16 Pa. Stat. § 4801.1

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 4801.1 - Clerk of courts fees
(a) The fees to be charged and collected by the clerk of courts in counties of the second class shall be as follows:
(1) A fee of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for all proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed of at any time during or after trial, including the expunging of any record.
(2) A fee of not less than thirty dollars ($30) nor more than one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) for all proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed of before trial, including the expunging of any record.
(3) The fees referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be set by the clerk of courts.
(4) A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for all proceedings in summary matters.
(5) A fee of ten dollars ($10) for all certifications.
(6) A fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for all other matters filed in the office and for all reports prepared by the clerk 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 forty dollars ($40) for the filing of an appeal from a summary conviction before a district justice.
(8) A fee of forty-five dollars ($45) for an appeal from the court of common pleas to an appellate court.
(9) A fee of five cents (5¢) per dollar for the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) and two cents (2¢) per dollar for each additional one thousand dollars ($1,000) or fraction thereof for the handling of money paid into court.
(b) In counties of the second class, the clerk of courts may establish, modify or eliminate fees and charges, including the fees set forth in subsection (a). The approval of the president judge is required for the establishment of any new fees or charges or for fees which would exceed the maximum fees set forth in subsection (a). The clerk of courts shall collect such fees and charges and may establish, with the approval of the president judge, the manner in which such fees and charges shall be collected.
(c) An amount not to exceed ten per centum of the fees and charges collected by the clerk of courts under this section may, at the discretion of the clerk of courts, be deposited into a special clerk of courts computer fund established in each county of the second class. In the alternative, the clerk of courts may, with the approval of the president judge, impose and collect a surcharge on some or all of the fees and charges collected under this section; and the surcharge collected shall be deposited into the special clerk of courts computer fund. Moneys in the special fund shall be used solely for the purpose of computerizing the office of the clerk of courts.

16 P.S. § 4801.1

1953, July 28, P.L. 723, No. 230, art. XVIII, § 1801.1, added 1996, May 16, P.L. 210, No. 39, § 4, imd. effective.