The Lawyer’s Reimbursment Act a a is a regulation that was brought by the Bar Association of Serbia, in accordance with the Law on Advocacy. It came into force on January 1st 2013. It was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia no. 121/2012. It represents the official legal fees and all attorneys are obliged to calculate their fee (price) on its basis when they perform their basic activity, which is providing legal aid to legal and natural persons. In addition to the application of Tariff fees, the lawyer may, in written agreement with the client, agree that the fee will be calculated after the time spent on the subject. In this case, the fee is agreed upon between the lawyer and the client, but it can not be less than 4,750 dinars per hour spent on the case. In certain cases, a lawyer may reduce the fee prescribed by the tariff to a maximum of 50% of its amount. This relates to situations where a client can not bear the full fee, due to his economic status.
SIMPLIFIED VIEW OF LAWYER’S FEES
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
In the criminal proceedings, the lawyer’s fee shall be calculated according to the amount of imprisonment imposed for a specific criminal offense, which was brought to the client’s lawyer or in case the lawyer represents the injured party, depending on his status in the criminal procedure (damaged, private prosecutor or damaged as a prosecutor). The fee is paid upon the executed action.
| Imposed imprisonment amount |
Defense or Representation by the Hearing |
Representation of damaged by Hearing |
Composition of appeal or other Legal Remedies |
Composition of initial Acts for staring a Proceeding |
Composition of other Acts |
| up to 3 years | 18.000 | 9.750 | 33.000 | 16.500 | 8.250 |
| over 3 up to 5 years | 24.000 | 12.750 | 45.000 | 22.500 | 11.250 |
| over 5 up to 10 years | 31.500 | 16.500 | 60.000 | 30.000 | 15.000 |
| over 10 up to 15 years | 46.500 | 24.000 | 90.000 | 45.000 | 22.500 |
| over 15 years | 61.500 | 31.500 | 120.000 | 60.000 | 30.000 |
OTHER PROCEDURES WHERE THE VALUE IS ASSESSED
(LITIGATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS)
In the proceedings in which their value can be estimated, the fee is determined according to this value. For example. If a lawsuit is being filed for the determination of the property right in the apartment, the market value of the apartment can be estimated roughly, or if the procedure for the payment of the debt is conducted, the value of that dispute can be immediately determined accurately. In all such and similar situations, whether it is a lawsuit, an administrative procedure, a compilation of a document on legal affairs, the following table for the calculation of the fee is applied.
| Value of the Proceeding (From up To Value) |
Composition of the Submission | Representation at hearings (per Hearing) |
Representation at postponed hearings (per Hearing) |
Composition of Appeal and other Legal Remedies |
| up to 450.000 | 6.000 | 7.500 | 4.500 | 12.000 |
| up to 750.000 | 9.000 | 10.500 | 6.000 | 18.000 |
| up to 1.500.000 | 11.500 | 12.750 | 7.125 | 22.500 |
| up to 3.000.000 | 16.500 | 18.000 | 9.750 | 33.000 |
| up to 6.000.000 | 22.500 | 24.000 | 12.750 | 45.000 |
| up to 12.000.000 | 30.000 | 31.500 | 16.500 | 60.000 |
| up to 24.000.000 | 37.500 | 39.000 | 20.250 | 75.000 |
| up to 48.000.000 | 45.000 | 46.500 | 24.000 | 90.000 |
| over 48.000.000 | 45.000 + 30 on each 300.000 | 46.500 + 30 on each 300.000 | 29.000 + 30 on each 300.000 | 90.000 + 30 on each 300.000 |
| over 120.000.000 | 52.200 + 30 on each 900.000 | 53.700 + 30 on each 900.000 | 27.600 + 30 on each 900.000 | 104.400 + 30 on each 900.000 |
| over 300.000.000 | 58.200 + 30 on each 4.500.000 max. 88.200 | 59.700 + 30 on each 4.500.000 max. 89.700 | 30.600 + 30 on each 4.500.000 | 116.400 + 30 on each 4.500.000 |
OTHER PROCEEDINGS WHEN THE VALUE IS NOT ASSESED
( LITIGATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS)
In proceedings in which the value can not be assessed, the fee is calculated according to the type of procedure in which the lawyer acts.
| Type of proceeding | Composition of submission | Representation at Hearing (per Hearing) |
Representation at postponed Hearing |
Composition of Appeal and other Legal Remedies |
| Disturbing of property, divorce, labor disputes (value not assesed), other civil misdemeanors, family disputes, cadaster proceedings -where value is not assesed, administrative proceedings (Law on General Administrative Procedure or Family Law and others), submissions to business registry (APR) |
16.500 | 18.000 | 9.750 | 33.000 |
| proceedings before the government bodies, others | 19.500 | 21.000 | 11.250 | 39.000 |
| land use, tenant, misdemeanor in police proceedings, other |
22.500 | 24.000 | 12.750 | 45.000 |
| determination of paternity, violations to pre-trial courts, regulation of personal situations, bankruptcy and liquidation (invaluable) administrative procedures dispute before inspections, domestic arbitration and mediation (invaluable), others before MC |
22.500 | 27.000 | 14.250 | 51.000 |
| Alimentation | 6.000 | 7.500 | 4.500 | 12.000 |
| Exercise of parental rights | 11.250 | 12.750 | 7.125 | 22.500 |
| economic offenses, regulation of property relations (invaluable), administrative procedures and disputes (tax, customs, police), other VS disputes |
30.000 | 31.500 | 16.500 | 60.000 |
| other disputes before the Administrative Court | 36.000 | 37.500 | 19.500 | 72.000 |
| copyright disputes (invaluable), proceedings before the Constitutional Court, international court and arbitration (invaluable) |
45.000 | 46.500 | 24.000 | 90.000 |
OTHER ACTIONS
It refers to the actions that the lawyer undertakes for the client, which are not covered in the above cases.
| Type of Action | Fee |
| Contracts and other legal Acts | 1,5% from the contractual value, or the amount of full fee according to tables, not less than 6.000 |
| Miscellaneous letters | 3.000 |
| Admonishments, getting familiar with the subject, reviewing the case file | 50% from the fee in the Tables |
| Survey of land registers, extracting copies and transcripts, obtaining clauses of validity or enforceability | 20% from the fee in the Tables |
| Legal advice | Oral: 50% from the fee in the Tables, Written: 100% from the fee in the Tables |
| Composition of the contractual agreement, general (general) contracts, statute, founding act | 30.000 |
| Composition of wills, other invaluable contracts, individual acts | 19.500 |
| Compostition of POE | 13.500 |
| Composition of other statements | 11.250 |
| Composition of service contracts | 16.500 |
| Composition of commercial agency contract, general acts of legal entities | 25.500 |