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COURT FEE AMENDMENTS

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2021 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Kathleen A. Riebe

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House Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill creates a refiling fee for a civil court proceeding.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     creates a refiling fee;
14          ▸     requires a party to pay the refiling fee if the party or the court caused a misfiling;
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16          ▸     requires a party to pay a full fee if the party knowingly caused the misfiling.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
20          None
21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     ENACTS:
23          78A-2-310, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 78A-2-310 is enacted to read:
27          78A-2-310. Refiling fee.

28          (1) As used in this section:
29          (a) "Filing fee" means a fee described in Section 78A-2-301 or 78A-2-301.5.
30          (b) "Misfiling" means when a party files a document that is subject to a filing fee under
31     an incorrect fee category.
32          (c) "Party" means a person who pays a filing fee.
33          (d) "Refiling fee" means an amount equal to the greater of:
34          (i) (A) the amount of the filing fee applicable to the document being refiled; minus
35          (B) the amount of the filing fee the party paid when the misfiling occurred; plus
36          (C) $25 for the court's administrative costs associated with the refiling; and
37          (ii) zero.
38          (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), if a party or a court causes a misfiling and the
39     party refiles the same document under the correct filing fee category, the party shall pay a
40     refiling fee instead of a filing fee.
41          (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the party knowingly caused the misfiling.