The fee for filing a complaint, petition, or other pleading initiating a civil action, with the following exceptions, shall be $150.
(A) When the amount of money or damages or the value of personal property claimed does not exceed $250, the fee shall be $10.
(B) When that amount exceeds $250 but does not exceed $500, the fee shall be $20.
(C) When that amount exceeds $500 but does not exceed $2,500, the fee shall be $40.
(D) When that amount exceeds $2,500 but does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be $75.
(E) (1) For the exercise of eminent domain, the fee shall be $125.
(2) For each additional lot or tract of land, or right or interest therein subject to be condemned, the damages in respect to which shall require separate assessment by a jury, the fee shall be $125.
(F) For family cases:
(1) For filing a petition under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the fee shall be $25;
(2) For filing a petition for a marriage license, the fee shall be $10;
(3) For performing a marriage in court, the fee shall be $10; and
(4) For filing a petition under the State Parentage Act of 1984, the fee shall be $40.
(Prior Code, Title 6, Chapter 5) (Ord. passed - -2006)