How to pay the court fee for a commercial property claim

When this applies

This guide is for a legal entity from Lviv or the region filing an or­di­nary prop­er­ty claim in a com­mer­cial court of first in­stance in 2026. A typical example is a busi­ness that de­liv­ered goods but was not paid by the buyer. The claim value de­ter­mines the fee; venue de­ter­mines which court’s payment details to use. The claimant’s reg­is­tra­tion in Lviv does not make every dispute subject to the local com­mer­cial court.

First check whether the dispute ac­tu­al­ly falls within com­mer­cial ju­ris­dic­tion under Article 20 of the Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code. If the claimant is an in­di­vid­ual in a civil dispute, use the sep­a­rate civil claim fee cal­cu­la­tor. For a con­trac­tu­al debt, it may also help to review ev­i­dence and the process for debt re­cov­ery and the lim­i­ta­tion period.

What deadline or procedure applies

Under the Law of Ukraine “On Court Fee”, the rate for a prop­er­ty claim in a com­mer­cial court is 1.5% of the claim value, subject to a minimum of one and a maximum of 350 sub­sis­tence min­i­mums for able-bodied persons. The 2026 Budget Law set the figure as of 1 January 2026 at UAH 3,328. The minimum is there­fore UAH 3,328, and the maximum is UAH 1,164,800.

The formula for this limited case is: min(1,164,800; max(3,328; claim value × 1.5%)). If the pro­ce­dur­al doc­u­ment is ac­tu­al­ly filed elec­tron­i­cal­ly, apply the co­ef­fi­cient 0.8 to the rate. Paying online for a paper claim does not by itself qualify for the co­ef­fi­cient.

For a quick arith­metic check, use the com­mer­cial claim fee cal­cu­la­tor. It cal­cu­lates in kopecks and rounds half a kopeck up. This is a tech­ni­cal con­ven­tion used by the tool; verify the result before payment. Do not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly carry 2026 rates over to 2027.

How to proceed step by step

1. Check the claims and their value. The Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code re­quires the claim to state its value and a rea­soned cal­cu­la­tion. Review the con­tract, primary doc­u­ments, debt period, and each com­po­nent. If the claim in­cludes an in­de­pen­dent non-prop­er­ty demand, this cal­cu­la­tion no longer covers the entire payment.
2. Iden­ti­fy the proper court. Under the general rule in Article 27 of the Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code, a claim is filed where the de­fen­dant is located; Ar­ti­cles 28–30 provide al­ter­na­tive and ex­clu­sive rules. If the case is ac­tu­al­ly as­signed to Lviv Region, open the Com­mer­cial Court of Lviv Region court fee page. If the coun­ter­par­ty is reg­is­tered in another region, check venue before using this account.
3. Cal­cu­late the rate. For a claim arising from a de­liv­ery worth UAH 240,000, the 1.5% rate is UAH 3,600. This is above the UAH 3,328 minimum. For paper filing, the ap­prox­i­mate payment is UAH 3,600; only with actual elec­tron­ic filing does it fall to UAH 2,880.
4. Check ex­cep­tions and pay. Before paying, check for an ex­emp­tion, release from payment, or grounds to request de­fer­ral or a re­duc­tion. Im­me­di­ate­ly before payment, get the details from the of­fi­cial page of the proper court; do not copy an account number from an old receipt.
5. Prepare the filing package. Attach proof of payment or proper support for an ex­emp­tion, the ev­i­dence, and con­fir­ma­tion that copies of the claim were sent to the other par­tic­i­pants as re­quired by Ar­ti­cles 162–164 and 172 of the Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code.

What to check before filing

The claim value must follow from the demands and primary doc­u­ments, not just an ac­counts re­ceiv­able record. For a busi­ness from Lviv, the key ques­tion is where the de­fen­dant is reg­is­tered and whether a special venue rule applies. Also check the rules for real estate, con­tracts with a spec­i­fied place of per­for­mance, and mul­ti­ple de­fen­dants. If the proper court is outside Lviv Region, find that court’s own payment details.

The cal­cu­la­tor does not cover non-prop­er­ty or mixed claims, court payment orders, bank­rupt­cy, appeals, cas­sa­tion, ex­emp­tions, or amend­ments to a claim after filing. If a payment has already been made in­cor­rect­ly, or the case ended on a pro­ce­dur­al ground that may permit a refund, sep­a­rate­ly check the pro­ce­dure for re­fund­ing a court fee.

When to consult a lawyer

Legal review is useful when the amount com­bines prin­ci­pal debt, penal­ties, and dif­fer­ent periods; there are mul­ti­ple de­fen­dants; the dispute con­cerns real estate; or a request to rec­og­nize or ter­mi­nate a right is added to the prop­er­ty claim. A lawyer can compare the wording of the claim with its value, venue rules, pos­si­ble ex­emp­tions, and proof of payment.

For a claim by a Lviv Region busi­ness, check the local court and its of­fi­cial payment details before trans­fer­ring funds. If venue or the claims are iden­ti­fied in­cor­rect­ly, the payment arith­metic alone will not fix the problem.