Erie County Clerk of Courts’ Civil Division is responsible for all legal documents filed and payments submitted in civil cases in the Common Pleas Courts of Erie County. A civil case is a legal case involving civil or common law, which resolves disputes between and among individuals or organizations in which some form of compensation, monetary damage or specific action, may be awarded.
PLEASE NOTE: Effective September 20, 2021 by Order of Erie County Common Pleas Court General Division, all civil cases, including updated online foreclosure fees, shall be revised as follows. Please click link for upcoming increases. NEW CIVIL FILING FEE INCREASES
CIVIL FILING COSTS
| Complaints | |
| Foreclosure Complaints | $700.00 |
| Other Civil Complaints | $300.00 |
Cross Complaint, counter claim, cross-claim,
Third-party complaint or intervener complaint | $100.00 |
| Administrative Appeals | $300.00 |
| Foreign Judgments | $200.00 |
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| Certificates of Judgments (CJ) | |
| Filing fee | $ 31.00 |
| Issuing | $ 6.00 |
| Releasing | $ 6.00 |
| Partial release of Judgment Liens, per page | $ 3.00 |
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| Executions | |
| Debtor Exam/Proceeding in aide of execution | $150.00 |
| Types of Garnishments: | |
| Personal Earnings | $100.00 |
| Bank Attachment (other than) | $100.00 |
| Plus $1.00 payable to garnishee | |
| Execution against chattel | $150.00 |
| Complete instructions for execution required: exact location, serial number, detailed description and copy of title for any motor vehicle or watercraft needed. WRITTEN instructions to the Sheriff MUST also be provided. | |
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| Other Civil Costs | |
| Cognovit | $150.00 |
| Contempt | $100.00 |
| Medical Malpractice | $500.00 |
| Order of Sale with Online Foreclosure Sale | $1025.00 |
| Transfer Case from County or Municipal Court | $300.00 |
| Jury View | $100.00 |
- Deposit payable upon request of transportation
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| Service by publication | $500.00 |
| Appeal to Sixth District Court of Appeals and cross appeals | $150.00 |
Motion to Revive Dormant Judgment
| $40.00
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| Motion to Compel | $100.00 |
| Ohio State Tax Lien | |
Filing Fee
| $ 31.00
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Releasing
| $ 6.00
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