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Standing Order 19-05: Payment for Interpreter Services Under Criminal Justice Act

D.N.J. Standing Order — Standing Order 19-05: Payment for Interpreter Services Under

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY INRE: PAYMENT FOR INTERPRETER SERVICES ST ANDING ORDER 19 -OS UNDER CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT In the District of New Jersey, fees for interpreter services claimed under the Criminal Justice Act shall be paid in accordance with the full day and half day schedules of maximum fees issued by the Director of the Administrative Office pursuant to the Court Interpreters Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1827(b)(3), which can be found at https://wv.w.uscoutts.,gov/services-f<)nn~!federal- court-interpreters. For interpreter services paid on an hourly basis, the established fees shall be prorated to an hourly rate, provided that the total amount does not exceed the half day rate for assigrt.tnents up to and including four hours, ot the full day rate for assignments exceeding four hours. IT IS SO ORDERED this d. '? ~y of June 2019. FOR THE COURT: F Ch ef, United States District Judge 2023 FEES FOR CONTRACT COURT INTERPRETERS Federal Certified (Spanish, Navaho and Haitian/Creole) only Full Day $566 Half Day $320 Overtime $80 per hour or part thereof over 8 hours Federal Professionally Qualified Full Day $495 Half Day $280 Overtime $70 per hour or part thereof after 8 hrs Federal (Non-Certified) Language Skilled Full Day $350 Half Day $190 Overtime $44 per hour or part thereof over 8 hours Half Day rate is defined as 0 to 4 hours Full Day rate is defined as exceeding 4 hours up to 8 hours Overtime is defined as exceeding 8 hours
Official source: https://www.njd.uscourts.gov/sites/njd/files/SO19-05.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23