50 for each additional page b. in an off-site storage location: $5.00 plus usual copying charge c. on microfilm: i. $5.00 when provided by the clerk plus $1.00 per page ii. $1.00 per page when obtained via self-service 2. For telefaxing of any document in any public record, the applicable charges plus: i. within Hawai‘i: $2.00 first page $1.00 each additional page ii. outside Hawai‘i, within the United States: $5.00 first page $2.00 each additional page iii. outside the United States: $10.00 first page $5.00 each additional page 3. For copies of audio tapes, electronic copy of any document: $10.00 4.For copies of video tapes: cost of production 5. For any expedited or rush requests (copy(ies) provided within 4 hours if request received before noon): $10.00 plus all other applicable charges 6. Transfer of an action to circuit court from district court, in addition to district court fees: $125.00 7. Certification under seal of a copy of a pleading or other paper subsequent to the initial filing of the pleading or paper, except the record on appeal: $2.00 8. Making of copy; comparing of copy with original; certification or authentication of notaries: $3.00 9. Ex officio filing (in addition to the usual filing fee): $10.00 10. Exemplification, instead of item (26) in HRS § 607-5(c): $4.00 11. Filing of notary commission: $6.00 12. Filing of initial paper under HRS § 507-43 by person asserting mechanic's or materialman's lien (in addition to the fee prescribed by part I of HRS § 607-5 for bringing an action under HRS § 507-47): $30.00 13. Notice of completion of contract: $5.00 14. Filing of motion to set aside dismissal pursuant to Rules 12(q), 28, and 29 of these rules: $30.00 15. Search of records by the clerk (when a request does not include a case number that is available through a self-search of case record indexes): $5.00 16. Retrieval of files from storage: $5.00 17. Parties to a pending case shall not be charged for the first copy of the court order, opinion, judgment or any other item entered in the case by the court, whether provided on paper or electronically. 18. The clerk shall charge the actual cost of mailing paper copies of any item, provided that the parties to a pending case shall not be charged for the mailing of the first paper copy of a court order, opinion, or other item entered in the case by the court. 19. The court may waive costs and fees for good cause shown. In lieu of copying and mailing fees, the administrative judge or the senior judge of the family court division may authorize the clerk to provide copies of orders, opinions, or other items to publishing companies in exchange for published materials for the benefit of the court or the judiciary. (Added June 15, 2005, effective July 1, 2005; further amended November 23, 2005, effective January 1, 2006; further amended and effective February 19, 2009; further amended October 23, 2012, effective January 1, 2013.)