SUE-O-METER · 51 STATES

How much does it cost to sue someone?

Filing fees + process-server fees + attorney range — all in. Pick your state for the bottom-line numbers.

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What goes into the estimate

The Sue-O-Meter combines three numbers: (1) your court's filing fee from our county-by-county Filing Fee dataset, (2) the typical process-server fee for your state — sheriff-only states are usually cheaper, (3) the attorney representation range for the case type. Small-claims cases generally don't allow lawyers, so the attorney column is zero.