Rule 24: Waiver of Filing Fee
Payment of the filing fee required by Rules 3(f) (Appellate Procedure: Payment of Fees), 21(a) (Extraordinary Relief: Petition: Service, Content, and Filing), or 22(e) (Filing a Request for Class Certification and Class Action: Payment of Fees), will be waived, based on financial hardship, in any case where a person (the appellant or petitioner) submits a declaration of financial hardship and that declaration is accepted for filing. The Court may request additional information, as it deems appropriate. The declaration of financial hardship will be subject to the penalty for perjury pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746. The declaration shall either be on Form 4 in the Appendix of Forms or contain the detail called for in that form. If the declaration is found to lack a signature or to be otherwise noncompliant, it will be returned; not later than the time fixed by the notice of returned documents, either the filing fee shall be paid or a new declaration that addresses the deficiencies in the noncompliant declaration shall be submitted.
Practitioner's Note: Only a natural person may qualify for waiver under this Rule. Other filers, such as corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, and societies, are ineligible to file requests under this Rule.
