District Court Civil Fees and Costs

Administrative Appeals $80.00*
    Department of Labor and Training
    State of Rhode Island Division of Taxation ​​​
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Administrative Appeal $25.00* ​​
     Division of Motor Vehicles
     Filed and Paid for at the Sixth Division District Court
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     Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal case
     Filed and Paid for at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal
Civil Filing Fee $80.00*
Civil Execution Fee $20.00*​*
Small Claims Filing Fee $55.00*
Small Claims Execution Fee $20.00**
Vicious Dog Complaint $80.00**
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*    In addition to the filing fees above, to follow are the one-time fees that shall be assessed on a civil case when using the Rhode Island Judiciary’s electronic filing system,
Odyssey File and Serve by Tyler Technologies, Inc., or a civil case that is scanned and filed into the Judiciary’s case management system at the clerk’s counter. ​

Civil Case Processing Fee to Tyler Technologies: ​ ​$17.50 ​​
Technology Surcharge:
$3.25
Credit Card Fee: 3.25%​


ˆ Credit card fees are 3.25% of the amount of the transaction, which includes the filing fee, civil case processing fee to Tyler Technologies, Inc., and the technology surcharge.

** If paying by credit card, a credit card fee of 3.25% would apply. ​
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