How to Get a Court Fee Refund: Grounds, Amount, and Procedure

When you may need this

Use this guide if a court re­turned an ap­pli­ca­tion or com­plaint, refused to open pro­ceed­ings, left the case ma­te­ri­als without con­sid­er­a­tion, or closed the case. It also applies if the claim was reduced, the fee was over­paid, or the parties are re­solv­ing the dispute through a set­tle­ment. The same receipt may lead to dif­fer­ent refund amounts in these sit­u­a­tions.

First dis­tin­guish a refund under Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On Court Fees” from a payment cred­it­ed by mistake. A pro­ce­dur­al refund depends on the ground in the case and usually on a court ruling. An error in the payment details, a du­pli­cate payment that was not used, or another mis­tak­en credit may require a dif­fer­ent doc­u­ment route, so do not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly enter it into a per­cent­age-based cal­cu­la­tion.

For a case in Lviv, check both which court con­sid­ered the matter and the budget revenue clas­si­fi­ca­tion code on the payment in­struc­tion. Local and ap­pel­late courts, the Supreme Court, the HACC, and the State Ju­di­cial Ad­min­is­tra­tion use dif­fer­ent codes, so do not iden­ti­fy the re­cip­i­ent by the court in­stance alone.

Which deadline or procedure applies

Article 7 pro­vides three main cal­cu­la­tion paths. If the claim was reduced or the fee was paid in excess, the over­paid dif­fer­ence is re­fund­ed. If an ap­pli­ca­tion or com­plaint was re­turned, pro­ceed­ings were not opened, or another el­i­gi­ble ground under Article 7(1) applies, the fee is re­fund­ed in full.

A full refund cannot be applied au­to­mat­i­cal­ly. If an ap­pli­ca­tion is left without con­sid­er­a­tion, the law ex­cludes certain sit­u­a­tions in­volv­ing re­peat­ed failure to appear, failure to provide re­quest­ed ma­te­ri­als, or a motion by the claimant. If pro­ceed­ings are closed, this full-refund path does not apply when the court ac­cept­ed the claimant’s with­draw­al of the claim as the reason for closure.

A sep­a­rate path applies to set­tle­ments, with­drawals of claims, and ad­mis­sions of claims. At first in­stance, the law ties these actions to a spe­cif­ic pro­ce­dur­al stage; during an appeal or cas­sa­tion review, the refund relates to the payment for that com­plaint. The stan­dard share is 50%, or 60% if an agree­ment is reached through me­di­a­tion. With­draw­ing an appeal or cas­sa­tion com­plaint should not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly be treated as the statu­to­ry with­draw­al of a claim.

Since 7 January 2025, the Trea­sury refunds court fees only on the basis of an elec­tron­ic sub­mis­sion pre­pared by the proper ju­di­cial au­thor­i­ty. The payer files an ap­pli­ca­tion with that au­thor­i­ty, in­clud­ing the re­quired details and the orig­i­nal or a copy of the payment in­struc­tion. The elec­tron­ic re­quire­ment applies to the court’s sub­mis­sion to the Trea­sury; it does not mean that every in­di­vid­ual must use the Elec­tron­ic Court system.

Steps to take

1. Iden­ti­fy one payment. Record the amount, date, payer, payment purpose, account, budget revenue clas­si­fi­ca­tion code, and court in­stance. If there are several re­ceipts, review each one sep­a­rate­ly.

2. Find the exact ground. Match the court order, judg­ment, or pro­ce­dur­al action to the rel­e­vant para­graph or part of Article 7. Do not choose the full-refund path merely because the pro­ceed­ings ended: the reason for ending them de­ter­mines the ex­cep­tion and amount.

3. Es­ti­mate the amount. For an over­pay­ment, sub­tract the correct fee due from the amount paid. Use 100% for a full-refund ground. For a set­tle­ment, with­draw­al of a claim, or ad­mis­sion of a claim, use 50% or 60% after con­firmed me­di­a­tion. You can use the court fee refund cal­cu­la­tor, but it does not replace review of the court ruling.

4. Iden­ti­fy the ap­pli­ca­tion re­cip­i­ent. For code 22030101, apply to the rel­e­vant court whose account re­ceived the payment; for code 22030102, apply to the Supreme Court; for code 22030103, to the HACC; and for code 22030106, to the State Ju­di­cial Ad­min­is­tra­tion of Ukraine. Check the code on the payment in­struc­tion before filing.

5. Prepare the ap­pli­ca­tion and at­tach­ments. Provide the payer’s and refund account’s details, case in­for­ma­tion, amount, ground, and payment details. Attach the orig­i­nal or a copy of the payment in­struc­tion, proof of the rep­re­sen­ta­tive’s au­thor­i­ty, and any other ma­te­ri­als re­quired for that refund path.

6. Keep proof of filing. For a paper ap­pli­ca­tion, this may be a filing-office stamp or postal doc­u­ments; for an elec­tron­ic filing, keep the de­liv­ery and sig­na­ture re­ceipts. The proper au­thor­i­ty then reviews the doc­u­ments and pre­pares the elec­tron­ic sub­mis­sion to the Trea­sury.

What to check before filing

Check the pro­ce­dur­al timing. For a 50% or 60% refund, it is not enough to refer to a set­tle­ment, with­draw­al, or ad­mis­sion: the law ties the refund to when the action oc­curred and which payment is covered. At the appeal and cas­sa­tion stages, review the fee for the rel­e­vant com­plaint rather than au­to­mat­i­cal­ly using the orig­i­nal payment.

For an over­pay­ment, verify the un­der­ly­ing cal­cu­la­tion. The cal­cu­la­tor does not de­ter­mine the fee rate based on the type of filing, claim value, or ex­emp­tion. If the correct amount due after the claim was reduced is wrong, the arith­metic dif­fer­ence will also be wrong.

Read the op­er­a­tive part of the court ruling sep­a­rate­ly. If it does not address the refund, a proper motion or another pro­ce­dur­al step may be needed. If the ap­pli­ca­tion was first left without move­ment because of a payment issue, also review how to cure defects in a state­ment of claim so you do not confuse an ad­di­tion­al payment, return of the ap­pli­ca­tion, and refund of a fee already paid.

Before sending the ap­pli­ca­tion, iden­ti­fy the re­cip­i­ent by the budget clas­si­fi­ca­tion code, not only by the case name. Ap­ply­ing to the wrong au­thor­i­ty, omit­ting the payment in­struc­tion, or pro­vid­ing in­cor­rect bank details can delay prepa­ra­tion of the elec­tron­ic sub­mis­sion.

When to consult a lawyer

Consult a lawyer if the court ruling does not state a clear ground, leaving the case without con­sid­er­a­tion or closing it may fall under an ex­cep­tion, there are several pay­ments, the claim value changed, or you are seeking a 60% refund after me­di­a­tion. The main risk is choos­ing the wrong legal path, not doing dif­fi­cult arith­metic.

A sep­a­rate review can help at the appeal or cas­sa­tion stage, where you may need to dis­tin­guish with­draw­al of a claim from with­draw­al of a com­plaint, iden­ti­fy the rel­e­vant payment, and for­mu­late the motion. The cal­cu­la­tor returns a figure only for the model se­lect­ed by the user and cannot guar­an­tee that the court will confirm the ground.

For a case in Lviv, a lawyer can match the court order or judg­ment to the payment in­struc­tion, check the budget revenue clas­si­fi­ca­tion code, iden­ti­fy the proper ju­di­cial au­thor­i­ty, and review the re­quired details. The ap­pli­ca­tion should lead to an elec­tron­ic sub­mis­sion to the Trea­sury, without an in­cor­rect direct paper filing.