Section 1911. Fees payable to the clerk  


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  • (a)  There shall be paid to the clerk the following sums as court fees
      in civil matters and there shall be no others:
        (1) Upon the issuance of a summons, order  of  arrest  or  attachment,
      requisition  or  warrant of seizure, or a notice of petition or order to
      show cause in lieu thereof in  a  summary  proceeding  to  recover  real
      property, forty-five dollars.
        (2)  Upon filing the first paper in an action or proceeding, including
      a special proceeding for the settlement of  a  claim  of  an  infant  or
      incompetent,  forty-five  dollars,  unless  there has been paid a fee of
      forty-five dollars for the issuance of a summons,  order  of  arrest  or
      attachment,  requisition  or warrant of seizure, or a notice of petition
      or order to show cause in lieu  thereof  in  a  summary  proceeding,  as
      provided for by subparagraph (1) hereof.
        (3)  For entry of judgment upon confession, forty-five dollars, unless
      there has been paid a fee of forty-five dollars in accordance  with  the
      provisions of subparagraphs (1) and (2) hereof.
        (4) On filing notice of appeal, thirty dollars.
        (5) For issuing a satisfaction of judgment, or a certificate regarding
      the judgment, six dollars.
        (6)  Upon  demand  for a trial by jury, seventy dollars; to be paid by
      the party demanding the jury, at the time of the demand.
        (7) For exemplification of a copy of a paper on file  in  the  clerk's
      office fifteen dollars.
        (8)  For  certifying  a copy of a paper on file in the clerk's office,
      six dollars.
        (9) For filing a notice of trial, forty dollars.  All  fees  shall  be
      prepaid before the service shall be performed.
        (b)   Fees  of  enforcement  officer.  There  shall  be  paid  to  the
      enforcement officer by the party requiring his services, the  same  fees
      to which a sheriff would be entitled for like services in supreme court.
        (c)  Stenographer's fees. A stenographer shall be entitled to the fees
      prescribed by the civil practice law and rules.
        * (d) Nothing in this section shall bar  collection  of  a  reasonable
      administrative fee, as authorized by paragraph (j) of subdivision two of
      section  two hundred twelve of the judiciary law, where payment of a fee
      hereunder is by means of a credit card or similar device.
        * NB Repealed August 9, 2010