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Section R

General Fees: court fees

17 fee items, straight from the Judiciary's Court Fees Assessment Schedule. Fixed fees run from KSh 100 to KSh 2,000. Nothing in this section moves with the amount claimed.

General Fees fees from the Court Fees Assessment Schedule
#What you are filingFee
1

Advocates admission

KSh 1,000
2

Notaries public appointments

KSh 1,500
3

Notaries public annual renewal

KSh 500
4

Court library membership & annual subscription

KSh 1,000
5

Commissioning affidavit when not filed in case

KSh 200
6

Adjournment fees on application of party in the Superior Courts

KSh 2,000
7

Adjournment fees on application of party in the Subordinate Courts

KSh 500
8

Service fees within 20 kilometer radius

KSh 500
9

Service fees outside 20 kilometer radius

KSh 1,000
10

Annexures exceeding one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data

KSh 300
11

Request for Decree, Oder or Certificate of costs (Letter)

spelling "Oder" is as printed in the schedule

KSh 500
12

Request for Decree for Appeal (Letter)

No fee
13

Notice of address for service or notice of change of address - Notices

KSh 100
14

Request for Ruling, Judgment or Proceedings (Letter)

KSh 1,000
15

Filing of consent or withdrawal of suits

This one fee covers

  • Consent
  • Letter to conclude a case
No fee
16

Application to sue as pauper

This one fee covers

  • Application
  • Affidavit
No fee
17

Application for reconstruction of file

This one fee covers

  • Application
  • Affidavit
  • Copies of filed documents
No fee

Source: The Judiciary of Kenya, Court Fees Assessment Schedule, section R, page 18 of the published PDF. In force from 1 July 2021. Transcribed by hand from the page image on 2026-09-14 because the published file carries no text layer.

The registry assesses your fee. Treat this as what to expect, not a quotation, and nothing here is legal advice. paybillke is independent and not affiliated with the Judiciary of Kenya.

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