Tulsa County District Court Filing Fees and Waivers

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Filing fees, payment methods, fee waiver requirements, deferrals, and clerk payment rules. This page is scoped to Tulsa County District Court; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.

Checked against the court's document on Oct 4, 2026CRITICAL

Applies to: Transferred action

Actions transferred under 20 O.S. § 642 must be accompanied by the appropriate filing fees unless the Court waives them.

Actions transferred pursuant to 20 O.S. § 642 shall be accompanied by the appropriate filing fees unless waived by the Court.

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Applies to: Jury and court reporter fees

The requesting party must pay specified jury and court reporter fees no later than pretrial, and the court will not file a pretrial order until the applicable fees are paid.

The jury and court reporter fees specified in 28 O.S. § 152.1 must be paid by the requesting party no later than pretrial. No pretrial order will be filed without payment of the jury and/or court reporter fees.

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 4, 2026CRITICAL

Applies to: Foreclosure case costs and fees

All outstanding court costs and fees in a foreclosure case must be paid when the Sheriff tenders the return of sale.

In foreclosure of real property cases, all outstanding court costs and fees shall be due and payable at the time of the Sheriff's return of sale.

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Applies to: Pleadings

The Sheriff's return and any further pleadings for a party owing costs will not be filed until the outstanding costs are paid.

However, the return shall not be filed in the case until the outstanding costs are paid. The Clerk shall not file for a party owing costs any further pleadings in the case until that party pays the costs owed.

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Fee: 10
Applies to: Annual process server license filing

An annual fee of $10 must be paid to the county Court Clerk when a licensed process server files the certified license copy to serve process in that county.

Upon an annual filing of a certified copy of a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section and payment of a filing fee of ten (10) dollars to the Court Clerk of any county within this state, a licensed process server may serve process in that county for the district court having jurisdiction in that county.

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Checked against the court's document on Oct 4, 2026CRITICAL

Civil cases

Applies to: Trial and court reporter fees

The requesting party must pay trial and court reporter fees by the Pretrial Conference date, and no Pretrial Order will be filed until those fees are paid.

Trial and court reporter fees must be paid by the requesting party no later than the date of Pretrial Conference. No Pretrial Order will be filed without payment of said fees.

Judge Richard Hathcoat

Checked against the court's document on Oct 4, 2026WARNING

Applies to: Execution instruction form

Upon completion of the Execution Instruction Form, the Court Clerk must collect applicable court costs and anticipated fees.

Upon completion of the form, the Court Clerk shall collect court costs and/or anticipated fees, as follows:

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