Section D

High Court (Commercial and Tax Cases): court fees

19 fee items, straight from the Judiciary's Court Fees Assessment Schedule. Fixed fees run from KSh 100 to KSh 10,100. Items marked as assessed move with the amount you are claiming.

High Court (Commercial and Tax Cases) fees from the Court Fees Assessment Schedule
#	What you are filing	Fee
1	Liquidated claim, counterclaim or originating summons after Kshs. 1,000,000 (LN No 59) This one fee covers Plaint or counter claim or Originating Summons Verifying Affidavit Summons List of Witnesses List of Documents Statements Documents Agreed issues Pre-trial Questionnaires or Checklist Reply to defense or counterclaim	Assessed on the claim: KSh 2,000 to KSh 71,000
2	Unliquidated claim, counterclaim or originating summons. Further Court Fees will be paid based on the amount awarded upon determination of the case	KSh 2,000
3	Filing of memorandum of appearance	KSh 100
4	Defense This one fee covers Statement of defense List of witnesses List of Documents	KSh 500
5	Any type of application This one fee covers Application(s) Affidavit(s) Order Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data Form 5D - Application for execution Form 7D - Warrant of attachment Form 26D - Warrant of sale Form 23 - Notice to show cause Warrant of arrest	KSh 1,500
6	Response to an application This one fee covers Affidavits Grounds of opposition or objection Submissions Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data Answer to petition List of documents List of witnesses Statements Notice to appear	KSh 750
7	Re-issue of warrants This one fee covers Letter Return of original warrants	KSh 700
8	Bill of costs This one fee covers Bill Certificate of Taxation Bundles of documents	KSh 500
9	Response to Bill of costs	KSh 300
10	Objection to Taxation - Letter for objection	KSh 100
11	Registration of non-pecuniary foreign Judgments for adoption	KSh 2,000
12	Registration of a pecuniary foreign Judgments for adoption	Assessed on the claim: KSh 2,000 to KSh 71,000
13	Any appeal or review from Subordinate Courts and Tribunals	KSh 1,550
14	Response for income tax appeals - Statement of facts	KSh 100
15	Substantive application for Insolvency or Bankruptcy proceedings (Insolvency Act) This one fee covers Petition Affidavit(s) Certificate of compliance Certified copy of certificate of incorporation Gazettement of the petition Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data	KSh 10,000
16	Insolvency notice or statutory demand This one fee covers Statutory notice Proof of debt	KSh 1,000
17	Court Collection Fees This one fee covers Application for execution (Auctioneers) Legal Deposits	KSh 1,500
18	Petition under Company Act This one fee covers Petition Affidavit(s) Statements Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data	KSh 3,000
19	Registration of arbitration awards	KSh 10,100

Source: The Judiciary of Kenya, Court Fees Assessment Schedule, section D, page 6 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.

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