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Financial Questions?
Contact the court’s financial unit at financial@caed.uscourts.gov or call (916) 930-4866.
Many questions are answered in our Financial Unit Frequently Asked Questions.
The Fee Schedule shows the fees collected by the court.
| Please send all Sacramento and Redding case payments to: Clerk U.S. District Court 501 I Street, Room 4-200 Sacramento, CA 95814 |
Please send all Fresno, Bakersfield, and Yosemite case payments to: Clerk U.S. District Court 2500 Tulare Street, Room 1501 Fresno, CA 93721 |
You may instead call or visit the Sacramento or Fresno courthouses.
Accepted payment methods:
- Credit card payment for miscellaneous fees. Credit cards are not accepted for bail or restitution payments.
- Credit card payment for registered CM/ECF users who are paying fees through CM/ECF.
- Cashier’s Check
- Money Order
- Personal Check. Please note that there is a $53 fee if checks are returned for payment or denied for insufficient funds.
Notice to Persons Making Payment by Check
When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction. When we use information from your check to make an electronic fund transfer, funds may be withdrawn from your account as soon as the same day we receive your payment, and you will not receive your check back from your financial institution. We will keep your check for three to 14 business days, after which time your check will be shredded.
Privacy Act
A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) stating our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check, and explaining the purposes and routine uses which will be made of your check information, is available from the Federal Register at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2003/02/04/03-2521/privacy-act-of-1974-as-amended-system-of-records
Or, to obtain a copy by mail you can call: 866-945-7920 Toll free.
Furnishing check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so may require you to make payment by some other method.
When you provide a check as payment, you authorize us either to use information from your check to make a one-time electronic fund transfer from your account or to process the payment as a check transaction. When we use information from your check to make an electronic fund transfer, funds may be withdrawn from your account as soon as the same day we receive your payment, and you will not receive your check back from your financial institution. We will keep your check for three to 14 business days, after which time your check will be shredded.
Privacy Act
A Privacy Act Statement required by 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3) stating our authority for soliciting and collecting the information from your check, and explaining the purposes and routine uses which will be made of your check information, is available from the Federal Register at: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2003/02/04/03-2521/privacy-act-of-1974-as-amended-system-of-records
Or, to obtain a copy by mail you can call: 866-945-7920 Toll free.
Furnishing check information is voluntary, but a decision not to do so may require you to make payment by some other method.
As of January 1, 2022, the Clerk’s Office no longer accepts cash for payments of any kind.