§ 1911 — Fees payable to the clerk

§ 1911. Fees payable to the clerk. There shall be paid to the clerk\nthe following sums as court fees in an action:\n (a) Upon issuance of a summons, order of arrest or attachment, or\nrequisition or warrant of seizure by the clerk, together with copies\nthereof, forty-five dollars.\n (b) Upon filing summons with proof of service thereof, or upon filing\nof the first paper in that county in any action or proceeding,\nforty-five dollars, unless there has been paid in that county a fee of\nforty-five dollars pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.\n (b-1) Upon filing the first paper in an action or proceeding arising\nout of a consumer credit transaction as defined in subdivision (f) of\nsection one hundred five of the civil practice law and rules, an\nadditional ninety-five dollars.\n (c) Upon filing an infant's compromise, where no summons was filed,\nforty dollars.\n (d) On filing a notice of trial, forty dollars.\n (e) For entry of judgment upon confession, forty-five dollars, unless\nthere has been paid a fee pursuant to subdivision (a) or subdivision (b)\nhereof.\n (f) On filing notice of appeal, thirty dollars.\n (g) For issuing a satisfaction of judgment, or a certificate regarding\nthe judgment, six dollars.\n (h) Upon demand for a trial by jury, seventy dollars; to be paid by\nthe party demanding the jury, at the time of demand.\n (i) For exemplification of any paper filed, fifteen dollars.\n (j) For certifying a copy of a paper on file in the clerk's office,\nsix dollars.\n (k) For issuing a notice of petition, or an order to show cause in\nlieu thereof, in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real\nproperty, forty-five dollars.\n (l) For issuing a petition for change of name, sixty-five dollars.\n (m) For any other matter, not provided for above, for which there\nwould be a fee payable in the supreme court of a county within the city\nof New York, the same fee; except that this subdivision shall not apply\nto the fees required to be paid in supreme court (i) upon the filing of\na motion or cross-motion pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 8020 of\nthe civil practice law and rules, and (ii) upon the filing of a\nstipulation of settlement or a voluntary discontinuance pursuant to\nsubdivision (d) of such section.\n (n) Upon the filing of a judgment by a plaintiff on or after September\nfirst, two thousand ten in an action or proceeding arising out of a\nconsumer credit transaction as defined in subdivision (f) of section one\nhundred five of the civil practice law and rules, ninety-five dollars,\nprovided such action or proceeding was commenced prior to such date and\nno additional fee was paid therein pursuant to subdivision (b-1) of this\nsection.\n All fees shall be prepaid before the service shall be performed.\n