Rule 15-204. Fees and costs.

A. Application fees and costs. Every submitted application shall be accompanied by the fees and costs described in the rule for the applicant’s chosen method of licensure in the manner identified by the board. Except for deposits made under Paragraph C of this rule, all fees and costs paid to the board under these rules shall be non-refundable. Regardless of timing, fees and costs shall not be returned by the board for any reason, including but not limited to denial of admission, withdrawal of an application, and failure to pursue admission after application. B. Pass-through costs. Applications for certain methods of licensure require the board to purchase services and materials, or obtain information directly from certain sources, the actual costs for which shall be directly passed through to an applicant. The board shall publish a schedule of the items and the costs, which shall be updated by the board from time to time. The board may collect some pass-through costs up front, may direct the applicant to pay some pass-through costs directly to the vendor, or may require payment of pass-through costs as they are incurred (or about to be incurred) by the board. Items for which costs and fees are passed through to an applicant may include, but are not limited to: (1) investigations; (2) NCBE investigation; (3) NCBE application; (4) NCBE scoring; (5) MPRE score transfer or reporting as may be required by the NCBE; (6) UBE score transfer or reporting as may be required by the NCBE; (7) law school transcripts requested by the board; (8) Certificates of Good Standing and Certificates of Disciplinary History requested by the board; (9) fingerprinting; (10) credit reports; (11) laptop registration fees; and (12) examination materials. C. Advance deposits against certain costs. If the board requires an applicant to place funds on deposit in anticipation of the board incurring certain costs related to character and fitness evaluations, any hearing, and any appeals, the applicant shall submit the required funds to the board which shall be placed in an IOLTA account. The board shall apply the deposited funds to actual costs as they are incurred, and account to the applicant as funds are expended. On payment of the final invoice of costs, the board shall return any surplus funds to the applicant. If the funds on deposit are less than the costs incurred, the applicant shall the pay the deficiency to the board.