Section 155.1. Filing and service fees for appellate courts  


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  • Fee
    I.Appeals and Reviews
    A.For all services in connection with the filing, hearing and disposition of an appeal from, or direct review of a judgment or action of a lower governmental unit or other authority.50.00

    This is a composite fee which covers
    1. All filings
    2. Ancillary matters
    3. Routine procedural matters
    4. Post-decision matters
    Except where a specific fee is provided below in this part.
    B.Second and subsequent requests for extension
    1. For filing by a party of a request for a second extension of time to file a brief.10.00

    2. For filing a third or subsequent request25.00

    C.Petition for reargument or reconsideration, filing.15.00

    D.For all services in connection with a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania15.00

    E.For all services in connection with an appeal to or writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. See ‘‘Certified copy from record’’, Part IV, infra.
    II.Original Actions
    For all services in connection with the filing, hearing and disposition of an action or matter originally brought in an appellate court (or transferred to the Supreme Court under Judiciary Code Sec. 726); or in connection with an application or petition for a writ preliminary to, or in the nature of an indirect review of an action of a lower governmental unit or other authority.30.00

    This a composite fee like that in Part I, and subject to the same limitations.
    III.Procedural Motions or Petitions Preliminary to Appeals15.00

    For all services in connection with the filing, hearing and disposition of any matter of a procedural nature preliminary to an appeal or petition to review; or necessitated by any delay or oversight of the appellant/petitioner.15.00

    This fee does not cover the appeal or review itself. See ‘‘Appeals and Reviews’’ Part I, supra.
    IV.Miscellaneous Fees (for services to persons not parties to matters covered by Parts I-III)
    Certified copy from record
    —First page

    8.00

    —Each additional page1.00

    Copy from record, uncertified, per page1.00

    Execution, including issuance of writ20.00

    Exemplification
    —Within state
    20.00

    —Outside state, under Federal law or otherwise20.00

    Filing of lien10.00

    Opinion of court, each page1.00

    Record search, each five years, including certification of all references20.00

    Revival of Lien
    —By other than adverse proceedings
    30.00

    —By adverse proceedings40.00

    Rules of Court
    —Within six months after entry, each page
    .50

    —Six months or more after entry see ‘‘Copy
    From Record’’ above
    Subpoenas
    —Issuance
    2.00

    —Return of service10.00

    —Plus mileage, per mile.17


The provisions of this § 155.1 amended October 28, 1981, effective October 28, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 3945. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (19165).