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@Shann0n_marie wrote:
I seemed to have signed up but it asks for a card # - does it really cost money to search for my case details?
Yes, there is a cost with using Pacer. Access to court documents costs $0.10 per page. The cost to access a single document is capped at $3.00, the equivalent of 30 pages. The cap does not apply to name searches, reports that are not case-specific and transcripts of federal court proceedings.
The most I paid and I kept a copy of every single document which I printed over 3 months was about $13. You can always go back and copy something else if needed, It will be sitting there.
As far as I can tell they seem to charge for more then just documents but it is only 10 cents. As someone else said too if you don't go above $15 then you won't get charged at all. ALSO for reference they don't bill every time there is a 10 cents charge to your Pacer account. They bill quarterly. So you have 3 months to rack up $15. I've gone above the 15 bucks already I'm at 20 or so now but I have not been billed yet. I'm not sure if the billing is on the same date for everyone but they bill quarterly and again only if you go above $15 will you be charged. Also you can check and see where your account is balancewise as you go so you can be prepared if you go above $15.