Missouri Small Claims Court Filing Fees (2026)
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Each Missouri court sets its own fee, so the county matters. Pick yours to see the court and what's included.
Adair County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedAndrew County Circuit Court (5th Judicial Circuit, Small Claims)
$35.50 small claims filing fee ('Small Claims - $100 & over' and 'Under $100' both $35.50) on the 5th Judicial Circuit's cost-deposit schedule for Andrew County; Buchanan County's column is $30.50. Service fees are covered separately in the schedule. Page carries no overall date.
Court, contact and what's includedAtchison County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedAudrain County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedBarry County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Sheriff services not included. Page undated.
Court, contact and what's includedBarton County Circuit Court (28th Judicial Circuit, Small Claims)
$20.50 small claims filing fee, with $30.94 for certified mail plus $10.44 for each additional defendant, per the 28th Judicial Circuit (Barton, Cedar, Dade and Vernon counties) cost schedule effective 09-16-2025. Posted on the Cedar County circuit clerk page; the circuit sets one schedule for all four counties.
Court, contact and what's includedBates County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Small claims up to $5,000; service fees extra.
Court, contact and what's includedBenton County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedBollinger County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedBoone County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedBuchanan County Circuit Court (Associate Division, Small Claims)
Source page dated June 2023; service costs extra.
Court, contact and what's includedButler County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
$35.50 small claims filing fee (Butler County Circuit Clerk civil filing fees, effective January 1, 2024); trial de novo $45.00; summons mileage $0.67 per mile extra.
Court, contact and what's includedCaldwell County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedCallaway County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
13th Judicial Circuit fee page (shared with Boone). Small Claims up to $5,000 is $20.50 with sheriff service (sheriff cost extra, contact Callaway Sheriff); $31.50 with one defendant served by certified mail. Page undated.
Court, contact and what's includedCamden County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedCape Girardeau County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Plus service by certified mail $10.38, or Sheriff service (paid to Sheriff).
Court, contact and what's includedCarroll County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedCarter County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedCass County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Certified mail/sheriff service extra.
Court, contact and what's includedCedar County Circuit Court (Small Claims Division)
Filing fee effective 09-16-2025. Certified mail service is extra: $30.94 plus $10.44 per additional recipient.
Court, contact and what's includedChariton County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedChristian County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Sheriff service fee extra, paid separately.
Court, contact and what's includedClark County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's included7th Judicial Circuit Court, Clay County (Small Claims)
Certified mail service $10 per defendant extra (total $30.50 for one defendant).
Court, contact and what's includedClinton County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedCole County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
$45 filing fee, plus a $50 service fee paid by check or money order to the Cole County Sheriff, per the Circuit Clerk's Pro Se Small Claim form (SC40). The form shows no date; confirm the amount with the clerk.
Court, contact and what's includedCooper County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedCrawford County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedDade County Circuit Court (28th Judicial Circuit, Small Claims)
$20.50 small claims filing fee, with $30.94 for certified mail plus $10.44 for each additional defendant, per the 28th Judicial Circuit (Barton, Cedar, Dade and Vernon counties) cost schedule effective 09-16-2025. Posted on the Cedar County circuit clerk page; the circuit sets one schedule for all four counties.
Court, contact and what's includedDallas County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedDaviess County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedDeKalb County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedDent County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedDouglas County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedDunklin County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedFranklin County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Certified mail/sheriff fees extra.
Court, contact and what's includedGasconade County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
$20.50 small claims petition, plus certified mail or sheriff service fees. Circuit Clerk's schedule of fees dated 4/18/23.
Court, contact and what's includedGentry County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedGreene County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Certified mail $10 or sheriff $55 per defendant extra.
Court, contact and what's includedGrundy County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedHarrison County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedHenry County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedHickory County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedHolt County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedHoward County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedHowell County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedIron County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's included16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County (Small Claims)
Deposit per the court's Fees and Filing Deposits schedule dated 2026-09-01. Service by Jackson County deputy $46 per defendant extra (raised from $36 on 2026-01-01 under RSMo 57.280.4(1)); total $73.50 for one defendant. The web page's 2018 note of a $3.50 Juvenile Justice Preservation Fund surcharge on civil filings predates this schedule; the schedule lists the deposit to pay at filing.
Court, contact and what's includedJasper County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Sheriff service $45 per defendant extra.
Court, contact and what's includedJefferson County Circuit Court, 23rd Judicial Circuit (Small Claims)
Certified mail service per defendant extra.
Court, contact and what's includedJohnson County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Service costs extra. Page undated.
Court, contact and what's includedKnox County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedLaclede County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedLafayette County Circuit Court (Associate Division, Small Claims)
Pro se: $35.50 plus service fee; e-file $35.50.
Court, contact and what's includedLawrence County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Certified-mail service adds $16.50 per defendant; sheriff service is separate.
Court, contact and what's includedLewis County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedLincoln County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedLinn County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedLivingston County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMacon County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMadison County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMaries County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMarion County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMcDonald County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMercer County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMiller County Circuit Court (Associate Division, Small Claims)
Court, contact and what's includedMississippi County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMoniteau County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMonroe County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMontgomery County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedMorgan County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Sheriff service extra.
Court, contact and what's includedNew Madrid County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedNewton County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedNodaway County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedOregon County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedOsage County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedOzark County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedPemiscot County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedPerry County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedPettis County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
$35.50 small claims filing fee. Self-represented parties add a separate check for the sheriff's service fee (amount set by the sheriff). The county's Filing Fees and Other Costs sheet was uploaded July 2021 and carries no date; confirm with the clerk.
Court, contact and what's includedPhelps County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Service extra: $10 per defendant by certified mail, or $30 per defendant by Phelps County Sheriff.
Court, contact and what's includedPike County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedPlatte County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Includes service by certified mail, restricted delivery.
Court, contact and what's includedPolk County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedPulaski County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedPutnam County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedRalls County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedRandolph County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedRay County Circuit Court (Associate Division, Small Claims)
Court, contact and what's includedReynolds County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedRipley County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedSaline County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
$35.50 small claims filing fee (Associate Division fees, pro se plus a separate service fee); trial de novo $45.00. County 'Circuit Division Fees 2026' sheet.
Court, contact and what's includedSchuyler County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedScotland County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedScott County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedShannon County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedShelby County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's included11th Judicial Circuit Court, St. Charles County (Small Claims)
Certified mail service $10 per defendant extra (total $30.50 for one defendant); sheriff service paid separately to the sheriff. No personal checks for the filing fee.
Court, contact and what's includedSt. Clair County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedSt. Francois County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Certified mail service extra: $39.50 for 1 defendant, $58.50 for 2 (as listed on the clerk's page).
Court, contact and what's included22nd Judicial Circuit Court of St. Louis City (Small Claims)
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedSt. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit, Associate Division - Small Claims)
Certified mail service fee $10 per defendant extra.
Court, contact and what's includedSte. Genevieve County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
$20.50 small claims total filing fee; trial de novo $45. The county's Filing Fees sheet carries no date; confirm with the clerk.
Court, contact and what's includedStoddard County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedStone County Circuit Court (Associate Division, Small Claims)
Court, contact and what's includedSullivan County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedTaney County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedTexas County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedVernon County Circuit Court (28th Judicial Circuit, Small Claims)
$20.50 small claims filing fee, with $30.94 for certified mail plus $10.44 for each additional defendant, per the 28th Judicial Circuit (Barton, Cedar, Dade and Vernon counties) cost schedule effective 09-16-2025. Posted on the Cedar County circuit clerk page; the circuit sets one schedule for all four counties.
Court, contact and what's includedWarren County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedWashington County Circuit Court
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedWayne County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedWebster County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedWorth County courts
We haven't verified this county's fee from an official source yet. Call the clerk before you go. Verified Missouri courts charge between $20.50 and $100.
Court, contact and what's includedWright County Circuit Court (Small Claims)
Service fees are separate.
Court, contact and what's includedFees across Missouri
Lowest small claims filing fee in each county. Darker costs more.
Largest counties
| County | Filing fee |
|---|---|
| St. LouisSt. Louis County Circuit Court | $20.50 |
| Jackson16th Judicial Circuit Court of Jackson County | $27.50 |
| St. Charles11th Judicial Circuit Court, St. Charles County | $20.50 |
| GreeneGreene County Circuit Court | $35.50 |
| St. Louis city22nd Judicial Circuit Court of St. Louis City | Not verified |
| Clay7th Judicial Circuit Court, Clay County | $20.50 |
| JeffersonJefferson County Circuit Court, 23rd Judicial Circuit | $20.50 |
| Boone | Not verified |
| JasperJasper County Circuit Court | $20.50 |
Before you file
Missouri allows attorney representation in small claims, though it's not required.
Many courts charge extra for each added defendant or for certified-mail service. Your county's result above lists what applies.
If you can't afford the fee, ask the clerk how to file without paying up front. The court decides. Missouri fee waiver guide
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Fees in this state depend on the county where you file.
Each court in this county sets its own small claims fee.
Missouri small claims fees by county
In Missouri the fee depends on where you file. 37 of 115 counties show a fee verified on an official page; the rest show the verified range and the clerk to contact.
- Adair County Not yet verified
- Andrew County $35.50
- Atchison County Not yet verified
- Audrain County Not yet verified
- Barry County $35.50
- Barton County $20.50
- Bates County $20.50
- Benton County Not yet verified
- Bollinger County Not yet verified
- Boone County Not yet verified
- Buchanan County $30.50
- Butler County $35.50
- Caldwell County Not yet verified
- Callaway County $20.50
- Camden County Not yet verified
- Cape Girardeau County $37
- Carroll County Not yet verified
- Carter County Not yet verified
- Cass County $35.50
- Cedar County $20.50
- Chariton County Not yet verified
- Christian County $35.50
- Clark County Not yet verified
- Clay County $20.50
- Clinton County Not yet verified
- Cole County $45
- Cooper County Not yet verified
- Crawford County Not yet verified
- Dade County $20.50
- Dallas County Not yet verified
- Daviess County Not yet verified
- DeKalb County Not yet verified
- Dent County Not yet verified
- Douglas County Not yet verified
- Dunklin County Not yet verified
- Franklin County $20.50
- Gasconade County $20.50
- Gentry County Not yet verified
- Greene County $35.50
- Grundy County Not yet verified
- Harrison County Not yet verified
- Henry County Not yet verified
- Hickory County Not yet verified
- Holt County Not yet verified
- Howard County Not yet verified
- Howell County Not yet verified
- Iron County Not yet verified
- Jackson County $27.50
- Jasper County $20.50
- Jefferson County $20.50
- Johnson County $35.50
- Knox County Not yet verified
- Laclede County Not yet verified
- Lafayette County $35.50
- Lawrence County $35.50
- Lewis County Not yet verified
- Lincoln County Not yet verified
- Linn County Not yet verified
- Livingston County Not yet verified
- Macon County Not yet verified
- Madison County Not yet verified
- Maries County Not yet verified
- Marion County Not yet verified
- McDonald County Not yet verified
- Mercer County Not yet verified
- Miller County $20.50
- Mississippi County Not yet verified
- Moniteau County Not yet verified
- Monroe County Not yet verified
- Montgomery County Not yet verified
- Morgan County $100
- New Madrid County Not yet verified
- Newton County Not yet verified
- Nodaway County Not yet verified
- Oregon County Not yet verified
- Osage County Not yet verified
- Ozark County Not yet verified
- Pemiscot County Not yet verified
- Perry County Not yet verified
- Pettis County $35.50
- Phelps County $20.50
- Pike County Not yet verified
- Platte County $40.50
- Polk County Not yet verified
- Pulaski County Not yet verified
- Putnam County Not yet verified
- Ralls County Not yet verified
- Randolph County Not yet verified
- Ray County $35.50
- Reynolds County Not yet verified
- Ripley County Not yet verified
- Saline County $35.50
- Schuyler County Not yet verified
- Scotland County Not yet verified
- Scott County Not yet verified
- Shannon County Not yet verified
- Shelby County Not yet verified
- St. Charles County $20.50
- St. Clair County Not yet verified
- St. Francois County $20.50
- St. Louis County $20.50
- St. Louis city Not yet verified
- Ste. Genevieve County $20.50
- Stoddard County Not yet verified
- Stone County $35.50
- Sullivan County Not yet verified
- Taney County Not yet verified
- Texas County Not yet verified
- Vernon County $20.50
- Warren County Not yet verified
- Washington County Not yet verified
- Wayne County Not yet verified
- Webster County Not yet verified
- Worth County Not yet verified
- Wright County $23.50
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Missouri Small Claims Filing Fees Explained
To file a small claims case in the Small Claims Court, you must pay a filing fee at the time you submit your paperwork. In Missouri, filing fees are $20.50–$100 depending on the amount of your claim.
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