Information on Civil Appeal Procedures

re filing your notice of appeal for the amount of the fee. The fee for filing a notice of appeal in an unlimited civil case is $775. The fee for filing a cross-appeal is $400. You can pay the fee by cash, check, or money order. If you cannot afford to pay the fee, you can ask the court to waive the fee by filing an Application for Waiver of Court Fees and Costs (form FW-001 ). You can get form FW-001 at any courthouse or county law library or online at www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm . You can get more information about fee waivers on the California Courts Online Self-Help Center at www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-fees.htm. Do I have to pay a fee to file my notice of appeal?

If you are appealing a decision made by a judge or jury in a civil case in which the amount of money claimed is more than $25,000, you can file a Notice of Appeal/Cross-Appeal (Unlimited Civil Case) (form APP-002). You must serve and file this notice within 60 days after the trial court clerk or a party serves either a document called a “Notice