The United States District Court-Eastern District of Missouri accepts the following payment methods, many with restrictions on types of services/remittances they can be used for:
Cash and Cashier's Checks are an accepted method of payment for all transactions receipted by the Court. Cashier's Checks are bank issued checks that must be issued to "Clerk, U.S. District Court". These checks are guaranteed by the financial institution to clear and a stop payment may not be issued on them.
Checks and money orders are accepted forms of payment for all transactions except cash bail bonds in criminal matters. All checks and money orders should be made payable to "Clerk, U.S. District Court". Personal and Business checks that are returned by the bank for "Insufficient Funds", "Stop Payments", etc. are subject to a $45.00 NSF fee. Frequent return of checks for insufficient funds may result in placing the customer on a cash-only basis.
The accepted credit cards are MasterCard, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, and American Express, as well as ATM Debit cards. Payments on credit/debit cards will not be accepted for criminal debt (fines, special assessments, and restitutions), criminal bonds, civil bonds, interpleaders, jury costs, etc. The following are the only acceptable transactions to be paid for by credit/debit cards: