Saudi Court Fees Calculator

First: does a statutory exemption apply to you?

Request typeClaim value (SAR)

Did the dispute settle?Case reinstated after strike-out (25% penalty)

Figures follow the Judicial Costs Law and its Executive Regulations; they are planning estimates — the court determines the actual assessment. Compare with the official judicial-costs portal

The calculation runs entirely on your device — no amount or detail is sent to any server.

The short answer

Under the Judicial Costs Law, monetary claims are assessed on a regressive scale: 5% below SAR 100,000, 4% up to under 500,000, 3% up to under 1,000,000, and 2% from one million upward, capped at SAR 1,000,000. Workers' employment claims and personal status cases are exempt from filing costs; a dispute settled before the first hearing pays nothing, and settling after the first hearing but before judgment reduces the cost to 25%.

How judicial costs are calculated

The Judicial Costs Law (Royal Decree M/16) and its Executive Regulations introduced a calculated methodology: the loser bears the cost, early settlement is rewarded, and socially sensitive cases are exempt. For quantified monetary claims the scale is regressive:

| Claim value | Rate | | --- | --- | | Under SAR 100,000 | 5% | | 100,000 to under 500,000 | 4% | | 500,000 to under 1,000,000 | 3% | | 1,000,000 and above | 2% |

with an absolute cap of SAR 1,000,000. Unquantified claims carry fixed fees by forum: SAR 5,000 commercial, 3,000 general and urgent, 2,000 labor (non-exempt parties), and 10,000 for private criminal cases.

Objections and execution

Appeal SAR 5,000; cassation 7,000; reconsideration 10,000; incidental requests 1,000; recusal, party-entry, and stay-of-execution requests 2,000. Financial execution requests are assessed at 2% of the amount, min SAR 500 and max SAR 10,000; disputes during execution cost SAR 3,000.

Exemptions — check them before any math

The calculator above deliberately asks about exemptions first: workers' employment claims are wholly exempt, personal status cases are exempt from filing costs (cassation and reconsideration fees remain), as are bankruptcy proceedings, prisoners in non-criminal financial cases, and government bodies. For the filing route itself, see how to file a case on Najiz and execution requests.

Frequently asked questions

I am a worker claiming my entitlements — what do I pay to file?

Zero. Workers under the Labor Law, those exempted from it, and their beneficiaries are wholly exempt from judicial costs in employment-contract claims. If a non-exempt employer loses, the costs are collected from the employer.

What does a SAR 1,000,000 lawsuit cost to file?

Claims of one million riyals and above fall in the 2% bracket, so a SAR 1,000,000 claim is assessed at SAR 20,000. However large the claim, the cost never exceeds the statutory cap of SAR 1,000,000.

We agreed to settle — do the costs fall away?

Settling before the first hearing waives the costs entirely. Settling after the first hearing but before final judgment reduces them to 25% of the original assessment.

Who ultimately pays — plaintiff or defendant?

The general rule is that the losing party bears the judicial costs. Outside the exemption cases, the plaintiff pays on filing and the loser is charged per the judgment's outcome.

My case was struck out and I want it reinstated — extra fees?

Yes. Where a case is struck out for defective formatting or non-prosecution and the plaintiff seeks reinstatement, a supplementary 25% of the original cost is levied — borne by the plaintiff even if they later win.

Source

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As of

Judicial Costs Portal — Ministry of Justice

Official cost-calculation tool

2026-06-26

Judicial Costs Law — Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers

Royal Decree M/16 and its Executive Regulations

2026-06-26

Change log

2026-07-06Calculator launched — figures locked by tests against the validation examples

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