Section 417. Officer’s Expenses and Fees  


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  • The plaintiff shall pay expenses and fees of execution promptly upon demand of the executing officer, but before service of the order of execution the executing officer may require the plaintiff to pay in advance only expenses and fees incident to levy. Expenses and fees of execution paid by the plaintiff shall be deemed taxable costs for refund to him from the proceeds of any sale.

    Official Note

    This rule will restrict requiring advance payments before service of the order of execution to payments for expenses and fees, including mileage, incident to levy. Compare Pa. R.C.P. No. 3138. See also Rule 419(7).

    Amended June 1, 1971, effective immediately.

The provisions of this Rule 417 amended April 25, 1979, effective May 25, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1499. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (31613).