ACCEPTANCE FEES

CIVIL CASES IBP Davao IBP Camarines Recommended

Norte Fees for IBP
Camarines Sur
1. Ordinary civil actions 10% of the amount
involving sum of money, involved but not
damages, recovery of lower than:
property, quieting of title,
or other ordinary civil
actions. MTCC – P75,000.00 MTC - 80,000.00 MTC -
80,000.00
RTC – P 150, RTC - P100,000.00
000.00 RTC -
CA, OMB, SB P100,000.00
CA – P200,000.00 - P200, 000.00
CA, OMB, SB
SC - P250, 000.00 - P200, 000.00
SC – P250,000.00
1.Success Fee SC - P250,
50% of the 000.00
Acceptance Fee
Success Fee
2.Cases in Metro 50% of the
Manila - Acceptance Fee
P200,000.00 2.Cases in
Metro Manila -
3.Contigent Fee - P200,000.00
30% of the
amount/value of 3.Contigent Fee
the property - 30% of the
involve but not amount/value
less than of the property
P200,000.00 involve but not
less than
P200,000.00
2. Civil actions with auxiliary 10% of the amount
or provisional remedies involved or the
such as attachment, value of the
injunction, receivership, property involved
delivery of personal but not lower cv
property, support than:
pendent lite. MTC - 80,000.00 MTC -
MTCC – 90,000.00
P100,000.00 RTC - P100,000.00
CA, OMB, SB RTC -
RTC – P170,000.00 - P200, 000.00 P100,000.00
CA – P250,000.00 SC - P250, 000.00 CA, OMB, SB
Success Fee 50% - P200, 000.00
SC – P300,000.00 of the Acceptance SC - P250,
Fee 000.00
Success Fee
50% of the
Acceptance Fee
3. Civil actions involving RTC – P175,000.00 RTC-100,000 RTC –
interpleader, declaratory CA – P250,000.00 CA- 200,000 P125,000.00
relief, certiorari, SC – P300,000.00 SC-250,000 CA –
prohibition, mandamus, P200,000.00
quo warranto. For Certiorari, if SC –
already handled P250,000.00
cases:
 For Certiorari, if
RTC – P150,000.00 already
CA – P200,000.00 handled cases:
SC – P250,000.00 RTC –
P100,000.00
CA –
P200,000.00
SC-
200,000.00
4. Expropriation cases 10% of the amount 10% of the
involved or the amount
value of the involved or the
property involved value of the
but not lower than: property
involved but
RTC-100,000 not lower than:
RTC – p150,000.00 CA- 200,000 RTC –
CA – P200,000.00 SC-250,000 p150,000.00
SC – P250,000.00 CA –
P200,000.00
SC –
P250,000.00
5. Civil actions involving 10% of the amount 10% of the
foreclosure of real estate involved but not amount
mortgage. lower than: involved but
MTCC – P75,000.00 MTC-80,000 not lower than:
RTC – P150,000.00 RTC-100,000 MTCC –
P70,000
RTC – P100,000
6. Actions involving forcible P100,000.00 OR 80,000 P80,000.00 OR
entry and unlawful P30,000.00 per P20,000.00 per
detainer. defendant, defendant,
whichever is whichever is
higher. higher.
7. Annulment of P250,000.00 100,000 with 100,000 with
marriage/declaration of appearance fees appearance
nullity of marriage. and other fees fees and other
fees
8. Appeals from 1st Level P75,000.00, for P100,000 P75,000, for
Courts already handled already
cases handled cases
P250,000.00 for P120,000.00
newly handled for newly
cases handled cases
9. Appeals from 2nd Level P100,000.00 for P200,000 P100,000 for
Courts already handled already
cases handled cases
P 200,000 for
P 250,000.00 for newly handled
newly handled cases
cases
10.Appeals from the Court of P50,000.00 for P200,000 P100,000.00
Appeals already handled for already
cases handled cases
P250,000 P250,000 for
P300,000.00 for newly handled
newly handled cases
cases.
CRIMINAL CASES
1. Criminal cases within the P100,000.00 P80,000 P80,000
jurisdiction of the
 MTCC/MTC
2. Criminal cases within the
jurisdiction of the RTC:

– where the maximum P150,000.00 All P100,000 no P100,000

imposable penalty is 6 distinction of the
years and 1 days or more penalty
to 12 years
P125,000
-Where the imposable Note:
penalty is not more than
reclusion temporal to Cases for
less than reclusion Preliminary
perpetua P300,000.00 Investigation P150,000
before the
– where the maximum Prosecution’s Cases for
imposable penalty is life Office - Preliminary
imprisonment, reclusion P50,000.00 Investigation
perpetua or death. before the
Prosecution’s
Office -
P50,000.00
3. Criminal cases within the P200,000.00 P200,000 P200,000
jurisdiction of the
Sandiganbayan/Court of
Tax Appeals
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
1. Actions involving 10% of the RTC rate-100,00 10% of the
settlement of estate of aggregate value of aggregate
deceased person, the gross estate value of the
allowance or but not less than gross estate
disallowance of a will, P150,000.00 but not less
letters of administrations. than P100,000
2. Actions involving P75,000.00 P80,000 P80,000
Escheat, Guardianship,
Trustee, Adoption,
Habeas Corpus, Change
of Name, Dissolution of
Family Home, Declaration
of Absence, Cancellation
or Correction of Entries in
the Civil Registry.
3. Contempt Proceedings:
a. Criminal P100,000.00 MTC- 80,000 MTC- 80,000
b. Civil P100,000.00 RTC-100,000 RTC-100,000
4. Petition for Bail before MTC – P15,000.00 Since it is a MTC –
filing of Information. RTC – 25,000.00 petition, the usual P15,000.00
rate may apply RTC –
25,000.00
(in addition to
the appropriate
acceptance
fee)
5. Naturalization P200,000.00 100,000 150,000
Proceedings
ADMINISTRATIVE AND
QUASI-JUDICIAL CASES
1. Actions before P75,000.00 NA P75,000.00
administrative or quasi-
judial bodies
 2. Appeals before P50,000.00, if Metro Manila Quasi Judicial
administrative and quasi- already handled Offices-P200,000 Bodies-
judicial bodies cases CA-200,000 P125,000
RTC-200,000 CA-200,000
P75,000.00 new RTC-200,000
cases

ELECTION CASES
NA 150, 000.00 150,000

PREPARATION OF OTHER
PLEADINGS, MOTIONS & JUDICIAL
AFFIDAVITS

IBP Davao IBP Proposed Fees

Camarines for IBP
Norte Camarines Sur

1. Position Papers, Memorandum in P200,000.00 P25,000.00 P25,000.00

Administrative and Quasi-Judicial
bodies

2. Position Paper/Memorandum in P25,000.00 P25,000.00 P25,000.00

civil or criminal cases

3. Brief or Memorandum in P50,000.00 P25,000.00 P25,000.00

appealed cases, civil or criminal

4. Motions:
a. Litigious motions P15,000.00 P5,000.00 P5,000.00
b. Non-litigious motions P5,000.00

5. Motion for Reconsideration on P25,000.00 P30,000.00 P20,000.00

judgment and final orders

6. Judicial Affidavit P10,000.00 P5,000.00 per P5,000.00 per

(English only) witness witness

P15,000.00 (with
English
Translation

7. In the conduct of preliminary

investigation in criminal cases:
a. Affidavit Complaint for All- P50,000.00
MTCC/MTC cases (inclusive
b. Affidavit Complaint for A to D – P50,000.00 pleadings and
RTC cases P30,000.00 per (inclusive affidavits)
c. Counter-Affidavit for count but not pleading and
MTCC/MTC cases less than affidavits)
d. Counter-Affidavit for RTC P50,000.00
cases
e. Affidavit of Witness E – P5,000.00

8. Complaint, Petition, Answer or P25,000.00 P25,000.00 P15,000.00

any other initiatory pleadings.

9. Reply, Rejoinder and other P15,000.00 NA P10,000.00

responsible pleadings.
 10.Modes of Discovery: P10,000.00 NA P10,000.00
Deposition, Interrogatories to
Parties, Requests for Admission,
Responses to Modes of
Discovery, Motion for Production
and Inspection of Documents,
and Object Evidence, Motion to
Compel Compliance with Modes
of Discovery.

APPEARANCE
FEE/REPRESENTATION (Minimum
Rates)

IBP Davao IBP Proposed Fees

Camarines for IBP
Norte Camarines Sur

1. Appearance in court, quasi- P5,000 per Daet and Naga ,

judicial and in administrative appearance Nearby town- Camaligan,
bodies in Davao City where the P4,000 Bombon and
administrative bodies in Davao Magarao-4000
City where the lawyer Outside of Davao Labo-6,000 if the lawyer is
resides/holds office City but within from Naga
Davao Province- Paracale and
P10,000 Panganiban Pili, Calabanga,
7,000 Ocampo, Bula,
Nabua, Iriga
Sta Elena and P5,000
Capalonga-
Outside Davao 8,000 Goa, San Jose,
Province but Balatan,
within Region- Tinambac-
15,000 P6,000

Appearance Siruma,
outside Davao Garchitorena,
City but within Ragay- P7,000
Davao Provinces-
P10,000 Outside of the
province of
Note: Cam Sur and
Includes occullar within Region
inspections V-10,000 plus
expenses

Metro Manila
and outside the
Region
P15,000 plus
expenses

PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS
AND EXAMINATION OF
DOCUMENTS ALREADY PREPARED

Simple Affidavits 1,000 1,000

Judicial Affidavits to be submitted to 5,000 to 5,000 to 10,000

the Courts and Quasi -Judicial 10,000
Affidavits Where 2% but not less
Deed of Conveyance, Donation or consideration is 2% but not than P3,000
Mortgage P100,000.00 and less than
And Documents involving real or below P3,000.00 P3,000
personal property such as Deed of If consideration
Sale, Donation, Mortgage (REM, is above
Chattel, Pledge), Transfer of Right, P100,000.00 –
Long Term Lease, or similar Deeds of three percent
Conveyance. (3%) of the
consideration 2% but not less
than P3,000
-same as above 2% but not
Loan Agreements, Promissory Note and less than 10,000 plus
Contract with Considerations P3,000 1,000 per heir
Ten percent and property
Extrajudicial Settlement (10%) of the 5,000 plus
value of the 1,000 per
property but not heir and
less than property P20,000
P30,000.00

Last Will in Testament Ten percent

(10%) of the P20,000
value of the
property but not SEC –
less than P20,000.00
P30,000.00 CDA —
Articles of Incorporation P30,000.00
By laws SEC – P10,000.00 (inclusive of by
P25,000.00 P5,000.00 laws and
CDA — notarization)
Notarization of Articles of P50,000.00
Incorporation/By law (inclusive of by P2,000-
laws and 1,5000
notarization) (inclusive of
Preparation of SPA 2,000 notarization)
Notarization of SPA 1,000

1,5000 (inclusive
of notarization

CONSULTATIONS, IBP Davao IBP Camarines Recommend

DOCUMENTATION & Norte ed Fees for
TRANSACTIONAL WORKS and IBP
NOTARIAL FEES Camarines
Sur

1. Minimum charge for plain P1,000.00 per On any legal P1,000.00

consultation/advice. hour concerns/issues: per hour
P500.00
minimum

2. In case of out of court settlement Ten percent Ten percent

and/or collections. (10%) of the (10%) of the
amount or value amount or
of property. value of
P15,000 if w/o property.
monetary P10,000 if
consideration. w/o
 monetary
consideratio
n.

3. Consultation or advice relating to P3,000.00 per P1,500.00 P2,000.00

a pending case or proceeding hour per hour

4. Issuance of certified true copies P500.00 P500.00

of any document on file with the
office of the lawyer.

5. Notarization of already P700.00 Jurat - P200.00 As indicated

prepared affidavits and Acknowledgeme in the
similar documents nt - P500.00 Notarial
Rules in
addition to
the fees on
examination
of
documents

6. Acknowledgements for P2,000.00 Acknowledgeme As indicated

already prepared legal nt (except in the
instruments, quitclaims conveyance): Notarial
except items below P500.00 Rules in
addition to
the fees on
examination
of
documents

7. Preparation of a legal P5,000.00 NA P5,000.00

opinion/written advice

8. Preparation of Demand Letters, P1,000.00 Demand Letter Demand

Letter Requests, Responses and by the Lawyer: Letter by the
other Formal Communications P5,000.00 Lawyer:
for clients P5,000.00
Demand Letter
signed by client: Demand
P3,000.00 Letter signed
by client:
P3,000.00
Additional
Collection thru Additional
Demand Letters: Collection
15% of the thru Demand
collected Letters:
amount but not 10% of the
less than collected
P5,000.00 amount but
not less than
P5,000.00

RETAINERS FEE

IBP Davao IBP Recommended

Camarines Fees for IBP
Norte Camarines Sur
 1. General Retainer Fee (for
consultation and routine
documentation and
notarization of documents
related to business of
client): P8,000.00 P15,000.00 P10,000.00
a. Single P15,000.00 P20,000.00 P15,000.00
Proprietorship
b. Juridical Entities
(Partnership,
Corporation and
Cooperative)

FEES FOR OTHER CASES

IBP Davao IBP Recommended

Camarines Fees for IBP
Norte Camarines Sur

1. Negotiation and Execution of P100,000.00 or Acceptance Acceptance

Collective Bargaining Agreement P5,000.00 per Fee: Fee:
(CBA) hour P100,000.00 P100,000.00

Appearance Appearance
Fee: Rates in Fee: Rates in
courts courts hearing
hearing shall shall apply,
apply, depending on
depending on the location
the location
Preparation of
Preparation CBA:
of CBA: P30,000.00
P30,000.00

2. Election Cases Acceptance Acceptance

a. Local level P200,000.00 Fee: Fee:
b. COMELEC Division/En P300,000.00 P150,000.00 P150,000.00
Banc
Appearance/ Appearance
Preparation Fee: Rates in
Fee: courts hearing
P10,000.00 shall apply,
depending on
the location

3. Land Registration Cases P150,000.00 or NA P150,000.00 or

10% of FMV or 10% of FMV or
ZV, whichever is ZV, whichever
higher is higher

4. Reconstitution of Title P150,000.00 NA P150,000.00

5. Reissuance of Lost Owner’s P100,000.00 per NA P100,000.00

Duplicate Copy of Title title per title

6. Registration of Trademarks and P300,000.00 NA P200,000.00

Patents
7. Immigration Cases P150,000.00 NA P150,000.00