PRINTER'S NO. 2820
No. 2139 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, COWELL AND GIGLIOTTI, DECEMBER 4, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 4, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L.303, No.85), entitled "An
2 act establishing fees which shall be charged by a
3 prothonotary in a county of the second class," increasing
4 certain fees.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2(5) and (9) of the act of April 8, 1982
8 (P.L.303, No.85), known as the Second Class County Prothonotary
9 Fee Act, are amended to read:
10 Section 2. Fee schedule.
11 The fees to be received by the prothonotary of the court of
12 common pleas of a county of the second class shall be as
13 follows:
14 * * *
15 (5) Commencement of actions.--Commencement
16 of any civil action by writ of summons,
17 complaint, amicable action, petition or
18 otherwise including Actions in Assumpsit,
19 Trespass, Ejectment, Quiet Title, Replevin,
1 Mandamus, Quo Warranto, Divorce or Annulment of
2 Marriage, Mortgage Foreclosure, Ground Rent
3 Foreign Attachment, Fraudulent Debtor's Attach-
4 ment Equity, Partition of Real Property,
5 Actions to Prevent Waste, Actions upon
6 Mechanics' Liens, Class Actions, Actions
7 involving Minors, Declaratory Actions, Amicable
8 Actions, except Complaint in Confession of
9 Judgment (see "Judgments") and Commencement of
10 Commonwealth Tax Liens (see "Liens"). This is a
11 composite fee which includes the filing of all
12 plaintiff's pleadings discovery or any other
13 paper not otherwise provided for in this act
14 except trial and trial listings, judgment,
15 execution, attachment, revival and post judg-
16 ment papers...................................[$35.00] $45.00
17 * * *
18 (9) Fictitious individual and corporate
19 names.--
20 (i) The filing of an application for
21 the registration of an individual
22 fictitious name...........................[$40.00] $41.50
23 (ii) Any subsequent filing and
24 cancellation............................... 7.50
25 (iii) The filing of an application for
26 the registration of a fictitious corporate
27 name.......................................[50.00] $51.50
28 (iv) Any subsequent filing including
29 cancellation............................... 7.50
30 * * *
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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