PWCA Fee Schedule and Payment Options
View fee schedule for the Public Works Contract Arbitration (PWCA) and access payment portal.
Pay Filing Fees for a PWCA Case
Parties may pay filing fees to the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) for a Public Works Contract Arbitration (PWCA) Case by following the Instructions below.
PWCA FILING FEE:
Once you have located the amount due in the PWCA Filing Fee Schedule below, payment may be made by U.S. mail, credit card, or electronic check according to the following instructions.
Mail:
Send filing fee (check or money order only), made out to Office of Administrative Hearings, to:
Office of Administrative Hearings Attn: PWCA Administrator 2349 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95833-4231
Electronic Check Payments:
There will be no charge for online payments made via Electronic Check (E-Check).
To pay the PWCA filing fee by electronic check, access the e-Pay system through the E-PAY portal on this page.
Credit Card:
To pay the PWCA filing fee by credit card, access the e-Pay system through the E-PAY portal on this page.
OAH accepts the following types of credit card payments:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Discover
Credit card payments will incur a non-refundable convenience fee of 2.99%.
Credit card Payments will be charged a convenience fee by a third-party credit card processing vendor when making credit card payments via Secure E-Pay.
The convenience fee is paid to First Data Merchant Services and OAH does not receive any portion of the fee. Convenience Fees are not reflected in the final payment amount received by OAH. Erroneous payments will incur a non-refundable convenience fee. Refunds for erroneous payment typically take 6-8 weeks to process.
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*This E-PAY portal is for payment of Public Works Contract Arbitration PWCA FILING FEE only. OAH will not accept payment of other PWCA fees, or payment in other cases.
Fee Schedule
Public Works Contract Arbitration Fee Schedule
REVISEDEffective July 1, 2012
|
Claim Amount |
Non-Refundable Filing Fee |
|
$1 - 9,999 |
$225 |
|
$10,000 - 49,999 |
$500 |
|
$50,000 - 99,999 |
$1,000 |
|
$100,000 - 499,999 |
$2,000 |
|
$500,000 - 999,999 |
$3,000 |
|
$1,000,000 - 1,999,999 |
$4,000 |
|
$2,000,000 - 4,999,999 |
$4,500 |
|
$5,000,000 - 19,999,999 |
$5,000 |
|
$20,000,000 + |
$5,500 |
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THE FEE IS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF THE CLAIM AS SHOWN ABOVE.
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NON-REFUNDABLE FILING FEES ARE REQUIRED WHEN FILING A COMPLAINT IN ARBITRATION
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If the non-refundable filing fee is not enclosed, the complaint will be deemed NOT filed.
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Respondent is responsible for submitting a matching non-refundable filing fee with or prior to the filing of their Answer or Objection to a Complaint with OAH.
Also note that when a complaint is amended to increase the amount claimed, if necessary, an additional amount for the filing fee will be collected. There will be no refund of fees if the amount claimed is reduced, because filing fees are nonrefundable.
Additionally, a filing fee and matching fee will be required on all cross complaints in accordance with the above fee schedule.
Contact
Office of Administrative Hearings
Public Works Contract Arbitration Program
Sacramento, CA 95833-4231
Main Phone: (916) 263-0550
Contact Us via Email PWCAFilings@dgs.ca.gov
PWCA FILING FEE E-PAY
The E-PAY portal is only for payment of the Public Works Contract Arbitration Filing Fee. Payments for other purposes will not be accepted.
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