Court of Justice Fees Regulation

(Consolidated up to 78/2026) ALBERTA REGULATION 18/91 Court of Justice Act COURT OF JUSTICE FEES REGULATION Table of Contents Civil Division 1 Fees payable 1.1 Waiver of fees Criminal Division and Family and Youth Division 3 Fees payable 3.01 Waiver of fees All Divisions 3.1 Fee exemption: peace officers 3.2 Fee exemption: Justice Canada 3.3 Waiver of fees 4 Repeal 5 Coming into force Civil Division Fees payable 1 The fees payable to the clerk of the Court are as follows: (a) for the issuance of a civil claim (i) for claims of $7500 or less $100.00; (ii) for claims exceeding $7500 $200.00; (a.1) for filing a dispute note without a counterclaim $50.00; (a.2) for filing a dispute note with a counterclaim, (i) for counterclaims of $7500 or less $100.00; (ii) for counterclaims exceeding $7500 $150.00; (a.3) for filing a third party claim $50.00; (a.4) for filing an application in the course of an action or proceeding $100.00; (a.5) for administering an oath or affirmation on an affidavit, statement or declaration $25.00; (b) for filing a Notice of Application under Part 5 of the Residential Tenancies Act , including the preparation of any order granted by the Court (i) for claims of $7500 or less $100.00; (ii) for claims exceeding $7500 $200.00; (c) for each search of a name, including the inspection of one file $25.00; (d) for each inspection of a file $25.00; (e) for each certification of a document $20.00; (e.1) for certification of one copy of a document at time of filing document no charge; (f) for a copy of a document, per page $1.00; (g) for each transcript and for each additional copy of a transcript of a court proceeding as specified in Schedule B to the Alberta Rules of Court (AR 124/2010). AR 18/91 s1;220/93;47/2002;216/2002;164/2010;71/2015;93/2025; 78/2026 Waiver of fees 1.1 The clerk of the Court may waive the whole fee or part of the fee payable under section 1(a) to (b) by an individual who the clerk, applying the guidelines (if any) established by the Minister of Justice, considers is unable to pay that fee. AR 216/2002 s3;71/2015;76/2015;216/2022 1.2 Repealed AR 176/2018 s56. 2 Repealed AR 176/2018 s56. Criminal Division and Family and Youth Division Fees payable 3 The fees payable to the clerk of the Court are as follows: (a) for filing a claim under the Family Law Act or an application under the Extra-provincial Enforcement of Custody Orders Act $100.00; (a.1) for each search of a name, including the inspection of one file $25.00; (b) for each inspection of a file $25.00; (c) for a copy of a document, per page $1.00; (d) for each certification of a document $20.00. (e) repealed AR 220/93 s4. AR 18/91 s3;220/93;71/2015;93/2025;78/2026 Waiver of fees 3.01 The clerk of the Court may waive the whole fee or part of the fee payable under section 3(a) by an individual who the clerk, applying the guidelines, if any, established by the Minister of Justice, considers is unable to pay that fee. AR 76/2015 s1;216/2022 All Divisions Fee exemption: peace officers 3.1 (1) In this section, “peace officer” means (a) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, (b) a member of a municipal police service within the meaning of the Police Act , (c) a special constable within the meaning of the Police Act , (d) a person whose legal functions include written authorization to issue violation tickets under Part 2 or 3, or both, of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act , or (e) a person appointed under the regulations under the National Defence Act (Canada) for the purposes of section 156 of that Act. (2) Notwithstanding anything in this Regulation, fees for the search of a name, the inspection of a file or a copy or the certification of a document are not payable by a peace officer when the service in question is required in the execution or discharge of the peace officer’s duties. AR 216/2002 s5 Fee exemption: Justice Canada 3.2 Notwithstanding anything in this Regulation, fees for the search of a name, the inspection of a file or a copy or the certification of a document are not payable by an employee of the Department of Justice (Canada) when the service in question is required for the recovery of amounts owing under offences under Acts of the Parliament of Canada. AR 91/2003 s2 Waiver of fees 3.3 (1) In this section, (a) “certificate” means a Legal Aid Certificate issued by the Legal Aid Society of Alberta; (b) “document” means any document that may be filed or issued for which a fee is payable under section 1(a) to (b) or section 3(a). (2) If requested to file or issue a document, the clerk of the Court must waive the fee otherwise payable if presented with a subsisting certificate issued in respect of the person for whom the document is to be filed or issued. AR 76/2015 s1 Repeal 4 The Small Claims Division of the Provincial Court Tariff of Fees Regulation (Alta. Reg. 145/80) is repealed. AR 18/91 s4 Coming into force 5 This Regulation comes into force on February 1, 1991. AR 18/91 s5