The Registrar of the Zimbabwean High Court has announced new fees for services by the court. All the figures below are In the local currency – ZWL$.
This could have been triggered by the continued shedding of the value of the local currency, particularly, against the United States dollar.
As of the end of August this year, Zimbabwe’s annual inflation was at 761.02%.
See the notice below.
1. Original summons, including civil imprisonment summons and citation, court application, special and agreed case, income tax appeal, claim in reconvention and urgent chamber application ……………… 1000
2. Original summons, sounding in money ……………………………………………………………0,01 unit of claimed amount.
3. Appeals from lower court or tribunal, including tax appeals ……………………………………….1 000
4. Chamber application, other than application in the course of or incidental to other legal proceedings – $1000
5. Application for trial dates ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….500
6.Application for condonation and/or extension of time ……………………………………………………..1 500
7. Application for default judgment …………………………………………………………………………………………….800
8. Recording fee …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….500
9. Writ of execution or attachment, including civil imprisonment ……………………………………….1000
10. Order of court or certified copy thereof ……………………………………………………………………………..200
11. Certificate by Registrar …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1000
12. Affixing the seal of the count to any document (per page) ……………………………………………1000
12. Registration certificate ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………2000
13. Taxation:
(1) notice of taxation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………1000
(2) application for a set down for taxation ……………………………………………………………….. 1000
14. Making a copy of any document, other than a certified copy of an order of court by:
(1) photocopying per page, or duplicated or printed copy, per page ………………………..30.
(2) original typing, er page …………………………………………………………………………………………………40
15. Search fee …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………200
16 Retrieval fee ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………300
