Charging tenant an eviction court appearance fee?

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I tried to search this without much luck.

Anyone out there have stated in their lease a court appearance fee? Say the tenants don't pay and I have to file for eviction, I charge the incurred court costs to their account. They are required to pay the full amount owed plus the court costs if they want to stop the eviction.

Now if they still don't pay and I have to show up for court and take a day off work, etc. shouldn't I charge the tenant a fee for that? Say like a $200 court appearance fee if it gets to that point? Still wouldn't be enough to cover my lost wages and certainly not any of my time. Going to court and all that is definitely a cost of doing business but a cost incurred because of these tenants. I thought I read on BP one time that someone was charging this type of fee.

Thanks

Chris