THE COURTS

Title 255--LOCAL COURT RULES

POTTER COUNTY

Revision of the Fee Schedule for the Office of Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts; Administrative
Doc. No. CP-53-AD-10-2008

[38 Pa.B. 6726]
[Saturday, December 13, 2008]

   And Now, this 25th day of November, 2008 the petition of the Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts of Potter County is granted and the proposed fee schedule for the Office of Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts is approved and adopted and will become effective as of January 1, 2009.

JOHN B. LEETE,   
President Judge

Potter County Fee Schedule--Revised January 2009

PROTHONOTARY

Acknowledgements
$5.00

Appeals:

         From Dist. Justice Judgment (civil) . . . . . (includes Auto fee)
$28.25
         From Court of Common Pleas to Appellate Ct:
                  To Proth. Of lower Court
$50.00
                  To Proth. Of Appell. Court . . . . . (incl. JCP fee)
$60.00

Arbitration:
         Praecipe for appointment of board of arbitration
$45.00
         Appeal from arbitrator's award (to Court of Common Pleas)
$475.00
         [or 1/2 of amount in controversy: whichever is less]

Assignment
$5.00

Attachment of Wages: Praecipe for Notice of Intent (landlord-tenant)
$40.00
Attachment of Wages: Writ of Attachment of Wages, etc. (landlord-tenant)
$40.00

Certified copy of any document
$5.00

Commencement of action (other than Custody or Divorce):
         By Petition . . . . . (incl. JCP & Proth. Automation Fund Fees)
$65.00
         By Complaint . . . . . .(incl. JCP & Proth. Automation Fund Fees)
$65.50
         By Writ of Summons . . . . (incl. JCP & Proth. Automation Fund Fees)
$65.50

Custody . . . . . .(incl. JCP, Proth. Automation Fund Fee & Act 119)
$72.50

Continuance, Motion for
$28.00
         (whether granted or not)

Divorce Complaint . . . . . . (incl. JCP, Proth. Automation & Divorce Surcharge)
$55.50
         (If custody is a count add an additional $7.00 for Act 119)
                           Two Count Divorce
$70.50
                           Three Count Divorce
$85.50
                           Four Count Divorce
$100.50
                           Five Count Divorce
$115.50
                           Six Count Divorce
$130.50
                     [for each additional count, add $15.00]

Counter-claim in Divorce, filing of a one count
$45.00
         Plus add $15.00 for each additional count in the Counter-claim & if
         custody is a count in the counter-claim add an additional $7.00 for Act 119

Change of Venue request (in a Divorce case) . . . whether granted or not
$45.00

Praecipe to Transmit the Record . . . . (incl. 1 cert. copy of Decree for Plaintiff)
$9.00

Certificate of No Claims Filed
$5.00

Election to Resume Prior Surname filed at divorce case
         If done prior to or within one year of the divorce decree
$5.00
                  (Done by Notice)
         If done more than one year after the date of divorce decree
$20.00
                  (Done by Petition)

Election to Resume Prior Surname as a Surviving Spouse (must be a Potter County, PA resident)
$20.00
         Additional certified copies
$5.00 each

Exemplified copy (Triple-sealed) of Divorce case
$24.00

Execution:
         Praecipe for Writ of Execution or Praecipe for Writ of Possession
$45.00

UCC-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . search . . . . per debtor name . . . . . . . . . . . $59.00 plus $.25 per page if copy is requested
UCC-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . additional fee for each financing statement found and for each statement of assignment reported therein
$5.00

Judgments (includes satisfaction fee and any state writ tax):
         Federal Tax Liens . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.00
         Commonwealth Certified Liens . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.50
         Default Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.00
         Entry by Order . . . . . Note . . . . . or Confession . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.50
         Entry by District Justice Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.25
         Entry by Municipal Lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.50
         Exemplified Record . . . . . . . . filing here . . . . or preparing for another county or another state
$24.00

Mechanic's Lien
         Waiver or Stipulation Against . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$16.50
         Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$16.50

Notary Public
         Registering signature . . . . or . . . . . . Certification of
$3.00

Power of Attorney
         New filing . . . . . . . . . . . . per name
$4.00
         Addition of  . . . . or . . . . . Revocation of a name
$2.00

Reinstatement of Complaint
$5.00

Revival of Judgment:
         By Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$23.00
         By Writ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(incl. Proth. Auto. Fee)
$29.00

Release of Specific Real or Personal Property from a Judgment or Lien
$7.00

Satisfaction of judgments or liens filed prior to 2004:
         Of Judgment
$7.00
         Of Commonwealth . . . . or Municipal Lien
$7.50
         Of Federal Tax Lien
$7.00

(Note: Beginning January 1, 2004 the satisfaction fee and any state writ tax due will be included in the judgment filing fee)

Subordination of Lien or Judgment
$7.00

Search of Records . . . . done as time permits
$7.00
         (add $1.50 per each finding & $.25 per each page copied)

Subpoena (civil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . (each)
$5.00

NOTE: a NSF (non sufficient fund) fee will be assessed for any check or money order returned by the bank for insufficient funds, etc. of
$25.00.

CLERK OF COURTS

Poundage statutory handling fee for bail: 3% of first $1,000.00 and 1% of balance

Appeals: From Dist. Justice Summary Conviction
$45.00
         From Court of Common Pleas to Appellate Ct:
                  To Proth./Clerk Of lower Court
$50.00
                  To Proth. Of Appell. Court . . . . . (incl. JCP fee)
$60.00

Expungment of a Criminal Case
$15.00

Miscellaneous Case filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (incl. JCP and Auto. Fee)
$65.00

Road Docket Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  (incl. JCP and Auto. Fee)
$28.00

Subpoena (criminal) . . . . . . . . . (each)
$5.00

[For other costs assessed to Criminal, Juvenile & Miscellaneous Cases: please call]

NOTE: a NSF fee will be assessed for any check of money order returned by the bank for insufficient funds, etc. of . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00

CLERK OF THE ORPHANS' COURT

Accountings . . . . . . . . (First and Final) . . . . first page . . . . . . (includes JCP)
$40.00
         Additional pages . . . . . (do not count affidavits, copies, etc.) . . . . . each
$2.00

Adoption Petitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (includes JCP)
$65.00

Appeals: From Orphans Court to Appellate Ct:
         To Proth./Clerk Of lower Court
$50.00
         To Proth. Of Appell. Court . . . . . (incl. JCP fee)
$60.00

Citation
$5.00

Claim Against Accounting
$10.00

Claim Against Estate
$15.00

Commencement of Action . . . . . . . . . . . all Petitions . . . . . . (incl. JCP)
$65.00

Motion for Continuance (whether granted or not)
$25.00

Marriage License (includes one certified return)
$50.00

Custodial Parental Consent
$10.00

Waiver of Waiting Period
$10.00

(Military Waiver of waiting period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Charge for waiver of waiting period for ACTIVE DUTY with Military ID)

         NOTE: Additional certified returns of marriage are $10.00 each

NOTE: a NSF fee will be assessed for any check returned by the bank for insufficient funds, etc. of $25.00

Office copy and fax policy

Copies: $.50 per page. If mailed, there is a minimum copy fee of $1.00.

Fax charges for outgoing faxes as follows:
$2.00 for first page, $1.00 for each additional page

For additional information or questions call (814) 274-9740 or write to Amy J. Moshier, Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts of Potter County, One East Second Street, Room 23, Coudersport, PA 16915.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-2227. Filed for public inspection December 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]

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