Rule 3.55 - Court fees and costs included in all initial fee waiversCourt fees and costs that must be waived upon granting an application for an initial fee waiver include:
(1) Clerk's fees for filing papers;(2) Clerk's fees for reasonably necessary certification and copying;(3) Clerk's fees for issuance of process and certificates;(4) Clerk's fees for transmittal of papers;(5) Sheriff's and marshal's fees under article 7 of chapter 2 of part 3 of division 2 of title 3 of the Government Code (commencing with section 26720) ;(6) Reporter's fees for attendance at hearings and trials;(7) The court fee for a telephone appearance;(8) Clerk's fees for preparing, copying, certifying, and transmitting the clerk's transcript on appeal to the reviewing court and the party. A party proceeding under an initial fee waiver must specify with particularity the documents to be included in the clerk's transcript on appeal;(9) The fee under rule 8.130(b) or rule 8.834(b) for the court to hold in trust the deposit for a reporter's transcript on appeal; and(10) The clerk's fee for preparing a transcript of an official electronic recording under rule 8.835 or a copy of such an electronic recording.Rule 3.55 amended effective 1/1/2023; amended effective 9/1/2019; Rule 3.55 amended and renumbered effective 7/1/2009; adopted as rule 3.61 effective 1/1/2007; previously amended effective 1/1/2009. Former Rule 3.55, adopted effective 1/1/2007, was repealed effective 7/1/2009.Advisory Committee Comment
The inclusion of court reporter's fees in the fees waived upon granting an application for an initial fee waiver is intended to provide a fee waiver recipient with an official court reporter or other valid means to create an official verbatim record, for purposes of appeal, on a request. (See Jameson v. Desta(2018) 5 Cal.5th 594.) It is intended to include within a waiver all fees mandated under the Government Code for the cost of court reporting services provided by a court.