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(a) Fees payable to the clerk. 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 filing of the first paper in any action or proceeding, forty-five dollars, unless there has already been paid a fee of forty-five dollars as provided for by paragraph eleven of this subdivision.
(1-a) Upon filing the first paper in an action or proceeding arising out of a consumer credit transaction as defined in subdivision (f) of section one hundred five of the civil practice law and rules, an addition 1 ninety-five dollars.
(2) For issuing an order of arrest or attachment, or requisition or warrant of seizure, where no paper was previously filed, forty-five dollars.
(3) Upon filing an infant's compromise, where no paper was previously filed, forty dollars.
(4) For filing a notice of trial, forty dollars.
(5) For entry of judgment upon confession, where no paper was previously filed, forty-five dollars.
(6) On filing notice of appeal, thirty dollars.
(7) For issuing a satisfaction of judgment, or a certificate regarding the judgment, six dollars.
(8) On a trial by jury, seventy dollars; to be paid by the party demanding the jury, at the time of the demand.
(9) For exemplification of a copy of a paper on file in the clerk's office fifteen dollars.
(10) For certifying a copy of a paper on file in the clerk's office, six dollars.
(11) For issuing a notice of petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property, forty-five dollars.
(12) Upon the filing of a judgment by a plaintiff on or after September first, two thousand ten in an action or proceeding arising out of a consumer credit transaction as defined in subdivision (f) of section one hundred five of the civil practice law and rules, ninety-five dollars, provided such action or proceeding was commenced prior to such date and no additional fee was paid therein pursuant to paragraph (one-a) of this subdivision.
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 CPLR.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Uniform City Court Act - UCT § 1911. Fees - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/uniform-city-court-act/uct-sect-1911/
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