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Miscellaneous Fee Payments

Payments for fees can be made in person at our Courthouse or via the online Pay.gov platform. Credit cards are not accepted over the telephone for any fee collection. The Pay.gov link for online payment of Miscellaneous Fees is ALSD Misc Fees Form (https://pay.gov/public/form/start/1406462790).

Online Payment for Miscellaneous Fees (not collected through CM-ECF and not Criminal Debt payments) include:

  • Certificate of Good Standing

  • Copy Work/Reproduction

  • Other Reproduction Services

  • Registration of Judgment

  • Record Search

  • Certification

  • Filing or Indexing

  • Issuance of Apostille

  • Federal Records Center Retrieval and/or Reproduction

  • Returned Check Fee

  • CVB Processing Fee

Payments may be made via the pay.gov website using an ACH, debit or credit card. You may also find the form service by searching for ALSD on the Pay.gov homepage.

***Please note that Southern District of Alabama does not operate pay.gov, so operational questions should be referred to pay.gov online help.***

Other questions may be referred to the Clerk’s Office Finance Department by calling (251) 690-2371, or emailing alsd_finance@alsd.uscourts.gov.

To make your payment, use the ALSD Misc. Fees Form (https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1406462790). To make a single payment without storing your user information, choose the “Continue to the Form” option on the payment form link above.

Notice to Persons Making Payment by Check

When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction. For inquiries, please call 251-690-2371.

When we use information from your check to make an electronic fund transfer, funds may be withdrawn from your account as soon as the same day we receive your payment, and you will not receive your check back from your financial institution. We will keep your check for five (5) to 45 business days, after which time your check will be shredded.

Privacy Act

A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) stating our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check, and explaining the purposes and routine uses that will be made of your check information, is available from the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2003/02/04/03-2521/privacy-act-of-1974-as-amended-system-of-recordsr. You can obtain a copy by mail by calling (toll free) 1-866-945-7920. Furnishing the check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so may require you to make payment by some other method.