(a) Costs. Parties instituting any civil action, suit, or proceeding, whether by original action, removal
or otherwise, shall pay to the Clerk the filing fee as required by the Judicial Conference of the United
States. The Clerk will not accept for filing any tendered pleading for the institution of a civil action
without advance payment of the filing fee, unless the court shall order otherwise.
(b) Bond for Costs. The Court, on motion or of its own initiative, may order any party plaintiff, either
resident or nonresident, to file an original bond for costs or additional security for costs in such an
amount and so conditioned as the Court by its Order may designate.
Adopted and effective May 1, 1980
Amended July 1, 1988
Amended January 2, 1990
