Criminal proceedings

1. Sentence envisaged for criminal offence

2. Defence, representation of private claimant and injured party as claimant

3. Representation of injured party, hearing postponed, meeting with defendant in detention or prison (per hour or portion thereof)

4. Appeal by defendant, private claimant and injured party against judgement, ruling imposing security or rehabilitation measures or confiscation of proceeds of crime, motion to reopen criminal proceedings, protection of legality

5. Criminal complaint, private criminal charges, request to conduct an investigation, motion to undertake investigative actions, plea agreement proposal, objections and replies to indictments, motions to terminate detention, written defence, reasoned submissions, motions to postpone enforcement of prison sentence, motions to serve prison sentence in the form of house arrest, applications for release on parole, petitions for judicial recourse against decision violating rights of convicted person, requests for rehabilitation, appeals against ruling to remand person in custody, appeals against ruling ordering or extending detention or conduct of investigation, responses to appeal, appeals by injured party, petition for pardon, reply to motion to reopen criminal proceedings

6. Other applications

Assessable matters

Non-assessable matters

Non-assessable contracts and general enactments

For claims and counter-claims filed before a court of general jurisdiction

For claims and counter-claims filed before a commercial court

Fees for preparing, conducting and archiving case, and securing enforcement decision for purposes of settlement of monetary claims arising from public utility services and similar commercial activities

Fees for individual actions

Performance-based fees

Verification of non-public documents (solemnisation)

For legal transactions valued at greater than 14,000,000 dinars, for each additional 1,000,000 dinars or portion thereof, the fee is increased by 10 points, where the total fee may not exceed 4,000 points.

For drafting of a precontract, supplementation of a contract and termination of a contract, 50% of the fee per this tariff number is payable. If a contract is drafted on the basis of a precontract with the same notary public, the fee charged for drafting the precontract is deducted from the fee charged for drafting the contract. The notary public’s fee for drafting a public notary record for a deed of gift to immediate heirs, from parents as donor to children as donees, is charged by the notary public at a 50% rate. Drafting of a notary public record establishing right of easement is charged by the notary public at a 50% rate.

Surcharges

The fees laid down in this schedule of fees are subject to surcharges of an additional 20 points (20 x 150 = 3,000 dinars) for each hour or portion thereof, but not exceeding 150 points (150 x 150 = 22,500 dinars), for work undertaken by the notary public outside established working hours, or on non-work days or holidays on request by the client in cases of urgency or pressing need. Fees are subject to surcharges of an additional 10 points (10 x 150 = 1,500 dinars) for each hour or portion thereof where work is conducted outside the offices of the notary public, unless otherwise laid down in this schedule of fees. If a notary public record is drafted for more than two parties, the fee is subject to a surcharge of 10 points (10 x 150 = 1,500 dinars) for the third and each subsequent party, but not exceeding 50% of the established fee. If invited witnesses, another notary public, translators or interpreters participate in the drafting of a notary public record, the fee is subject to a surcharge of 10 points (10 x 150 = 1,500 dinars).

Reduced fees

The obligation to pay fees in the full amount is waived for persons with disabilities, children without parental care and recipients of social assistance, subject to prior presentation of documentation to the notary public for inspection. Discount for persons for whom fees are waived as described in the previous paragraph is 50% of the amount established under this tariff.