This section of the website is devoted to the process of the legal appeal in Tennessee. Forms, Manuals, Fee Schedules and other resources are herein provided as a courtesy. The Appellate Clerk's Office is not responsible for errors and ommissions. If you have any difficulty with the materials available, please contact the AOC at (615) 741-2687.
Notice of Appeal (Civil or Criminal)
Appeal Bond for Costs (Civil)
Uniform Affidavit of Indigency
Appearance Bond (Criminal)
Docketing Statement (Civil)
Docketing Statement (Criminal)
Appellee Address Form
Exhibit Sign-out Sheet (with Appellate Record Checkout Policy for Attorneys)
Motion for Extension
Blank Certificate of Service Example
Brief Cover Page
Uniform Facsimile Filing Cover Sheet
Brief Color Chart
Application for Admission by Affidavit (with Instruction Sheet)
Request for Certificate of Good Standing
Petition for Surrender of Law License
Procedure for Surrender of Law License
Appellate Record Preparation Handbook (Trial Court Clerks)
Appeal Timeline Charts (Attorneys and Pro Se Litigants)
Pro Se Filing Guide (Included in handbook - Motion for Extension of Time, Certificate of Service, Brief Cover)
Trial Court Clerk's Manual (Trial Court Clerks)
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-501
(a) The clerk of the supreme court and any deputy clerks of the supreme
court shall demand and receive fees hereinafter enumerated in all causes in which
such services, as herein designated, are rendered, and no other fees shall be
demanded or received by such clerk for such services. Such services and fees
are as follows:
| Service | Fee |
|---|---|
| Affixing seal | $2.00 |
| Appellate record check in/check out | $3.00 |
| Calculating appellate court costs | $4.00 |
| Certification of document with seal | $12.00 |
| Continuing date of oral argument | $4.00 |
| Copying of all documents | $1.00 / page |
| Cost bill invoice | $10.00 / each |
| Docketing case | $2.00 |
| Entering appellate court costs in execution books | $6.00 |
| Entering information in database | $1.00 |
| Filing abridged appellate record | $6.00 / volume |
| Filing affidavit | $2.00 / copy |
| Filing appendix | $4.00 / copy |
| Filing (briefs/applications/answers/petitions/responses) | $4.00 / copy |
| Filing deposition | $4.00 / each |
| Filing exhibits | $4.00 / each |
| Filing judgment or judgment order | $8.00 |
| Filing motion with affidavit, memo of law, proposed order | $5.00 / copy |
| Filing opinion | $4.00 |
| Filing order | $6.00 |
| Filing response to court order | $4.00 / each |
| Filing response to motion | $5.00 / copy |
| Filing supplemental deposition | $4.00 / each |
| Filing supplemental exhibits | $4.00 /each |
| Filing supplemental transcript of the evidence | $6.00 / volume |
| Filing supplemental technical record | $6.00 / each |
| Filing technical record | $6.00 / volume |
| Filing transcript of the evidence | $6.00 / volume |
| Issuing capias | $12.00 |
| Issuing fi.fa | $12.00 |
| Issuing writ of execution | $12.00 |
| Judgment over | $6.00 |
| Mandate/recalling mandate | $12.00 |
| Motion and response to motion for full court review | $4.00 / copy |
| Notices | $4.00 |
| Preparing record for state archives | $3.00 |
| Processing payment | $12.00 |
| Processing sheriff’s return | $4.00 |
| Qualifying each surety | $2.00 |
| Receiving notice of appeal | $4.00 |
| Receiving or filing appeal bond | $4.00 |
| Receiving or filing appearance bond | $4.00 |
| Retaxing costs | $4.00 |
| Supplemental authority and response thereto | $4.00 / copy |
| Verified bill of costs | $4.00 |
| Other filings. . | $4.00 |
| All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and designated for the operation of the state court system. | |