2026 US Legal Filing Fee Database — All 50 States

What you get:

✅ small-claims-county-fees.csv (1,222 counties in 14 states) — NEW. Small claims filing fees by county for AL, AZ, GA, IL, KY, LA, MN, MS, MO, MT, OH, TN, VA and WA, the states where the fee is set below state level. 378 counties carry a fee read on an official court page, with the full fee table by claim amount (every court listed where a county has several), court address, phone, hours and web page where published, the date it was verified, and the official source URL. The 120 Kentucky counties show the statewide fee. Counties with no official fee page found are marked "Not verified", with no estimated fee and the verified range for their state shown instead.

✅ small-claims-limits-and-fees.csv (50 states) — max claim limits, filing fee ranges, e-filing availability, statutes of limitation, court names, source URLs

✅ llc-filing-fees.csv (50 states) — formation fees, annual report fees, publication requirements (AZ/NE/NY), franchise taxes, foreign LLC fees, processing times

✅ divorce-filing-fees.csv (50 states) — base filing fees, children's surcharges, service of process costs, e-filing fees, certified copy fees, parenting class requirements

✅ notary-fees.csv (50 states + DC) — acknowledgment, jurat & oath fee caps, RON caps, statutory cap status, official statute sources

✅ county-divorce-fees.csv (197 counties) — individual county filing fees, court names and addresses, statewide uniformity flag, source per county

✅ README.txt — column definitions, source notes, usage license

6 CSV files, 1,620 rows, all 50 states and DC, refreshed to October 2026 data.

Format: CSV—opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Python (pandas), R, or any database

Data verified: OCtober 2026 — sourced from official .gov court and agency websites

License: Research use permitted (publishing, internal tools, academic). Redistribution prohibited.