Administrative Court Fees

In proceedings before the courts, court fees are paid according to the provisions of the Law on Court Fees of the Herzegbosnian County, as well as Tariffs of Court Fees, which are an integral part of it.

Fees prescribed by the Law on Court Fees of the Herzegbosnian County and Tariffs of Court Fees are paid by persons at whose requests or in whose interest actions are taken in court proceedings.

For submissions and for records that replace submissions, the fee must be paid by the person who submits them, i.e., by the person at whose request the record is drawn up.

For the decision of the first-instance court, the fee must be paid by the plaintiff, i.e., the proposer, and for the court settlement, both parties must pay the fee, unless otherwise agreed in the settlement.

For the decision of the second-instance court and for the decision under the extraordinary legal remedy, the court fee must be paid by the appellant, i.e., the person in whose interest the procedure under the extraordinary legal remedy was initiated.

Along with the submission (lawsuit, motion, legal remedy, etc.), proof of the paid fee MUST be submitted.

The obligation to pay the fee arises:

• for submissions (lawsuits, responses to lawsuits, appeals and other legal remedies) - when submitted to the court;
• for court transcripts - when requested from the court;
• for court decisions - when they are published, and if the party is not present at the publication or if the decision is not publicly announced - when a copy of the decision is delivered to the party or its representative;
• for court settlements - when they are concluded;
• for a flat fee in the process of discussing the inheritance - when the decision on inheritance has been passed;
• in bankruptcy proceedings - when the decision on the main division was made in the bankruptcy proceedings;
• in the liquidation procedure - on the day of the decision on the conclusion of the liquidation procedure;
• for other actions - when their undertaking is requested.
  

For submissions and decisions in administrative disputes in matters of pension, disability and health insurance, child allowance, guardianship and social assistance, the fee is paid only if the claim is rejected or dismissed, and the fee obligation arises on the day the decision by which the claim is rejected or dismissed becomes final.

If the party submits a submission to the court without proof of the paid fee, the court will invite the party, i.e., its attorney, to pay the appropriate fee within 8 (eight) days, so if the party does not pay the fee within this period, the court will continue the procedure and proceed with compulsory collection of the fee.

The following are exempt from paying of fees:

1. Herzegnosnian County and county authorities,
2. persons and bodies exercising public powers,
3. employees in labour disputes,
4. invalids of the Homeland War, on the basis of appropriate documents proving their status,
5. spouses, children and parents of veterans killed, missing and detained in the Homeland War, on the basis of appropriate documents proving their status,
6. spouses, children and parents of those killed, missing and detained in the Homeland War, on the basis of appropriate documents proving their status,
7. exiles and refugees, on the basis of appropriate documents proving their status,
8. holders of social security cards, on the basis of appropriate documents proving their status, pensioners who receive a protective allowance,
9. humanitarian organizations and organizations dealing with the protection of the disabled and the families of those killed, missing and detained in the performance of humanitarian activities.