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Fee Exemptions
Title | Description | RCW |
---|---|---|
Abstracts | To Department of Licensing | AGO 61-62/136 |
Adoption | No Filing Fee for
| 26.33.030(2) 26.33.190(5) |
Aliens - Commitment | No charge to U.S. Immigration Office for Copies | 10.70.150 |
Stalking |
| 10.14.055 10.14.800 7.92.030 |
Appeals to Supreme Court or Court of Appeals |
| 2.32.070 4.88.330 |
Appeals - Criminal RALJ | No Initial Filing Fee - See Criminal | 36.18.020(2)(b) |
Attorney General | Exempt from Filing Fees Relating to Paternity or Support | 74.20.300 |
Certificate of Delinquency | No Cost to Treasurer | 84.64.050 |
Child Support / Spousal Maintenance | No Filing Fee for State of Washington | 26.18.040(2) |
Compulsory School Attendance | No Filing Fee for Petitioner | 28A.225.030 36.18.020(2)(a) |
Condemnation / Eminent Domain | No Fee for School Districts - Except on Appeal | 8.16.150 |
Criminal | No Fee for Filing
| 36.18.020(2)(h) |
Disclaimer | Upon Deposit of Money / Property\ No Costs to Determine Conflicting Claims of Property Costs may be Assessed by Court | 4.08.170 |
Domestic Violence |
| 26.50.030(4) 26.50.040 36.18.020(3) |
DSHS | See Social and Health Services, Department of | |
Eminent Domain | See Condemnation | |
Employment Security | Judicial Review on Unemployment Compensation
| 50.32.110 50.32.190 |
Forms and Brochures | No Fee for Forms and Brochures - Per Domestic Violence or Unlawful Harassment Acts | 10.14.040(4) 26.50.030(4) 36.18.020(3) |
Guardianship or Limited Guardianship | No Fee for Filing
| 11.88.030(2)(b) 11.88.030(3) |
Guardianship to Estate | No Additional Fee Charged | 11.88.150(2) |
Immigration, U.S. | See Aliens, Commitment of | |
Irrigation District | No Fee for Oath of Commissioner / Board Member of Joint Irrigation District | 87.80.100 |
In Forma Pauperis | Waiver of Fees - Financial Hardship | 36.18.022 |
Insurance Commissioner | Exempt from Filing Fees | 48.31.230 |
Juvenile Offender | No Fee for Filing or Service | 13.04.160 |
Juvenile Dependency | No Fee for Filing or Service in Dependency and Related Actions | 13.34.040(1) 36.18.020(2)(a) |
Labor and Industries | No Filing Fee for Complaint to Prosecute for Collection of Wage Assignments | 49.48.040(2) |
Mental Illness | No Jury Fee No Fee for Filing Petition for 14 days Involuntary Treatment (Effective July 1, 2006) | MPR 3.3 71.05.230 |
Property | Filing to Determine Conflicting Claims of - See Disclaimer | |
Petition for Initial Detention by Family, Guardian or Conservator (Joels Law) | No Filing Fee | SSB 5269 |
Prosecutor | Exempt from Filing Fees Related to Paternity or Support | 74.20.300 |
Prosecutor - State of Washington | No Fees for Certified Copies of Documents Relating to Criminal Convictions | 9.94A.500 |
Public Assistance | See Social and Health Services, Department Of | |
Reciprocal - URESA | See UIFSA | |
Relinquishment of Parental Rights | No Filing Fee for Petitioner | 26.33.080 36.18.020(3) |
Service Personnel | No Fees for copies of Determining Entitlements to Family Allowances and Other Benefits | 73.04.120 |
Sex Offender Registration | No Fees for Copies to Law Enforcement Agencies | 36.18.016 SHB 2223 |
Social and Health Services | Judicial Review - No Filing Fees for Individuals | 74.08.080(3) 74.20.300 |
Support Enforcement | Exempt from Filing and Copy Fees Relating to Paternity or Support - See UIFSA | 74.20.300 |
UCCJA | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act
| 26.57.511 |
UIFSA | Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
| 26.21.325(1) 26.21A.260 |
Unemployment | See Employment Security | |
URESA | See UIFSA | |
Veterans - Marital Status | No Fees for Copies for Benefit Claims | 73.04.120 |
Veterans - Pension / Bounty / Back Pay | No Fee for Perfecting Voucher to Procure Pension, Bounty or Back Pay - Administering Oaths - Preparing Official Certificate | 73.04.010 |
Veterans - Benefit Eligibility | No Charge for Copies | 73.36.155 |
Vulnerable Adult Protection Order | No filing Fee | 74.34.110(9) |
Wage Claim Assignments | Court Costs by L&I for Prosecution | 49.48.040(2) |
Fees to be paid in advance except for state and county (RCW 36.18.060) clerk's office can voucher state, county, and cities.