Legal Rates and Filing Fees

30/06/2026
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Never search online for legal rates and filing fees again!

Legal rates and filing fees are now available directly within matters via the Legal Rates tab.

Included is a range of commonly used legal rates and filing fees across relevant areas of law and matter types, including LINZ fees, Court filing fees, Companies Office fees, and Immigration New Zealand fees.

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You can also access Legal Rates from the LEAP Menu.

Desktop: Click the LEAP Menu > Other > under Legal Rates. The Legal Rates will open in a new window.

Web: Click > Other > under Tools > Quick Calculator. The Quick Calculator will open in a new window.

Legal Rate Types

Under the Legal Rates tab, you'll find detailed information for each of the listed areas, including:

Search fees
Registration fees
Filing fees
Application fees

Available Areas of Law

Legal Rates are available in various Areas of Law across the following Matter Types:

Legal Rates	Area of Law	Matter Types
Companies Office	Commercial	Company
Criminal - District Court & High Court	Criminal	Criminal Appeal Criminal Offence Traffic Offence
Disputes Tribunal	Employment Litigation & Disputes	Employment Agreement Employment Dispute Debt Recovery General Dispute Estate Dispute Trust Dispute
District Court	Family Litigation & Disputes	Protection of Personal and Property Rights Debt Recovery District Court Litigation Estate Dispute General Dispute
Employment Court & Employment Relation Authority	Employment	Employment Dispute Employment – General Advice
Environment Court	Environment & Planning	Resource Management
Family Court	Family	Care or Protection Child Support Dissolution Family – General Parenting Property Division Relationship Property Surrogacy
High Court	Estate Administration Litigation & Disputes Insolvency & Bankruptcy Public Law	General Estate Administration Probate Letters of Administration Defamation High Court Litigation Bankruptcy Insolvency Local Government Public Law – General
Immigration New Zealand	Immigration	Citizenship Visa
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)	Agriculture & Rural	Rural - General Advice
	Commercial Conveyancing & Property Environment & Planning Trust	Commercial - General Advice Commercial Finance Purchase of Business Purchase of Franchise Sale of Business Sale of Franchise Lease Mortgage Off the Plan Property – General Purchase Refinance Relationship Property Sale Subdivision Transfer Resource Management Trust Administration Trust Changes Trust Formation Trust Wind Up
Māori Land Court	Māori & Treaty	Māori – General Māori Land
Reserve Bank official cash rate	Commercial - General Advice, Commercial Finance, Joint Venture, Partnership, Purchase of Business, Purchase of Franchise, Sale of Business, Sale of Franchise, Lease, Mortgage, Off the Plan, Property – General, Purchase, Refinance, Sale, Subdivision, Transfer, Insurance - General Advice, Accounting, Miscellaneous, Practice Management, Taxation

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Each area has its own tab at the top. Once it is open, the fees are displayed in the boxes on the right, and their descriptions are on the left.

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Legal Rates are kept up to date by the LEAP Content Development team and cannot be amended by LEAP users.

Last Modified Date

30/06/2026 2:32 pm

Title

Legal Rates and Filing Fees

URL Name

Legal-Rates-NZ

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