How to pay the court fee for a commercial property claim

When this applies

This guide is for a legal entity filing an or­di­nary prop­er­ty claim in a com­mer­cial court of first in­stance in 2026. For example, a company may ask a coun­ter­par­ty to pay a debt under a con­tract. The fee depends on the claim value, while the payment details depend on the proper court. Correct arith­metic will not fix a payment sent to another court’s account.

First check whether the dispute ac­tu­al­ly falls within com­mer­cial ju­ris­dic­tion under Article 20 of the Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code. If the claimant is an in­di­vid­ual in a civil dispute, use the sep­a­rate civil claim fee cal­cu­la­tor. For a con­trac­tu­al debt, it may also help to review ev­i­dence and the process for debt re­cov­ery and the lim­i­ta­tion period.

What deadline or procedure applies

Under the Law of Ukraine “On Court Fee”, the rate for a prop­er­ty claim in a com­mer­cial court is 1.5% of the claim value, subject to a minimum of one and a maximum of 350 sub­sis­tence min­i­mums for able-bodied persons. The 2026 Budget Law set the figure as of 1 January 2026 at UAH 3,328. The minimum is there­fore UAH 3,328, and the maximum is UAH 1,164,800.

The formula for this limited case is: min(1,164,800; max(3,328; claim value × 1.5%)). If the pro­ce­dur­al doc­u­ment is ac­tu­al­ly filed elec­tron­i­cal­ly, apply the co­ef­fi­cient 0.8 to the rate. Paying online for a paper claim does not by itself qualify for the co­ef­fi­cient.

For a quick arith­metic check, use the com­mer­cial claim fee cal­cu­la­tor. It cal­cu­lates in kopecks and rounds half a kopeck up. This is a tech­ni­cal con­ven­tion used by the tool; verify the result before payment. Do not au­to­mat­i­cal­ly carry 2026 rates over to 2027.

How to proceed step by step

1. Check the claims and their value. The Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code re­quires the claim to state its value and a rea­soned cal­cu­la­tion. Review the con­tract, primary doc­u­ments, debt period, and each com­po­nent. If the claim in­cludes an in­de­pen­dent non-prop­er­ty demand, this cal­cu­la­tion no longer covers the entire payment.
2. Iden­ti­fy the proper court. The general rule in Article 27 of the Code is tied to the de­fen­dant’s lo­ca­tion. Ar­ti­cles 28–30 provide al­ter­na­tive and ex­clu­sive rules. In Kyiv, dis­tin­guish the Com­mer­cial Court of Kyiv City from the Com­mer­cial Court of Kyiv Region. The claimant’s lo­ca­tion alone does not de­ter­mine the account.
3. Cal­cu­late the rate. For a claim value of UAH 500,000, the fee is UAH 7,500 (1.5%). This is between the minimum and maximum. If the claim is ac­tu­al­ly filed elec­tron­i­cal­ly, the ap­prox­i­mate payment after the 0.8 co­ef­fi­cient is UAH 6,000; for paper filing, it is UAH 7,500.
4. Check ex­cep­tions and pay. Before paying, check for an ex­emp­tion, release from payment, or grounds to request de­fer­ral or a re­duc­tion. Im­me­di­ate­ly before payment, get the details from the of­fi­cial page of the proper court; do not copy an account number from an old receipt.
5. Prepare the filing package. Attach proof of payment or proper support for an ex­emp­tion, the ev­i­dence, and con­fir­ma­tion that copies of the claim were sent to the other par­tic­i­pants as re­quired by Ar­ti­cles 162–164 and 172 of the Com­mer­cial Pro­ce­dure Code.

What to check before filing

The claim value must follow from the relief re­quest­ed, not just an ac­count­ing balance. Not every dispute between com­pa­nies au­to­mat­i­cal­ly belongs in a com­mer­cial court, and not every claim against a Kyiv coun­ter­par­ty belongs in the Kyiv City court. Pay par­tic­u­lar at­ten­tion to ter­ri­to­r­i­al venue rules for real estate dis­putes, con­tracts with a special place of per­for­mance, and cases with mul­ti­ple de­fen­dants.

The cal­cu­la­tor does not cover non-prop­er­ty or mixed claims, court payment orders, bank­rupt­cy, appeals, cas­sa­tion, ex­emp­tions, or amend­ments to a claim after filing. If a payment has already been made in­cor­rect­ly, or the case ended on a pro­ce­dur­al ground that may permit a refund, sep­a­rate­ly check the pro­ce­dure for re­fund­ing a court fee.

When to consult a lawyer

Legal review is useful when the amount com­bines prin­ci­pal debt, penal­ties, and dif­fer­ent periods; there are mul­ti­ple de­fen­dants; the dispute con­cerns real estate; or a request to rec­og­nize or ter­mi­nate a right is added to the prop­er­ty claim. A lawyer can compare the wording of the claim with its value, venue rules, pos­si­ble ex­emp­tions, and proof of payment.

For Kyiv and Kyiv Region, iden­ti­fy the proper com­mer­cial court before cre­at­ing a payment in­struc­tion. If the court or the claims are iden­ti­fied in­cor­rect­ly, re­cal­cu­lat­ing the fee alone will not solve the problem.