US Code

Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)

28 U.S.C. § 1913

Courts of appeals

The fees and costs to be charged and collected in each court of appeals shall be prescribed from time to time by the Judicial Conference of the United States. Such fees and costs shall be reasonable and uniform in all the circuits.

June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 954 (, .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 517, § 2 26 Stat. 826 Feb. 19, 1897, ch. 263 29 Stat. 536 Sept. 27, 1944, ch. 413 58 Stat. 743 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 543 (, ; , ; , ).

Words “and in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia” were omitted as covered by “each court of appeals.”

section 331 of this titleJudicial Conference of Senior Circuit Judges was changed to Judicial Conference “of the United States” in conformity with .

Changes were made in phraseology.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Appeals Filed in Courts of Appeals

Pub. L. 109–171, title X, § 10001(b)120 Stat. 183

section 1913 of title 28“The $250 fee for docketing a case on appeal or review, or docketing any other proceeding, in a court of appeals, as prescribed by the Judicial Conference, effective as of , under , United States Code, shall be increased to $450.”
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Court Fees for Electronic Access to Information

Pub. L. 102–140, title III, § 303105 Stat. 810 Pub. L. 104–317, title IV, § 403(b)110 Stat. 3854 Pub. L. 107–347, title II, § 205(e)116 Stat. 2915

“(a)
The Judicial Conference may, only to the extent necessary, prescribe reasonable fees, pursuant to sections 1913, 1914, 1926, 1930, and 1932 of title 28, United States Code, for collection by the courts under those sections for access to information available through automatic data processing equipment. These fees may distinguish between classes of persons, and shall provide for exempting persons or classes of persons from the fees, in order to avoid unreasonable burdens and to promote public access to such information. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, under the direction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, shall prescribe a schedule of reasonable fees for electronic access to information which the Director is required to maintain and make available to the public.
“(b)
28 U.S.C. 612(c)(1)(A) The Judicial Conference and the Director shall transmit each schedule of fees prescribed under paragraph (a) to the Congress at least 30 days before the schedule becomes effective. All fees hereafter collected by the Judiciary under paragraph (a) as a charge for services rendered shall be deposited as offsetting collections to the Judiciary Automation Fund pursuant to to reimburse expenses incurred in providing these services.”
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Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act:

Pub. L. 101–515, title IV, § 404104 Stat. 2132 , , .