District Court Civil Fees and Costs

Administrative Appeals $80.00*
    Department of Labor and Training
    State of Rhode Island Division of Taxation ​​​
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Administrative Appeal $25.00* ​​
     Division of Motor Vehicles
     Filed and Paid for at the Sixth Division District Court

     Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal case
     Filed and Paid for at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal
Civil Filing Fee $80.00*
Civil Execution Fee $20.00*​*
Small Claims Filing Fee $55.00*
Small Claims Execution Fee $20.00**
Vicious Dog Complaint $80.00**
*    In addition to the filing fees above, to follow are the one-time fees that shall be assessed on a civil case when using the Rhode Island Judiciary’s electronic filing system,
Odyssey File and Serve by Tyler Technologies, Inc., or a civil case that is scanned and filed into the Judiciary’s case management system at the clerk’s counter. ​

Civil Case Processing Fee to Tyler Technologies: ​ ​$17.50 ​​
Technology Surcharge:
$3.25
Credit Card Fee: 3.25%​


ˆ Credit card fees are 3.25% of the amount of the transaction, which includes the filing fee, civil case processing fee to Tyler Technologies, Inc., and the technology surcharge.

** If paying by credit card, a credit card fee of 3.25% would apply. ​
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