§ 12.25. Filing fees.
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(a)Fees payable upon filing a complaint.
(1)A complainant who, in the complaint, has elected the voluntary decisional procedure shall, at the time of filing the complaint, pay a filing fee of \$50.00;
(2)A complainant who, in the complaint wherein the amount of damages claimed does not exceed \$30,000, exclusive of interest and costs, has not elected the voluntary decisional procedure shall, at the time of filing the complaint, pay a filing fee of \$125.00.
(3)A complainant who, in the complaint wherein the amount of damages claimed exceeds \$30,000, exclusive of interest and costs, has not elected the voluntary decisional procedure shall, at the time of filing the complaint, pay a filing fee of \$250.00.
(b)Fees payable upon filing an answer.
(1)If a complainant, in the complaint, has elected the voluntary decisional procedure, a respondent who, in the answer, elects the summary decisional procedure (available only where the amount of damages claimed in the complaint or as counterclaims does not exceed \$30,000) shall, at the time of filing the answer, pay a filing fee of \$75.00.
(2)If a complainant, in the complaint, has elected the voluntary decisional procedure, a respondent who, in the answer, elects the formal decisional procedure (available only where the amount of damages claimed in the complaint or as counterclaims exceeds \$30,000) shall, at the time of filing the answer, pay a filing fee of \$200.00.
(c)Fees payable upon filing a reply. In any case in which a counterclaim has been made, unless a complainant in the complaint, or the respondent in an answer, has elected the summary decisional procedure or the formal decisional procedure a complainant, who in the reply elects either of these procedures, shall, at the time of filing the reply, pay a filing fee of \$75.00 or \$200.00, respectively, depending whether the procedure elected by complainant is pursuant to subpart D or E of this part. \[49 FR 6621, Feb. 22, 1984; 49 FR 15070, Apr. 17, 1984, as amended at 59 FR 9637, Mar. 1, 1994; 86 FR 64354, Nov. 18, 2021\]