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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules » Article 80 - Fees » 8016 – Clerks of Courts of Record Generally.
§  8016.  Clerks  of courts of record generally. (a) Fees of clerks in
actions.  Except where a greater fee is allowed by another  statute  for
the  same  service, each clerk of a court of record, except the clerk of
the civil court of the city of New York, except a county  clerk,  except
clerks  of  the  family  courts,  and  except the clerks of the district
courts, is entitled for the services specified to  the  following  fees,
payable in advance:
  1.  upon the trial of an action, or the hearing, upon the merits, of a
special proceeding, from the party bringing it on, one dollar;
  2.  for  entering  final  judgment,  including  the  filing   of   the
judgment-roll and a copy of the judgment to insert therein, fifty cents,
and  fifteen cents in addition for each folio, exceeding five, contained
in the judgment;
  3. for entering any order or an interlocutory judgment,  fifty  cents,
and fifteen cents in addition for each folio, exceeding five;
  4. for a certified or other copy of an order, record or other paper in
an  action  brought or transferred to the court of which he is clerk and
entered or filed in his office, ten cents for each folio;
  5. for a certified transcript of  the  docket  of  a  judgment,  fifty
cents; and
  6.  for  filing  a  transcript, or docketing or redocketing a judgment
thereupon, fifty cents, and fifty cents in addition for each  defendant,
exceeding two.

(b) Certifying judgment-roll on appeal. Where, on an appeal from a judgment or order, a party shall present to the clerk of a court of record, except the clerk of the civil court of the city of New York, except a county clerk, except clerks of the family courts, and except the clerks of the district courts, a printed copy of the judgment-roll or order appealed from, it shall be the duty of the clerk to compare and certify the same, for which service he shall be entitled to be paid at the rate of fifty cents per page or portion thereof, unless a greater fee is allowed by another statute.