Pennsylvania Act 1947-328 — FIXING THE FEES OF RECORDER OF DEEDS

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FIXING THE FEES OF RECORDER OF DEEDS
                 Act of Jun. 21, 1947, P.L. 765, No. 328              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     Fixing the fees of the recorder of deeds in counties of the
        sixth, seventh, and eighth class.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The fees of the recorder of deeds in counties of
     the sixth, seventh, and eighth class shall be as follows:
        For recording and exemplifying deeds, mortgages and other
     writings, for every five words, one cent. The minimum rate for
     recording same shall be two dollars and fifty cents.
        For indexing deeds, mortgages and other writings with more
     than four names, fifteen cents extra for each additional name.
        For abstracting first description or parcel of land, twenty
     cents, for each additional description or parcel, fifteen cents
     extra.
        For entering satisfactions, assignments, partial payments,
     releases, extensions, and postponements on margin of mortgage
     record, fifty cents.
        For taking acknowledgments, fifty cents for first name, and
     twenty-five cents for each additional name.
        For certifying monthly report of mortgages, assignments, and
     satisfaction of record to county commissioners, as required by
     the act, approved the seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine
     hundred thirteen (Pamphlet Laws 507), entitled "An act to
     provide revenue for State and county purposes, and, in cities
     coextensive with counties, for city and county purposes;
     imposing taxes upon certain classes of personal property;
     providing for the assessment and collection of the same;
     providing for the duties and compensation of prothonotaries and
     recorders in connection therewith; and modifying existing
     legislation which provided for raising revenue for State
     purposes," two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), to be paid by
     the county.
        The fee for services, not herein specifically provided for,
     shall be the same as for similar services.
        (1 amended May 20, 1949, P.L.1590, No.479)
        Section 2.  All fees shall be exclusive of any State tax now
     provided for by law, and said fees and State tax shall be
     payable in advance.
        Section 3.  Section eight of the act, approved the second day
     of April, one thousand eight hundred sixty-eight (Pamphlet Laws
     3), entitled "An act to ascertain and appoint the fees to be
     received by the several officers of this Commonwealth," and any
     and all other acts or parts of acts are hereby repealed in so
     far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this act.