The civil & commercial group is the workhorse of the Slovak advokátska tarifa. It covers the standard value-based monetary claim under § 10 ods. 1 (a five-band per-act scale on tarifná hodnota), the § 11 catch-alls for matters whose value cannot be expressed in money (consumer, FO residential real estate, generic indeterminate-value — each at 1/13 of the výpočtový základSlovakia's annual “calculation base” (§ 1 Vyhl. 655/2004) — a yearly scalar derived from the average wage that fixes the per-act tariff amounts.Glossary → per act), and the § 10 ods. 8/9 special tracks for personality, discrimination, data-protection, IP and unfair-competition matters (which use a STATUTORY tariff value of €3 000 or €5 000). State court fees sit in zákon č. 71/1992 Zb. + Sadzobník Položka 1: 6 % of claim value (min €25, max €25 000; €50 000 for obchodné veci) under písm. a), or flat €140 under písm. b) for non-monetary filings. Slovakia bills per act (úkon právnej služby, § 13a) — figures below are per-act base rates; the calculator multiplies by act count, adds § 15 režijný paušál, § 13 ods. 2 multi-party multiplier, and 23 % DPH.
Civil monetary claim (value-based)
The canonical Slovak civil action — debt recovery, contractual damages, compensation, declaratory claims with a monetary value, ordinary commercial disputes. Filed in the okresný súd (first instance) under the Civilný sporový poriadok. The lawyer fee runs under § 10 ods. 1 of vyhl. 655/2004, a per-act value-banded scale (five independent tiers from €16,60 flat at the bottom to €486,29 + €6,64 per €3 319,39 above €33 193,92).
You file it whenever you can name a defendant and a sum in EUR — and there is no faster track (consumer, labour, payment order) that would do the job. A typical contested civil case has a “prevzatie” act, a written submission, a hearing attendance and possibly an odvolanie — four full-rate § 13a ods. 1 acts.
Lawyer fee — § 10 ods. 1. Per-act base rate from the five-band scale on tarifná hodnota; § 13a multiplies by act count. State court fee — Položka 1 písm. a) sazobníka. 6 % of claim value, with a minimum of €25 and a maximum of €25 000 (€50 000 cap for obchodné veci, not modelled in v1).
Matter of indeterminate value (1/13)
The catch-all for civil claims whose value cannot be expressed in money — declaratory actions without a sum at stake, status-determination claims, miscellaneous non-monetary civil disputes that do not fit a more specific § 11 fraction or § 10 ods. 8/9 track. The per-act base rate is a flat fraction of the výpočtový základ rather than a banded scale. You file it whenever a civil claim is genuinely non-evaluable in money and is not pulled into § 11 ods. 1 písm. b) (consumer) or písm. c) (FO residential real estate) by its subject-matter.
Lawyer fee — § 11 ods. 1 písm. a). Per act, 1/13 of the annual výpočtový základ — for 2026: €1 586 ÷ 13 ≈ €122,00 per act. State court fee — Položka 1 písm. b) sazobníka. A flat €140 for non-monetary civil filings.
Consumer dispute (1/13)
A dispute arising from a spotrebiteľská zmluva — the consumer is the plaintiff (challenging an unfair clause, claiming repayment of an invalid charge) or the defendant (typical supplier-vs-consumer collection action). The lawyer-side fee is a CONSUMER-PROTECTIVE flat rate per act regardless of claim size, so that bringing a consumer claim is not priced out of reach. You file it whenever the underlying contract is a consumer contract under § 52 Občianskeho zákonníka — the § 11 ods. 1 písm. b) flat overrides the § 10 ods. 1 scale even when the matter is otherwise valued in money.
Lawyer fee — § 11 ods. 1 písm. b). Per act, 1/13 of the výpočtový základ — for 2026: ≈ €122,00 per act, regardless of the claim value. State court fee. The consumer-plaintiff and the consumer-defendant are exempt in the defined classes under § 4 zákona č. 71/1992 Zb. — the calculator returns zero court fee with the exempting article cited. If a future input captures “I am a non-exempt consumer-plaintiff class”, the fee switches to Položka 1 písm. a).
Residential real estate — natural person (1/13)
A property-law dispute where a natural person is a party and the subject is residential real estate (rodinný dom, byt, pozemok pod bývaním) — actio negatoria, actio possessoria, revendication, contract-nullification on residential property, neighbour disputes. The § 11 ods. 1 písm. c) flat caps the lawyer-side base rate at 1/13 of the výpočtový základ per act regardless of property value, mirroring the consumer-protective shape of písm. b). You file it whenever the dispute targets a natural person’s residential property — investment portfolios, commercial and PO real estate fall back to § 10 ods. 1 instead.
Lawyer fee — § 11 ods. 1 písm. c). Per act, 1/13 of the výpočtový základ — for 2026: ≈ €122,00 per act, with no escalation by property value. State court fee — Položka 1 písm. b) sazobníka. A flat €140 (the court side does NOT cap at 1/13 — when a tariff value is supplied, the engine falls back to Položka 1 písm. a) 6 % within the 25 € / 25 000 € band; the default in our model is the flat 140 € non-monetary filing).
Personality / discrimination — no damages (tariff value €3 000)
Action under § 11 Občianskeho zákonníka (osobnostné práva) or antidiskriminačný zákon where the relief sought is non-monetary — apology, injunction, retraction, declaration of unlawful discrimination — without a separate damages claim. The lawyer-fee base is computed off a STATUTORY tariff value of €3 000 set by § 10 ods. 8 (codified by novela 391/2023 Z. z.), not the user’s claim. You file it whenever you need the court’s intervention against an interference with personality rights or a discriminatory practice without (yet) seeking monetary compensation — most cease-and-desist injunctions and apology-publication orders sit here.
Lawyer fee — § 10 ods. 8. Per-act base rate on the statutory €3 000 tariff value → band c) of § 10 ods. 1: 41,49 + ⌈(3 000 − 663,88) ÷ 331,94⌉ × 9,96 = €121,17 per act. State court fee — Položka 1 písm. b) sazobníka. A flat €140 (the court side ignores the §10 ods. 8 statutory €3 000 — it keys off the actual remedy form, which is non-monetary).
Compute this case in the calculatorPersonality / discrimination — with damages (tariff value €5 000)
The same § 11 OZ / antidiskriminačný zákon basis as above, but with a damages claim added — non-pecuniary damages (nemajetková ujma) for unlawful interference with personality rights, or compensation for discriminatory conduct. The lawyer-side fee uses a STATUTORY tariff value of €5 000 per § 10 ods. 8 (the bumped figure for “with-damages” variants), not the actual damages amount. You file it whenever the cease-and-desist remedy alone is insufficient and a monetary award is sought to compensate quantifiable harm to dignity, privacy or equal treatment.
Lawyer fee — § 10 ods. 8. Per-act base rate on the statutory €5 000 tariff value → band c) of § 10 ods. 1: 41,49 + ⌈(5 000 − 663,88) ÷ 331,94⌉ × 9,96 = €180,93 per act. State court fee — Položka 1 písm. b) sazobníka. A flat €140 in our default model. (When a damages amount is supplied, the court side switches to Položka 1 písm. a) 6 % within the 25 € / 25 000 € band — independent of the §10 ods. 8 €5 000 statutory tariff value.)
Compute this case in the calculatorData protection / IP / unfair competition (tariff value €5 000)
Actions under zákon č. 18/2018 Z. z. (ochrana osobných údajov), the IP statutes (autorský zákon, zákon o ochranných známkach, zákon o patentoch), zákon o obchodnom tajomstve, or the Obchodný zákonník (nekalá súťaž). The lawyer-side fee is computed off a STATUTORY tariff value of €5 000 per § 10 ods. 9 (novela 391/2023 harmonised the figure with personality-with-damages), not on actual damages or licence-fee value. You file it whenever you seek a court order against unlawful processing of personal data, infringement of an IP right, misappropriation of a trade secret, or unfair competition — both injunctive and damages claims share the §10 ods. 9 tariff-value rule.
Lawyer fee — § 10 ods. 9. Per-act base rate on the statutory €5 000 tariff value → €180,93 per act (same band-c arithmetic as personality_with_damages). State court fee — Položka 1 písm. b) sazobníka. A flat €140 when no monetary amount is claimed; when a monetary amount IS claimed, Položka 1 písm. a) at 6 % within the 25 € / 25 000 € band — again independent of the §10 ods. 9 €5 000 lawyer tariff value.
Compute this case in the calculatorAll lawyer-side amounts are 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 →, not binding floorsA tariff floor a court could once not go below. Several EU jurisdictions abandoned binding minimums after CJEU rulings; where that has happened, the same figures now serve only as reference values.Glossary →. The Slovak advokátska tarifa (vyhl. 655/2004 Z. z.) is the default fee when no fee agreement exists (zmluvná odmena, § 24 zák. 586/2003 Z. z.), and the baseline a court uses to award náhrada trov konania — it does not bind a private lawyer–client agreement. Amounts are net of 23 % DPH (§ 18 ods. 3). The § 11 ods. 1 písm. a)/b)/c) 1/13 rates use the annual výpočtový základ (€1 586 for 2026, refreshed each January). State court fees under zák. 71/1992 Zb. are statutory and VAT-exempt. The encoded text is consolidated to 1 January 2024, after novela 391/2023 Z. z. See the methodology page for the full encoding rules.