NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF COURT RECORDS,

CIVIL/FAMILY DIVISION

NEW FEES EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 2, 2009

 

NEW CASE FILINGS

OLD FEE

NEW FEE

Complaint

$108.50 + $11 per deft.

$114.50 + $11 per deft.

Praecipe for Writ of Summons

$108.50 + $11 per deft.

$114.50 + $11 per deft.

Declaration of Taking

$108.50

$114.50

Declaratory Judgment

$108.50

$114.50

Equity Complaint or Writ of Summons

$108.50

$114.50

Miscellaneous Petition Initiating Case

$108.00

$114.00

Election Petition

$58.00

$64.00

Tax Assessment Appeal

$83.00

$89.00

Appeal of Magisterial District Judge (MDJ)

$83.00

$89.00

Appeal from the Board of Viewers

$83.00

$89.00

Confession of Judgment

$78.50

$84.50

Mechanic’s Lien Claim

$54.00

$60.00

Municipal Lien

$64.00

$70.00

No lien Agreement

$54.00

$60.00

Judgment – MDJ Transcript

$60.25

$66.25

Foreign Judgment

$78.50

$84.50

Judgment Roll

$78.50

$84.50

Judgment from Another County

$78.50

$84.50

Praecipe for Writ of Certiorari

$83.50

$89.50

Annual Audit Report

$55.00

$61.00

Cemetery Report

$55.00

$61.00

Tax Collector Report

$55.00

$61.00

Tax Collector Bond

$54.00

$60.00

Scire Facias Sur Tax Lien

$73.50 + $11 per deft.

$79.50 + $11 per deft.

 

SECONDARY FILINGS

OLD FEE

NEW FEE

Motion or Petition for Continuance

$15.00

$20.00

Notice of Appeal to Higher Court (an

Additional $60.00 fee is charged by the

Appellate Courts and is collected by the

Department of Court Records (DCR))

$50.00

$60.00

 

MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS

OLD FEE

NEW FEE

Subpoena

$2.00

$5.00

Photocopies

$.25/page

$.50/page

Photocopies made by DCR personnel

$.50/page

$1.00/page

 

FAMILY DIVISION

OLD FEE

NEW FEE

Divorce Complaint

+ $7.00 if there is a custody count

+ $15.00 per additional count

$138.50

$144.50

Custody Complaint

 - if no other filing fees have been paid

$135.50

$141.50

Protection from Abuse

$208.50

$214.50

Foreign Divorce Decree

$108.50

$114.50

Foreign Custody

$115.50

$121.50

Paternity Testing

$108.50

$114.50

 

PLEASE NOTE:          No refunds will be made for overpayments of $10.00 or less.

                      Also, there will be a $30.00 charge for NSF checks.

 

A COMPLETE LIST OF DEPARTMENT OF COURT RECORDS, CIVIL/FAMILY DIVISION FEES CAN BE FOUND AT:

http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/civil/