Pennsylvania Act 1986-3 — SECOND CLASS A COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS FEE LAW

Act text

AN ACT

Establishing the fees to be charged and collected by the clerk of courts, or his counterpart in a home rule county, in second class A counties only.

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

Section 1. Fees charged and collected.

The fees to be charged and collected by the clerk of courts, or his counterpart in a home rule county, in second class A counties only shall be as follows:

(1) A fee of not less than $35, nor more than $150, for all proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed of at any time during or after trial.

(2) A fee of not less than $20, nor more than $125, for all proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed of before trial.

(3) The fees referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be set annually by the clerk of courts, or his counterpart in a home rule county, on or before January 1 of each year except in 1986 when they shall be set within 20 days and, when added to other fees charged, shall bear a reasonable relationship to the sum sufficient to maintain and operate the office of clerk of courts, or its counterpart in a home rule county, and that part of the court administration's expenses attributed to those functions required to process criminal actions as well as a reasonable share of the cost of maintaining a public law library, which cost shall be determined by the commissioners.

(4) A fee of $15 for all proceedings in summary matters.

(5) A fee of $5 for all certifications.

(6) A fee of $10 for all other matters filed in the office and for all reports prepared by the clerk, or his counterpart in a home rule county, except that no fee shall be charged for filing township and borough audit reports or transcripts received which indicate a final disposition by the district justice.

(7) A fee of $25 for the filing of an appeal from a summary conviction before a district justice.

(8) A fee of $30 for an appeal from the court of common pleas to an appellate court.

(9) A fee of 3¢ per dollar for the first $1,000 and 1¢ per dollar for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof, for the handling of money paid into court.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.

Section 2. Repeal.

The act of June 18, 1982 (P.L.547, No.158), entitled "An act establishing the fees to be charged and collected by the clerk of courts in second, second class A, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class counties and home rule counties," is repealed insofar as it relates to second class A counties only.

Section 3. Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 30 days.