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South Carolina
Judicial Branch
2018-10-09-02

The Supreme Court of South Carolina

Re: Motion Fees Pursuant to Rule 240, South Carolina Appellate Court Rules

Appellate Case No. 2018-001410

ORDER


In accordance with the provisions of Rule 240(d) of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, the current $25 fee for filing motions 1 in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals is increased to $50.  The increase is effective for any motion filed on or after October 15, 2018.  Pursuant to Rule 240(d), no fee is required for motions or petitions in criminal appeals, petitions for writs of certiorari under Rules 242 and 243, certified questions under Rule 244, petitions to invoke the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Rule 245, or motions or petitions filed by the State of South Carolina or its departments or agencies.


1This fee was set at $25 by Order dated October 2, 1985.


s/Donald W. Beatty                        C.J.

s/John W. Kittredge                           J.

s/Kaye G. Hearn                                J.

s/John Cannon Few                           J.

s/George C. James, Jr.                      J.

Columbia, South Carolina
October 9, 2018