Civil litigation in Denmark runs in the district courts (byret) at first instance, with appeals to the high courts (landsret). The fee to bring a claim is the retsafgiftDenmark's court fee — the mandatory charge payable to the court to bring or proceed with a case, fixed by the Retsafgiftsloven (Court Fees Act). Since the 2021 reform the filing fee is a fixed amount, not a percentage: 750 kr for a claim up to 100,000 kr (or with no economic value) and 1,500 kr above (§ 1), with an optional fixed main-hearing fee (§ 2). It is a court cost, not a lawyer fee — Denmark has no statutory lawyer tariff — and it carries no moms (VAT).Glossary → (court fee) set by the Retsafgiftsloven (Court Fees Act): § 1 sets a two-band filing fee on the claim value, and § 2 adds a fixed main-hearing fee if the case is set down for a hearing. It is a mandatory, government-set charge payable to the court — not a lawyer fee. Denmark has no statutory lawyer tariff, so advocates’ fees (salær) are agreed privately and are not estimated here; the figures below are the court fees only. After the 2021 reform the filing fee is a fixed amount, not a percentage of the claim.
Money claim
A claim to recover a sum of money — the most common civil case. It covers unpaid invoices, loans, damages and any other quantified debt assessable in money, brought in the district court.
You file it when a debtor or defendant has not paid and the dispute has not resolved out of court; the court fee is paid up front to bring the claim.
State court fee — § 1 (+ § 2). A two-band fixed filing fee: 750 kr for a claim of at most 100,000 kr (or with no economic value), 1,500 kr above 100,000 kr. If the case is set down for a main hearing and the value exceeds 100,000 kr, a further fixed § 2 stk. 4 fee (3,000 → 160,000 kr) is added. The calculator’s headline is the filing fee; enter the claim value to see the band. There is no statutory lawyer tariff in Denmark.
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A lower-value monetary claim. Denmark runs a simplified small-claims track (småsagsproces) for disputes up to 50,000 kr, but the 2021 reform removed any separate small-claims reduction — the fee is the ordinary § 1 grundafgift.
You file it for low-value disputes — consumer debts, small contractual sums — where the simplified procedure applies but the court fee is computed the same way as any money claim.
State court fee — § 1 stk. 2. A flat 750 kr — a småsag is by definition within the low band (≤ 100,000 kr), and no § 2 main-hearing fee applies.
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A claim for a remedy other than a sum of money — a declaratory judgment or another non-property, non-assessable order. Because there is no claim value to band, the fee is the low-band flat amount.
You file it when what you need from the court is a ruling on a right or status rather than payment of a debt.
State court fee — § 1 stk. 2. A flat 750 kr — the “no economic value” branch of § 1 stk. 2; the § 2 main-hearing fee never applies (it requires a value over 100,000 kr).
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A claim to recover possession of property (ejendomsdom). Where the property has a quantified value the fee follows the § 1 value bands; a pure possession judgment carries the low-band fee.
You file it when an occupier or holder retains property without a right to do so and a court order is needed before any enforcement can follow.
State court fee — § 1 (+ § 2). Routed via the property value on the § 1 bands: 750 kr up to 100,000 kr, 1,500 kr above. A pure ejendomsdom is the explicit § 1 stk. 2 nr. 3 carve-out at 750 kr with no main-hearing fee.
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Eviction (udsættelse) of an occupier. It can run as an ordinary civil suit or, more commonly, directly through the bailiff’s court (fogedret); both routes land on the same fee.
You file it to obtain an order removing an occupier so that, if they still do not leave, enforcement by the bailiff can follow.
State court fee — § 1 stk. 2 / § 13 stk. 1. A flat 750 kr — the low-band civil-suit fee and the fogedret fee both come to 750 kr, so eviction defaults to 750 kr.
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An application for a prohibitory or mandatory injunction (forbud eller påbud) — a provisional measure obtained before or alongside the main action.
You file it when there is a risk that a right would be defeated before a judgment can be obtained, independently of the value of the underlying claim.
State court fee — § 10. A flat 750 kr — “For anmodning om meddelelse af forbud eller påbud betales 750 kr.” — independent of the main claim’s value.
Compute this case in the calculatorThese are the mandatory court fees (retsafgift) payable to the court to bring a civil claim in Denmark, fixed by the Retsafgiftsloven (§§ 1-2 and § 10) — exact statutory amounts, not reference valuesA tariff figure that is advisory, not mandatory — a guide to what a fee customarily is, which the lawyer and client remain free to depart from. Every number Tarifo shows is a reference value.Glossary →, and not lawyer fees. Denmark has no statutory lawyer tariff (Retsplejeloven § 126 + the Advokatsamfundet Code of Conduct); advocates’ fees are agreed privately. In cases of hardship a fee exemption may apply where free legal aid (fri procesFree legal aid in Denmark (fri proces) — a grant that exempts a party from the court fee (retsafgift) and covers certain litigation costs, available on means and merits criteria (Retsafgiftsloven § 9 + Retsplejeloven). Legal-expenses insurance (retshjælpsforsikring) plays a similar exempting role.Glossary →) or legal-expenses insurance (retshjælpsforsikring) is granted (§ 9). See the methodology page for the full filing-fee bands and encoding rules.