Statutes in the US let you recover the cost of responding to legal process. Most companies
never invoice for it, because chasing $45 across two thousand agencies isn't work anyone
has time for. Kodex invoices and collects on your behalf. Here's what that's worth on your
volume.
Volume
Federal, state and local. Leave out anything outside the US, where recovery mostly
isn't permitted.
Process mix
Subpoenas
%
Search warrants
%
Court orders
%
Requesters
Mostly state and localMostly federal
This model assumes 68% from state and local and 50% from federal.
Federal isn't a worse payer, it's a stricter one, and it moves once the documentation
is right.
Civil
We also receive civil subpoenas from law firms
civil subpoenas a year, billed at $150
Statute entitles you to the full cost on civil process. We model what actually
collects, at the platform rate.
Your rate card
The single biggest lever in the model. It flows straight through to what gets
invoiced, and it applies whether you run this yourself or with us. Ranges show what
providers actually charge today.
Subpoena
$
Seen $25 to $50
Search warrant
$
Seen $25 to $400
Court order
$
Seen $25 to $250
A flat card bills the same for a search warrant as for a subpoena. It's the single
reason flat-rate accounts recover less. Try the differentiated card to see the
difference.
Time to first dollar
Money arrives inside a week
2 days
Crypto platform
3 days
Gaming platform
6 days
Telecom
Days from going live to first payment received. No integration project sits between you
and the first check.
Where the numbers come from
Collection rates
This model assumes 60% of invoiced amounts are collected, blended from 68% state and
local and 50% federal. Those are forward-looking figures tied to work now underway on
billing documentation, not a measurement of today. Measured across 13,627 invoices at
90 days, current performance is 51.3% state and local and 37.7% federal, and our
strongest account already collects 64.1% from federal.
The range
The band runs 10 points either side of the 60% assumption, so 50% to 70%. Your rate
card flows straight through to the estimate. Collection is the part outside your
control, so that's where the uncertainty sits.
What we never invoice
We never send an invoice on child exploitation material. Customers commonly exclude
emergency requests, freezing orders, trafficking and terrorism, and you set that list
during onboarding. Agencies that push back are routed to us, not to your team.
Statutory basis
Stored Communications Act §2706 for US legal process. The estimate covers US
process only; recovery outside the US mostly isn't permitted.
The take rate
Kodex keeps 30% of what we collect. Every figure above is net of it.
No guarantees
We invoice and collect passively. Data production is never conditioned on payment, and
collections aren't guaranteed. This is an estimate, not a forecast.
Volumes and fee benchmarks from 18,040 invoices · Collection assumed at 60%, ahead
of current performance · Data pulled 10 August 2026
