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Serbian attorney tariff 2026 - calculator and fee table

Serbian attorney tariff (advokatska tarifa) 2026: fee calculator by tariff item and amount in dispute, table in points and RSD, point value 50 RSD.

Result

Choose a tariff item and enter the value in dispute, then press "Calculate".

The calculator computes fees under the Tariff of Attorney Fees and Expense Reimbursement (Official Gazette of the RS Nos. 43/2023 and 56/2025), adopted by the Management Board of the Bar Association of Serbia. Choose a tariff item, enter the amount in dispute, and the tool prints the point count, the point value and the amount in dinars. The Tariff says "poen" (point); in practice "bod" is used just as often.

How the fee is calculated: points × point value

Every attorney action carries a number of points. The dinar amount is the point count multiplied by the point value, which is RSD 50.00 (Article 15 of the Tariff).

In valued disputes the point count depends on the amount in dispute (Tariff item 13). Note that the Tariff states the amount-in-dispute bands in points too: the first band is "up to 1,000 points", which is RSD 50,000 at the current point value. In disputes that cannot be valued (divorce, unfair dismissal, trespass to possession) the point count is fixed by type of dispute (item 14). In criminal proceedings the basis is the threatened sentence (item 1).

Other actions derive from the fee for the submission that starts the proceedings:

  • statement of defence and reasoned submissions - same as the claim; other submissions - 50% (item 13);
  • hearing held - same as the claim, plus 100 points per started hour; adjourned hearing the attorney attended - 50%, plus the started hour (item 15);
  • appeal, revision and other legal remedies, and replies to them - the claim fee increased by 100% (item 16);
  • enforcement motion, hearing and remedy in enforcement proceedings - same rules, based on items 13 and 14 (items 18-20).

Example: a dispute worth RSD 1,000,000. Claim 375 points (RSD 18,750), one-hour hearing 475 points (RSD 23,750), appeal 750 points (RSD 37,500).

Attorney tariff table

The tables below show every tariff item the tool carries, by type of proceedings, with the point count and the amount in dinars. For items that depend on value, each column is one value band from item 13; hearings include the first started hour (100 points).

Point value: 50 RSD (Serbian Bar Association decision no. 674/2025, Article 15 of the Tariff). The dinar amount is points × point value.

Source: Tariff on Attorney Fees and Costs (Tarifa o nagradama i naknadama troškova za rad advokata, "Sl. glasnik RS", nos. 43/2023 and 56/2025).

Civil litigation

Fee by value of the matter (tariff item 13), in points and dinars
Tariff item Action up to 50,000 RSD up to 850,000 RSD up to 1,675,000 RSD up to 3,350,000 RSD up to 6,700,000 RSD up to 13,350,000 RSD up to 26,700,000 RSD up to 33,350,000 RSD
13 Civil litigation: drafting a claim, counterclaim, response to a claim, or a reasoned submission 200 p.
10,000
300 p.
15,000
375 p.
18,750
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000
13 Civil litigation: drafting other (unreasoned) submissions - 50% 100 p.
5,000
150 p.
7,500
187.50 p.
9,375
275 p.
13,750
375 p.
18,750
500 p.
25,000
625 p.
31,250
750 p.
37,500
15 Civil litigation: representation at a hearing that was held, plus the first hour begun (100 points) 300 p.
15,000
400 p.
20,000
475 p.
23,750
650 p.
32,500
850 p.
42,500
1,100 p.
55,000
1,350 p.
67,500
1,600 p.
80,000
15 Civil litigation: attending a hearing that was not held (adjourned) - 50%, plus the first hour begun (100 points) 200 p.
10,000
250 p.
12,500
287.50 p.
14,375
375 p.
18,750
475 p.
23,750
600 p.
30,000
725 p.
36,250
850 p.
42,500
16 Civil litigation: drafting an appeal, a review (revizija), another legal remedy, or a response to one - increased by 100% 400 p.
20,000
600 p.
30,000
750 p.
37,500
1,100 p.
55,000
1,500 p.
75,000
2,000 p.
100,000
2,500 p.
125,000
3,000 p.
150,000

Above 33,350,000 RSD the fee grows under tariff item 13(2)-(4) (1 point per each started 10,000, 30,000 or 150,000 points of value) - use the calculator.

Fee that does not depend on the value of the matter
Tariff item Action Points Amount (RSD)
14 Claim in a divorce or marriage-annulment dispute (fee does not depend on value) 550 27,500
14 Claim in a dispute over the exercise of parental rights (fee does not depend on value) 550 27,500
14 Claim for statutory child support or to modify a support decision (fee does not depend on value) 300 15,000
14 Claim in a labor dispute - dismissal, existence of an employment relationship, reassignment (fee does not depend on value) 550 27,500
14 Claim for disturbance of possession (fee does not depend on value) 550 27,500

Criminal proceedings

Fee that does not depend on the value of the matter
Tariff item Action Points Amount (RSD)
1 Criminal defense: defense or a submission - a fine or imprisonment of up to 3 years (fee does not depend on value) 600 30,000
1 Criminal defense: defense or a submission - imprisonment of over 3 up to 5 years (fee does not depend on value) 750 37,500
1 Criminal defense: defense or a submission - imprisonment of over 5 up to 10 years (fee does not depend on value) 1,000 50,000
1 Criminal defense: defense or a submission - imprisonment of over 10 up to 15 years (fee does not depend on value) 1,500 75,000
1 Criminal defense: defense or a submission - imprisonment of over 15 years (fee does not depend on value) 2,000 100,000
1 Criminal defense: defense or a submission - imprisonment of 30 to 40 years or life imprisonment (fee does not depend on value) 2,500 125,000

Enforcement proceedings

Fee by value of the matter (tariff item 13), in points and dinars
Tariff item Action up to 50,000 RSD up to 850,000 RSD up to 1,675,000 RSD up to 3,350,000 RSD up to 6,700,000 RSD up to 13,350,000 RSD up to 26,700,000 RSD up to 33,350,000 RSD
18 Enforcement: drafting a motion for enforcement or for securing a claim, and reasoned submissions 200 p.
10,000
300 p.
15,000
375 p.
18,750
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000
18 Enforcement: drafting other submissions and filling out forms - 50% 100 p.
5,000
150 p.
7,500
187.50 p.
9,375
275 p.
13,750
375 p.
18,750
500 p.
25,000
625 p.
31,250
750 p.
37,500
19 Enforcement: representation at a hearing that was held, plus the first hour begun (100 points) 300 p.
15,000
400 p.
20,000
475 p.
23,750
650 p.
32,500
850 p.
42,500
1,100 p.
55,000
1,350 p.
67,500
1,600 p.
80,000
19 Enforcement: attending a hearing that was not held (adjourned) - 50%, plus the first hour begun (100 points) 200 p.
10,000
250 p.
12,500
287.50 p.
14,375
375 p.
18,750
475 p.
23,750
600 p.
30,000
725 p.
36,250
850 p.
42,500
20 Enforcement: drafting a legal remedy (objection, appeal) and a response - increased by 100% 400 p.
20,000
600 p.
30,000
750 p.
37,500
1,100 p.
55,000
1,500 p.
75,000
2,000 p.
100,000
2,500 p.
125,000
3,000 p.
150,000

Above 33,350,000 RSD the fee grows under tariff item 13(2)-(4) (1 point per each started 10,000, 30,000 or 150,000 points of value) - use the calculator.

Non-contentious proceedings

Fee by value of the matter (tariff item 13), in points and dinars
Tariff item Action up to 50,000 RSD up to 850,000 RSD up to 1,675,000 RSD up to 3,350,000 RSD up to 6,700,000 RSD up to 13,350,000 RSD up to 26,700,000 RSD up to 33,350,000 RSD
22 Non-contentious proceedings, assessable value (probate, partition, boundary setting, expropriation compensation): petition and reasoned submissions, under tariff item 13 200 p.
10,000
300 p.
15,000
375 p.
18,750
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000
22 Non-contentious proceedings, assessable value: other submissions and filling out forms - 50% 100 p.
5,000
150 p.
7,500
187.50 p.
9,375
275 p.
13,750
375 p.
18,750
500 p.
25,000
625 p.
31,250
750 p.
37,500
24 Non-contentious proceedings, assessable value: representation at a hearing that was held, plus the first hour begun (100 points) 300 p.
15,000
400 p.
20,000
475 p.
23,750
650 p.
32,500
850 p.
42,500
1,100 p.
55,000
1,350 p.
67,500
1,600 p.
80,000
25 Non-contentious proceedings, assessable value: drafting a legal remedy or a response to one - increased by 100% 400 p.
20,000
600 p.
30,000
750 p.
37,500
1,100 p.
55,000
1,500 p.
75,000
2,000 p.
100,000
2,500 p.
125,000
3,000 p.
150,000

Above 33,350,000 RSD the fee grows under tariff item 13(2)-(4) (1 point per each started 10,000, 30,000 or 150,000 points of value) - use the calculator.

Fee that does not depend on the value of the matter
Tariff item Action Points Amount (RSD)
23 Non-contentious proceedings: personal status (deprivation of legal capacity, detention in a health institution, declaring a missing person dead) 550 27,500
23 Non-contentious proceedings: family relations (extending or removing parental rights, permission to marry) 550 27,500
23 Non-contentious proceedings: property relations with no assessable value (drawing up, certifying, keeping or annulling a document, drawing up a will) 1,000 50,000
23 Non-contentious proceedings: other non-contentious proceedings, no assessable value 1,000 50,000

Misdemeanor proceedings

Fee that does not depend on the value of the matter
Tariff item Action Points Amount (RSD)
9 Misdemeanor: initiating submission or written defense - commercial offense proceedings 1,000 50,000
9 Misdemeanor: submission or written defense before a misdemeanor court - public revenue, media, customs, foreign trade, foreign exchange, environment, trade in goods, services and securities 850 42,500
9 Misdemeanor: submission or written defense before a misdemeanor court - other areas (e.g. traffic, public order) 700 35,000
9 Misdemeanor: proceedings before a misdemeanor court on a request for a court decision 550 27,500
9 Misdemeanor: proceedings before the police 600 30,000
9 Misdemeanor: proceedings before the court of honour of the Chamber of Commerce 550 27,500
10 Misdemeanor: defense at a hearing held before a misdemeanor court, other areas - plus the first hour begun (100 points) 800 40,000
11 Misdemeanor: appeal or another legal remedy before a misdemeanor court, other areas - increased by 100% 1,400 70,000

Administrative procedure and administrative disputes

Fee by value of the matter (tariff item 13), in points and dinars
Tariff item Action up to 50,000 RSD up to 850,000 RSD up to 1,675,000 RSD up to 3,350,000 RSD up to 6,700,000 RSD up to 13,350,000 RSD up to 26,700,000 RSD up to 33,350,000 RSD
37 Administrative procedure, assessable value: request or reasoned submission concerning property, under tariff item 13 200 p.
10,000
300 p.
15,000
375 p.
18,750
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000
43 Administrative dispute, assessable value: claim or reasoned submission concerning property, under tariff item 13 200 p.
10,000
300 p.
15,000
375 p.
18,750
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000

Above 33,350,000 RSD the fee grows under tariff item 13(2)-(4) (1 point per each started 10,000, 30,000 or 150,000 points of value) - use the calculator.

Fee that does not depend on the value of the matter
Tariff item Action Points Amount (RSD)
38 Administrative procedure: before tax and customs authorities and the Ministry of Interior 1,000 50,000
38 Administrative procedure: before inspection authorities 850 42,500
38 Administrative procedure: under the Planning and Construction Act and the Family Act 550 27,500
38 Administrative procedure: other administrative proceedings 550 27,500
40 Administrative procedure: appeal or another legal remedy in other administrative proceedings - increased by 100% 1,100 55,000
44 Administrative dispute: claim against a decision of tax, customs or police authorities 1,000 50,000
44 Administrative dispute: claim against a decision under the Planning and Construction Act or of inspection authorities 850 42,500
44 Administrative dispute: claim against a decision under the Family Act and in other administrative proceedings 550 27,500
46 Administrative dispute: legal remedy in a dispute from other administrative proceedings - increased by 100% 1,100 55,000

Out-of-court work: contracts, corporate acts, advice, letters

Fee by value of the matter (tariff item 13), in points and dinars
Tariff item Action up to 50,000 RSD up to 850,000 RSD up to 1,675,000 RSD up to 3,350,000 RSD up to 6,700,000 RSD up to 13,350,000 RSD up to 26,700,000 RSD up to 33,350,000 RSD
75 Drafting a contract or a declaration of intent in a matter with an assessable value, under tariff item 13 - at least 550 points 550 p.
27,500
550 p.
27,500
550 p.
27,500
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000
78 Legal advice or opinion in a matter with an assessable value - treated as the submission that initiates proceedings 200 p.
10,000
300 p.
15,000
375 p.
18,750
550 p.
27,500
750 p.
37,500
1,000 p.
50,000
1,250 p.
62,500
1,500 p.
75,000
81 Pre-litigation demand letter or a letter to the opposing party with a claim, in a matter with an assessable value - 50% 100 p.
5,000
150 p.
7,500
187.50 p.
9,375
275 p.
13,750
375 p.
18,750
500 p.
25,000
625 p.
31,250
750 p.
37,500

Above 33,350,000 RSD the fee grows under tariff item 13(2)-(4) (1 point per each started 10,000, 30,000 or 150,000 points of value) - use the calculator.

Fee that does not depend on the value of the matter
Tariff item Action Points Amount (RSD)
76 Drafting other contracts in a matter with no assessable value (fee does not depend on value) 650 32,500
76 Drafting a preliminary contract in a matter with no assessable value (fee does not depend on value) 750 37,500
76 Drafting a partnership agreement (fee does not depend on value) 1,000 50,000
76 Drafting an agreement on the use of jointly owned property (fee does not depend on value) 750 37,500
76 Drafting a loan-for-use agreement (fee does not depend on value) 550 27,500
76 Drafting a commercial agency or brokerage agreement (fee does not depend on value) 850 42,500
76 Drafting a general (framework) agreement (fee does not depend on value) 1,000 50,000
76 Drafting a will (fee does not depend on value) 650 32,500
76 Drafting a power of attorney (fee does not depend on value) 450 22,500
76 Drafting other declarations (fee does not depend on value) 375 18,750
77 Drafting the articles of association or founding act of a company or other legal entity (fee does not depend on value) 1,000 50,000
77 Drafting other general acts of a company or other legal entity, e.g. internal rules (fee does not depend on value) 850 42,500
77 Drafting an individual act of a company or other legal entity, e.g. a resolution (fee does not depend on value) 650 32,500
79 Meeting or conference with the client - per hour begun (fee does not depend on value) 300 15,000
81 Other letters to the opposing party or to the client (fee does not depend on value) 100 5,000

Notes on the table

Above RSD 33,350,000 the 1,500-point fee grows by 1 point per started 10,000 points of value (RSD 500,000); above RSD 135,000,000 by 1 point per started 30,000 points (RSD 1,500,000); above RSD 335,000,000 by 1 point per started 150,000 points (RSD 7,500,000), that last addition capped at 1,000 points (item 13(2)-(4)). The calculator handles this itself. The Bar Association of Serbia's tabular overview of the Tariff starts the band above RSD 135,000,000 at RSD 85,165.00 and the band above RSD 335,000,000 at RSD 91,831.67 (capped at RSD 141,831.67); up to those thresholds the addition is prorated, without rounding the last started step up to a whole point, and the calculator computes it the same way.

In criminal proceedings, defence also carries 100 points per started hour; a trial session not held that the attorney attended is 50%, and an appeal against the judgment is the fee increased by 100% (items 3 and 5). The same started-hour rule applies to a misdemeanour hearing (item 10). For misdemeanour and administrative proceedings the table shows the hearing and the remedy only for the most common case; for the other types, a legal remedy is the submission fee increased by 100% (items 11, 40 and 46).

Point value and its history

  • From 5 July 2025: RSD 50.00 - Decision of the Management Board of the Bar Association of Serbia No. 674/2025 of 21 June 2025, Official Gazette No. 56/2025.
  • From 3 June 2023: RSD 45.00 - the new Tariff, Official Gazette No. 43/2023 of 26 May 2023. It repealed the Tariff from Official Gazette Nos. 121/12, 99/20 and 37/21.
  • From 1 January 2013 to 2 June 2023: RSD 30.00 - the Tariff from Official Gazette No. 121/2012 (Article 15). The Bar Association's 2021 decision amending tariff item 13 (Official Gazette No. 37/2021) confirms the same point value.

Because the amount-in-dispute bands are in points as well, the 2025 amendment moved the thresholds too: the first band rose from RSD 45,000 to RSD 50,000.

Increases and reductions of the fee

  • Multiple clients or defendants: +50% for the second and each further party, per action (items 7, 12, 17, 21).
  • Multiple cumulative claims in a submission, or several separately tariffed actions in one submission: +50% for each further one (items 13 and 14).
  • Work at the request of the client or an authority at night (22:00-7:00), at weekends and on public holidays: +50% (Article 4).
  • Legal assistance in a foreign language: +50% with the client's consent; a court awarding costs is not obliged to apply that increase (Article 3).
  • By written agreement the fee may be reduced to no less than 50% of the tariff amount (Article 4).
  • Expenses: absence from the office 100 points per started hour, at most ten hours a day; travel by own car 30% of the price of the most expensive petrol per kilometre; postal, telephone and similar costs per receipts or a flat 2% of the fee (Article 9). A VAT-registered attorney adds VAT (Article 13).

What the tool does not cover

The tool does not carry insolvency and liquidation proceedings, land-registry and company-registry filings, proceedings before an employer, the Constitutional Court or international courts, or file review. For contracts it computes only the item-13 variant with the 550-point minimum, not the percentage of up to 2.5% of the value. It does not add actions up into a bill of costs and does not compute court fees. Compare the figures with the text of the Tariff before they go into a bill of costs or a quote to a client.

Sources

Assumptions

  • The tool covers the most-searched tariff items (civil litigation, criminal defence by threatened sentence, enforcement, non-contentious and probate proceedings, misdemeanours, administrative procedure and disputes, contracts, corporate acts, advice and letters), not the whole Tariff.
  • For hearings only the first started hour (100 points) is included; each further started hour adds another 100 points.
  • The tool does not compute increases or reductions: multiple clients or defendants, multiple cumulative claims, night, weekend and public-holiday work, foreign language, an agreed fee, VAT or expense reimbursement.
  • For items marked "fee does not depend on value" the amount entered is not used - enter 0.
  • The Tariff expresses amount-in-dispute bands in points; the dinar thresholds hold for a point value of 50 RSD, last checked 2026-11-02.

FAQ

How much does filing a lawsuit cost under the attorney tariff?

It depends on the amount in dispute (Tariff item 13). For a dispute up to RSD 50,000, drafting the claim is 200 points, i.e. RSD 10,000; up to RSD 850,000 it is 300 points (RSD 15,000); up to RSD 1,675,000 it is 375 points (RSD 18,750); up to RSD 3,350,000 it is 550 points (RSD 27,500). In disputes that cannot be valued the fee is fixed (Tariff item 14): a divorce claim or an unfair-dismissal claim is 550 points (RSD 27,500), a maintenance claim 300 points (RSD 15,000). Court fees and, where the attorney is VAT-registered, VAT come on top.

How much does a court hearing cost?

Under Tariff item 15, each hearing held earns the same fee as the statement of claim, plus 100 points (RSD 5,000) for every started hour. For a dispute up to RSD 850,000 that is 15,000 + 5,000 = RSD 20,000 for a hearing of up to one hour. For a hearing that was adjourned after the attorney appeared, the fee is 50% plus the started hour - RSD 12,500 in the same example.

What is the point value in 2025 and 2026?

One point is worth RSD 50.00 - Article 15 of the Tariff, as amended in the Official Gazette of the RS No. 56/2025 of 27 June 2025, applicable from 5 July 2025. Before that, from 3 June 2023, the point value was RSD 45.00 (Official Gazette No. 43/2023). As of the last check of this page (2 November 2026) no further amendment had been published.

Can an attorney charge less or more than the tariff?

Yes, but only under a written agreement with the client (Article 4 of the Tariff). There is a floor: the agreed fee may not be lower than 50% of the tariff amount. The current Tariff sets no upper limit. An hourly rate may also be agreed, at no less than 150 points (RSD 7,500) per started hour (Article 6), a flat fee for ongoing legal assistance other than representation before courts and authorities (Article 5), and a success fee in property-law matters of up to 30% (Article 7). A court awarding costs is not bound by the agreement between attorney and client.

Who pays the costs of proceedings and the attorney?

Each party first bears its own costs (Article 151 of the Civil Procedure Act). A party that loses the case entirely must reimburse the other party's costs; on partial success the court splits costs proportionally or orders each party to bear its own (Article 153). The court recognises only costs that were necessary and assesses them under the Tariff (Article 154), applying the tariff in force when the costs decision is made (Article 11 of the Tariff). Anything you agreed with your own attorney above the Tariff does not pass to the other side.

Does the tool cover every tariff item?

No. The Tariff has 81 items; the tool carries the most-searched ones: valued civil disputes (items 13, 15, 16), a selection of non-valued disputes (item 14), criminal proceedings by threatened sentence (item 1), enforcement (items 18-20), non-contentious proceedings including probate (items 22-25), misdemeanour proceedings (items 9-11), administrative procedure and administrative disputes (items 37-46), contracts and corporate acts (items 75-77), advice, meetings, demand letters and other letters (items 78, 79, 81). For insolvency, land-registry and company-registry filings, and Constitutional Court and international proceedings, consult the text of the Tariff.

What if the point value changes in the meantime?

The fee is calculated under the tariff in force at the time of calculation (Article 10 of the Tariff), and a court applies the tariff in force when it decides on costs (Article 11). Because the amount-in-dispute bands are themselves expressed in points, a change in the point value moves the dinar thresholds of the bands as well as the fee amounts. The tool prints the point value it used with every result - if it differs from the one in force, do not use the result.

Are points calculated differently for out-of-court work?

The method is the same - points times the point value - but the basis differs. For a contract with an assessable value the attorney chooses between Tariff item 13 and a percentage of the market value of the property of up to 2.5%, and the fee may not be below 550 points (item 75). For contracts without an assessable value the fee is fixed, e.g. 650 points for other contracts and 450 for a power of attorney (item 76). Legal advice is valued like the submission that would start the relevant proceedings (item 78), and a pre-action demand letter at 50% of that fee (item 81).

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