Felt a moral obligation to share.

“Legal Services costs this much nowadays. Below are the 2018 Rates (and onwards) for Legal Services
rendered in Cebu. We have similar rates in Manila and may even cost more. So please do not forget to
Thank and Appreciate your Lawyer Friends/Relatives/Batchmates/Neighbor/ExBF/ExGF(hahaha) when
they give you FREE Legal Advice and Consultations.

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2018 Standard Legal Fees

Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Cebu Province and Cebu City Chapters

Date of effectivity: 15 December 2018

Whenever there are two amounts, the standard is whatever is higher.

**CONSULTATION**

Plain consultation - P1,000/hr

Consultation with written advice - P1,500 or P500/page

Research/preliminary study - P1,000/hr

Preparation of attorney's letter - P1,000

Retainership agreement - P8,000/month

**NOTARIZATION**

Preparation and notarization of simple affidavits (jurat) - P1,000

Authentication of documents - P500 or P100/page

Notarization of contracts - P1,500

Preparation of contracts involving sale and similar transactions - 2% of contract price or P1,500
Preparation of contracts not involving sale (no pecuniary consideration) - P1,500

**ACCEPTANCE FEES**

Criminal cases

MTC - 40,000

RTC - 65,000

CA - 80,000

SC - 150,000

Civil cases

MTC - 35,000

RTC - 60,000

CA - 75,000

SC - 150,000

Correction of entries/change of name - 35,000

Domestic adoption - 70,000

Adoption involving foreigners - 150,000

Naturalization - 120,000

Negotiation and execution of CBA - 50,000 or 2,500/hr

Election cases - 120,000

Testate/intestate proceedings w/o opposition - 60,000 or 5% of the fair market value (FMV) of the estate

W/ opposition - 150,000 or 10% of the FMV

Land registration - 150,000 or 5% of the FMV

Reconstitution of title - 75,000

New owner's duplicate of title - 50,000

Registration of patents, copyrights - 150,000

Immigration - 40,000

Before other agencies

original jurisdiction - 60,000

appellate jurisdiction - 70,000

**APPEARANCE FEES**

MTC - 2,000 or 1,000/hr

RTC - 3,500 or 1,500/hr

CA - 8,000 or 2,000/hr

SC - 15,000 or 2,500/hr

Labor Arbiter - 2,000 or 1,000/hr

DOLE/POEA/NCMB - 2,500 or 1,500/hr

NLRC - 3,000 or 1,500/hr

OMB - 2,500 or 1,000/hr

Pros. Ofc. - 2,500 or 1,000/hr

RSP - 3,500 or 1,500/hr

other admin agencies - 3,500 or 1,500/hr

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"A member who stubbornly refuses to follow the foregoing standard fee schedule shall be reported to
the IBP National Office for appropriate disciplinary action." (Item No. 6, Point VII)
Thanks to Atty. Oliver Dicdican for the copy of the schedule.”

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