In force
Saudi Judicial Costs Implementing Regulations
اللائحة التنفيذية لنظام التكاليف القضائية
Implementing regulations of the Law of Judicial Costs. The text is set out in 17 articles.
- Articles
- 17
- In force
- 17
- Amended
- 0
- Issued
- 11/9/1443 AH
Issued by: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم (519) وتاريخ 1443/9/11هـ
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
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Articles of the Saudi Judicial Costs Implementing Regulations
الفصل الأول: تقدير التكاليف القضائيةArticles 2–4
- Article 2The Article sets the judicial costs of a claim of determined value as a percentage of the amount claimed (5%, 4%, 3% or 2% depending on the band) and explains how the claim value is determined for money, contract and real estate claims.
- Article 3The Article sets flat judicial costs for claims of undetermined value: SAR 10,000 for private criminal claims, SAR 5,000 for commercial, SAR 3,000 for urgent, general court and enforcement disputes, and SAR 2,000 for labor.
- Article 4The Article provides that where a claim includes one claim of determined value and another of undetermined value, the costs of each are calculated under the Law and the Regulations.
الفصل الثاني: تقدير التكاليف القضائية للطلباتArticles 5–7
- Article 5The Article sets the cost of a direct enforcement request at SAR 500 and other enforcement requests at 2% of the claim (minimum SAR 500, maximum SAR 10,000), borne by the party against whom enforcement is sought unless the applicant is shown not to be entitled.
- Article 6The Article sets the costs of the requests in Article 7 of the Law: SAR 10,000 for reconsideration, 7,000 for cassation, 5,000 for appeal, 2,000 for joinder, recusal, correction, interpretation and stay of enforcement, and 1,000 for an incidental request.
- Article 7The Article sets the costs of the requests in Article 8 of the Law: SAR 100 for a certified copy of the case papers, SAR 50 for inspecting them, and SAR 100 for a replacement copy of judicial documents.
الفصل الثالث: التقدير النهائي للتكاليف القضائية، وتحصيلهاArticles 8–10
- Article 8The Article provides that the competent department, set by the Minister of Justice, issues the final assessment of a claim's costs after it ends and notifies the obligated person; the amount is collected only after the objection period ends or the objection is decided.
- Article 9The Article provides that, except for cassation and petitions for reconsideration, the final assessment of a request's costs is issued after it is decided and collected only after the objection period ends or the objection is decided.
- Article 10The Article provides that judicial costs are calculated in Saudi riyals and that any fraction of a riyal is not counted in assessing them.
الفصل الرابع: أحكام ختاميةArticles 11–17
- Article 11Article 11 sets the conditions for licensing the private sector to carry out support work for applying the Law, including being a licensed company with 3 years' experience, a fixed-term license, confidentiality and no conflict of interest.
- Article 12Article 12 provides that judicial costs are collected in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
- Article 13Article 13 requires the Ministry of Justice to open a current account for collected judicial costs, to manage collection, objections and exemptions, and then deposit them in the Ministry of Finance's account at the Central Bank.
- Article 14Article 14 authorizes the Minister of Justice, in coordination with the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, to issue what is needed on the procedures for objecting to the competent department's decision setting the amount of judicial costs.
- Article 15Article 15 provides that the procedures of the Law and the Regulations are carried out at any time by approved electronic means, and may be carried out by ordinary means if that is not possible.
- Article 16Article 16 gives the Minister of Justice the power to issue the decisions needed to implement the provisions of the Regulations.
- Article 17Article 17 provides that the Regulations are published in the Official Gazette and take effect from the date the Law takes effect.