Rule 5 - Fees & Costs
Rule 5.4 - Waiver of Deposit for Fees and Costs
Rule 5 – Fees & Costs
Rule 5.4 – Waiver of Deposit for Fees and Costs
1. All applications to proceed in forma pauperis in a civil proceeding, involving an applicant who is confined, with the exception of those filed in connection with Supreme Court Rules 24.035 and 29.15 proceedings and habeas corpus proceedings, shall be accompanied by a Motion and Affidavit in Support of Request to Proceed As a Poor Person.
2. All applications to proceed in forma pauperis shall be presented for consideration to the judge assigned to the case.
3. If an application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, filing fees and publication costs, if any, shall be paid by Jackson County, unless specifically excepted from the order granting leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
4. The municipal judge or associate circuit judge from whose decision an application for trial de novo is made may, in his discretion, if satisfied that appellant is indigent, waive all or any part of the deposit for fees and costs on such application.
Adopted 5/20/16
Effective 6/17/16