Section 1911. Fees payable to the clerk  


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  • There shall be paid to the clerk
      the following sums as court fees in an action:
        (a) Upon issuance of a summons, order  of  arrest  or  attachment,  or
      requisition  or  warrant  of  seizure by the clerk, together with copies
      thereof, forty-five dollars.
        (b) Upon filing summons with proof of service thereof, or upon  filing
      of  the  first  paper  in  that  county  in  any  action  or proceeding,
      forty-five dollars, unless there has been paid in that county a  fee  of
      forty-five dollars pursuant to subdivision (a) hereof.
        (c)  Upon  filing  an infant's compromise, where no summons was filed,
      forty dollars.
        (d) On filing a notice of trial, forty dollars.
        (e) For entry of judgment upon confession, forty-five dollars,  unless
      there has been paid a fee pursuant to subdivision (a) or subdivision (b)
      hereof.
        (f) On filing notice of appeal, thirty dollars.
        (g) For issuing a satisfaction of judgment, or a certificate regarding
      the judgment, six dollars.
        (h)  Upon  demand  for a trial by jury, seventy dollars; to be paid by
      the party demanding the jury, at the time of demand.
        (i) For exemplification of any paper filed, fifteen dollars.
        (j) For certifying a copy of a paper on file in  the  clerk's  office,
      six dollars.
        (k)  For  issuing  a  notice of petition, or an order to show cause in
      lieu thereof, in a summary proceeding  to  recover  possession  of  real
      property, forty-five dollars.
        (l) For issuing a petition for change of name, sixty-five dollars.
        (m)  For  any  other  matter,  not provided for above, for which there
      would be a fee payable in the supreme court of a county within the  city
      of  New York, the same fee; except that this subdivision shall not apply
      to the fees required to be paid in supreme court (i) upon the filing  of
      a  motion or cross-motion pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 8020 of
      the civil practice law  and  rules,  and  (ii)  upon  the  filing  of  a
      stipulation  of  settlement  or  a  voluntary discontinuance pursuant to
      subdivision (d) of such section.
        All fees shall be prepaid before the service shall be performed.