Section C

High Court (Family Cases): court fees

20 fee items, straight from the Judiciary's Court Fees Assessment Schedule. Fixed fees run from KSh 100 to KSh 3,500. Items marked as assessed move with the amount you are claiming.

High Court (Family Cases) fees from the Court Fees Assessment Schedule
#	What you are filing	Fee
1	Summons for confirmation of Grant of Probate This one fee covers Application Affidavits Annexures Order	KSh 500
2	Any type of application This one fee covers Application Affidavit Annexures for the first one hundred pages or twenty five Megabytes of data Order	KSh 1,500
3	Application under certificate urgency This one fee covers Certificate Application Affidavits Annexures Order	KSh 1,500
4	Depositing, withdrawal or inspecting of a will This one fee covers Will Letter to deposit or withdraw will	KSh 500
5	Petition for resealing of a grant This one fee covers P&A 81 - Petition to High Court by personal representative P&A 82 - Petition to High Court by AG Certified Grant by the foreign court Affidavits Order	KSh 1,300
6	Entering a caveat (r. 15(2)) This one fee covers Caveat	KSh 500
7	Every citation This one fee covers Citation Affidavit	KSh 650
8	Adoption matters This one fee covers Application Affidavits Order Reports	KSh 3,500
9	All appeals This one fee covers Notice of appeal Memorandum of appeal Records of appeal	KSh 1,550
10	Notice of appeal to Court of Appeal - Notice	KSh 450
11	Miscellaneous applications (under Mental Health Act) This one fee covers Application Affidavit Medical Report Order	KSh 1,000
12	Bill of costs This one fee covers Bill Certificate of Taxation Bundles of documents	KSh 500
13	Response to Bill of costs This one fee covers Replying affidavit Notice Preliminary objection Grounds of opposition Submissions	KSh 300
14	Objection to Taxation - Letter for objection	KSh 100
15	Civil suits of a liquidated claim, counterclaim or originating summons 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
16	Civil suits of unliquidated claim, originating summons or counterclaim. Provided that Further Court Fees will be paid based on the amount awarded upon determination of the case	KSh 2,000
17	Petitions other than Public Trustee This one fee covers Petition Affidavit Sureties Chiefs letter Certified copy of death certificate Consent Will (testate application)	KSh 2,000
18	Filing an answer or objection to petition - Notice of objection	KSh 1,000
19	Revocation of Grant This one fee covers Application Affidavit Annexure Order	KSh 1,500
20	Court Collection Fees This one fee covers Application for Execution Legal Deposits	KSh 1,500

Source: The Judiciary of Kenya, Court Fees Assessment Schedule, section C, page 4 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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