No fee or charge may be required for filing a motion
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2.
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No fee or charge may be required for filing a motion
The document says “may not”Who acts: United States district courtsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“A person may not be required to pay a filing fee, service charge, copay fee, processing fee, or any other charge for filing a motion under this section.”
Filing is free. No filing fee, service charge, copay fee, processing fee or any other charge may be required for a motion under the section.
What the document actually says
“A person may not be required to pay a filing fee, service charge, copay fee, processing fee, or any other charge for filing a motion under this section.”
That sentence, in plain words
No one can be made to pay to file this ask. Not a filing fee. Not a copy fee. Not any other charge.
What this is about
Court papers often cost money. That cost can keep poor people out. Here the door is free.
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Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 2003 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm
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“No fee or charge may be required for filing a motion,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec02-no-fees/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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