- Opening a case/Hazmana filing fee: $50.
- Hearings: $150 per hour per Dayan per side.
- Post hearing: in the event that there are many documents that need to be reviewed over the course of more than two hours, the Bet Din reserves the right to charge an additional $100 per hour per Dayan per side.
- The Hazmana fee and three hours of hearing retainer are to be remitted prior to any Hazmana being sent for a small claims case. Post hearing fees will be determined by the Bet Din upon conclusion of the hearing.
- Sometimes parties engage in excessive back and forth with the Bet Din. The Bet Din reserves the right to bill parties it deems responsible $100 per hour for excessive administrative work.
- A post judgement review (appeal) to the Nasi: $150
- Student discounts are available as deemed appropriate by the Director of the Bet Din.
Examples:
Small Claims
- Reuven opens a case and sends a Hazmana to Shimon ($50).
- Shimon doesn’t respond, so a second Hazmana is sent ($50).
- Shimon agrees to arbitrate in Badatz Meorot HaMishpat.
- It’s a small claims case so it will be heard by a single Dayan ($150/hr/side).
- Each side prepays for three hours ($450) and signs the arbitration agreement electronically.
- A hearing is scheduled for two weeks from that day.
- The hearing takes 1.5 hours ($225/side).
- The remainder ($225) is refunded the next day.
- Total cost: Plaintiff: $325; Defendant $225.
Large Claims
Essentially the same as above, except for two things:
- Large claims cases are heard by three Dayanim, so it’s $450/hr/side with a three hour retainer of $1350.
- If there is significant prehearing back and forth, the Bet Din charges $100/hr for the extra administration time spent arranging the case.
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