Rule 313 - Fees in the Reviewing Court(a)Docket Fees. Unless excused by law, in all cases docketed in the reviewing court all appellants or petitioners shall pay a filing fee of $50.00, and all other parties upon entry of appearance or filing any document shall pay a fee of $30.00. Any non-party in a case filing any paper, including a motion for leave to file a brief amicus curiae pursuant to Rule 345, shall pay a fee of $30. (b)Paper Document Request Fees. The clerks of the reviewing courts shall charge a fee of 25 cents per page for providing a paper copy of documents filed in their respective offices, except that the clerks shall furnish opinions or orders to parties in interest or their attorneys of record without cost. In furtherance of the public interest, the clerk may furnish opinions or orders to other individuals or entities without cost. The fee shall apply to both physical paper output and electronic delivery of documents, except as provided in paragraph (c). The clerks may allow a requestor to use personal equipment, such as a portable scanner or camera, to obtain scans or images of filed documents and shall charge no fee for such access. When considering such requests, the clerk shall determine whether the equipment is likely to cause damage to the documents and whether the equipment and/or request will interfere with the clerk's office operations. Automatic feed features or stack feeders are not permitted.
(c)Fee for Electronic Remote Access to Documents. Unless a remote access user group is excluded from payment in the Remote Access Policy (https://courts.Illinois.gov/SupremeCourt/ Policies/Pdf/Remote Access Policy.pdf) the clerks of the reviewing courts shall charge 10 cents per page with a maximum fee of $3 per document for electronic remote access to a case document through re:SearchIL. (d)Certificate and Seal. The fee for each official certificate and seal is $5.(e)Law License. In the Supreme Court, the fee for preparing a law license, certifying it with the seal, administering the oath, and transcribing the name on the roll of attorneys is $50. The fee for a replacement law license shall be $25. (f)Attorney Certificates of Good Standing. In the Supreme Court, the fee for an attorney certificate of good standing shall be $15. If multiple certificates for the same attorney are requested, each additional certificate shall be $5. (g)Application for Waiver of Fees in the Reviewing Court. An applicant for a waiver of fees in the reviewing court shall use the "Application for Waiver of Court Fees (Appellate Court)" or the "Application for Waiver of Court Fees (Supreme Court)" adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission, which can be found in Article III Forms Appendix. In all other respects, the provisions of Rule 298 shall apply in the reviewing court.Adopted December 17, 1993, effective 2/1/1994; amended Jan. 23, 2014, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; amended Dec. 7, 2015, eff. 7/1/2016; amended June 22, 2017, eff. 7/1/2017; amended June 26, 2018, eff. 7/1/2018; amended Dec. 19. 2019, eff. 1/1/2020.Commentary
(December 17, 1993)
Because the authority for collecting reviewing court fees is contained in statutory provisions (see 30 ILCS 220/12 (West 1992); 705 ILCS 25/3 (West 1992)), a fee rule is provided for informational purposes.