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Rates & Charges

Standard Rates & Charges (as at 1st July 2010)

The following Standard Rates & Charges apply to work sent to ARCS Mercantile. 

By sending work to ARCS Mercantile you agree to our Terms of Trade and General Conditions.

Please see our Serviced Areas for general locality information for Australia Areas.

Field Calls

 

Standard

 $60.00 ea

More Detailed

 $90.00/hr



Process Service  
Business Service
(Business & Registered Offices addresses / Normal Business Hours)

$50.00

Non-Personal Service
(ie: Local Court)

$60.00

Personal Service
(ie: District, Supreme Court)

$70.00

Family Law Matters
(Family Court, Fed Magistrates Court)

$90.00

Overseas Documents
(Please supply affidavit & rules for service and witness JP/Notary)

AUD $200.00



Repossession's

 Contact Us

Small Equipment (ie: PC's, TV, AV)

 
Large Equipment (Business & Machinery  
Real Estate Property (Lockouts & Evictions)  
Motor Vehicles (Cars, Bikes, Boats)  
Trucks & Earthmoving Equipment  


Legal Services  
Filing Documents

 $80.00/hr

Court Attendance (Exam Hearings)

 $90.00/hr

Home / Business Examinations

 $90.00/hr

Court Orders (only where ARCS Mercantile are principle agent for task being performed)

 Contact Us

Factual Investigation

 $90.00/hr



Skip Tracing  
Basic Searches (when done in conjunction with a Field Call, Process Serve, Repossession performed by ARCS Mercantile

 Free of Charge

Regular Searches (Various electronic databases normally based on a per person / hourly rate basis).  Performed by eLocate

 Min $40.00

Advanced Searches (Various electronic databases, phone calls & attend addresses as required). Performed by eLocate

 eLocate
 website



Debt Collection  
Debts under $5,000, less than 1 year old where Debt recovery is achieved by ARCS Mercantile & Field Agents not requiring legal proceedings to be commenced.

Minimum $80.00 + 10% commission of debt

Debts $5,001-$10,000, less than 1 year old where debt recovery is achieved by ARCS Mercantile & Field Agents not requiring legal proceedings to be commenced.

Minimum $80.00 + 10% initial $5K +5% $5001 to $10,000 of debt

Debts not fitting into above category or where likelihood of Legal Proceedings required. Performed by Macarthur Collections

Macarthur Collections 
website or Contact Us



Additional Premiums(Charged in addition to Standard Rates & Charges above)

URGENT Matters (Sydney CBD & Metro Areas)  
Same Day (incl first 2 hours then Hourly Rate applies)

$150.00

Under 5 days

$70.00

Hourly Rate

$90.00

Pick-up Fee (Based on a Hourly Rate)

$60.00 - $90.00



URGENT Matters (NSW Rural / Out of Metro Areas)  
Same Day (incl first 2 hours then Hourly Rate applies)

$200.00

Under 5 days

$70.00

Hourly Rate

$90.00

Per Km Rate (Subject to rise & fall iaw current Fuel Rates)

$0.88c per km

Pick-up Fee (Based on a Hourly Rate)

$60.00 - $90.00



URGENT Matters (NSW Remote / Interstate Areas)

 Contact Us for
Price & Availability

Process Service matters in some Courts will allow photocopies of original documents to be served in Urgent cases.  
Field Calls, Repossessions matters can be issued straight away subject to local agents availability.  


Normal Matters (NSW Remote / Interstate Areas)  
NSW Rural/Remote Matters Handling Fee              

 $50.00  

Interstate Matters Handling Fee                         

$70.00

We only charge a nominal Handling Fee for Matters issued to NSW Rural / Remote / Interstate
areas not covered by ARCS Mercantile agents. This handling Fee is in addition to Agents costs
which are generally based on
Time / Distance travelled, sometimes Local Court / State rules.
For Further Details on Areas / States please see Serviced Areas page.

Our Services 

Field Calls
Our service keeps clients informed with up to date information. We often can achieve a faster result and save cost on unnecessary legal action (continue)

Process Service
Proper service delivery effected on all your legal documents by the required date (continue)

Repossessions
Prompt service and turnaround for all range of commodities (continue)

Legal Services
Court attendance for Examination Hearings, registration of documents. Lodgment of documents (continue)

Skip Tracing
Lawful investigations with access to many secure databases (continue)

Debt Collection
Different approaches to suit different situations, achieve better results
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