(a) Each member that is a party to an arbitration in which more than $25,000, exclusive of interest and expenses, is in dispute must pay non-refundable
process fee
, due at the time the parties are sent arbitrator lists in accordance with
Rule 13403(b)
, as set forth in the schedule below.
Process Fee Schedule
Amount of Claim
(exclusive of interest
and expenses) |
Process Fee |
$.01–$25,000 |
$0 |
$25,000.01–$50,000 |
$1,750 |
$50,000.01–$100,000 |
$2,250 |
$100,000.01–$250,000 |
$3,250 |
$250,000.01–$500,000 |
$3,875 |
$500,000.01–$1,000,000 |
$5,225 |
$1,000,000.01–$5,000,000 |
$6,375 |
$5,000,000.01–$10,000,000 |
$7,050 |
Over $10,000,000 |
$7,300 |
Non-Monetary/Not Specified |
$3,850 |
(b) If an associated person of a member is a party, the member that employed the associated person at the time the dispute arose will be charged the process fees, even if the member is not a party.
(c) If an associated person files a request for expungement of customer dispute information pursuant to Rule 13302, the process fee shall be the Non-Monetary/Not Specified fee under Rule 13903(a). If the associated person adds a monetary claim to the expungement request, the process fee shall be the Non-Monetary/Not Specified fee or the applicable surcharge provided in Rule 13903(a)(1), whichever is greater.
(d) The panel may not reallocate to any other party any process fees paid by a member.
(e) No member shall be assessed more than one process fee in any arbitration.