Article 19. Specific aspects of collection of state duties in courts

Duties on claims filed with the courts, on applications with regard to cases under special proceedings, on appeals arising from administrative and legal relations filed with courts, as well as on appeals with regard to the rulings of the cassation and supervisory complaints issued at courts, as well as for the issuance of copies of documents by the courtsare charged in the following order:

statements of claims on recognizing contracts as invalid, on termination of contracts or on their amendment and on amendment of their conditions are paid at the rates established for statements on pre-contractual disputes, regardless of whether the contract is contested as a whole or only in some part;

on counterclaims, as well as on applications for the entry into the case of third parties with independent claims, the state duty is collected on a general basis.

When the court replaces the original plaintiff with another one based on the person's consent, this person must pay a state fee on a general basis.

In the event of the initial claimant's withdrawal from the case and his replacement by the legal successor, the state duty shall be collected from the legal successor proportionately to the amount of the satisfied claims, in case it was not paid by the initial claimant.

If a judge separates one or more of the combined claims into separate proceedings, the state duty paid upon filing a claim shall not be recalculated or refunded. The state duty is not paid for the second time on the separate production.

For re-submitted applications that were previously left without consideration, the state duty shall be paid again on a general basis. If, in connection with the abandonment of the application without consideration, the state duty was subject to return, but was not returned, an initial document on the payment of the state duty may be attached to the re-submitted application, if the limitation period has not expired in accordance with civil law from the day it was credited to the budget.

The price of the claim, on which the state duty is calculated, shall be determined by the plaintiff, and in established cases — by the court in accordance with the civil procedural and economic procedural legislation.

If, at the time of preparation of the case for consideration, the plaintiff filed an application for the termination of the case for the recovery of alimony, in these cases the state duty is not collected from the defendant.