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8001 – Persons Subpoenaed; Examination Before Trial; Transcripts of Records.

§ 8001. Persons subpoenaed; examination before trial; transcripts of records. (a) Persons subpoenaed. Any person whose attendance is compelled by a subpoena, whether or not actual testimony is taken, shall receive for each day’s attendance fifteen dollars for attendance fees and twenty-three cents as travel expenses for each mile to the place of attendance from […]

8002 – Stenographers.

§ 8002. Stenographers. Unless otherwise provided by law, a stenographer is entitled, for a copy fully written out from his or her stenographic notes of testimony or other proceedings taken in a court, and furnished upon request to a party or his or her attorney, to the fee set forth in the rules promulgated by […]

8003 – Referees.

§ 8003. Referees. (a) Generally. A referee is entitled, for each day spent in the business of the reference, to three hundred fifty dollars unless a different compensation is fixed by the court or by the consent in writing of all parties not in default for failure to appear or plead. (b) Upon sale of […]

8004 – Commissions of Receivers.

§ 8004. Commissions of receivers. (a) Generally. A receiver, except where otherwise prescribed by statute, is entitled to such commissions, not exceeding five per cent upon the sums received and disbursed by him, as the court by which he is appointed allows, but if in any case the commissions, so computed, do not amount to […]

8005 – Commissions of Trustees; Advance Payment of Fees of an Attorney-Trustee.

§ 8005. Commissions of trustees; advance payment of fees of an attorney-trustee. A trustee of an express trust shall be entitled to commissions and the allowance of his expenses and compensation and, if he be an attorney admitted to practice in this state, to the allowance of a sum on account of his compensation for […]

8006 – Premiums on Undertakings by Fiduciaries.

§ 8006. Premiums on undertakings by fiduciaries. A receiver, assignee, guardian, trustee, committee, conservator or person appointed under section one hundred eleven of the real property law or under section twenty of the personal property law, required by law to give an undertaking as such, may include as a part of his necessary expenses such […]

8007 – Printers.

§ 8007. Printers. Except where otherwise prescribed by law, the proprietor of a newspaper is entitled for publishing a summons, notice, order or other advertisement, required to be published by law or by the order of any court, or of the clerk of a court, to twenty-nine cents per line of a column width not […]

8009 – Oaths; Acknowledgments; Certification or Exemplification.

§ 8009. Oaths; acknowledgments; certification or exemplification. Any authorized officer is entitled, for the services specified, to the following fees: 1. for administering an oath or affirmation, and certifying it when required, except where another fee is specially prescribed by statute, two dollars; 2. for taking and certifying the acknowledgment or proof of the execution […]

8010 – County Treasurers.

§ 8010. County treasurers. The treasurer of a county or the commissioner of finance of the city of New York is entitled for the services specified to the following fees: 1. two per cent upon a sum of money paid out of court by him; 2. one-half of one per cent upon a sum of […]

8011 – Fixed Fees of Sheriffs.

§ 8011. Fixed fees of sheriffs. For the services specified, a sheriff is entitled to the following fees and, where indicated, these shall be paid in advance. (a) Order of attachment. 1. For receiving an order of attachment, entering it in the appropriate books, and return when required, fifteen dollars, in advance. 2. For levying […]

8013 – Expenses of Sheriffs.

§ 8013. Expenses of sheriffs. (a) Publication of notice of sale. A sheriff, where real property is to be sold by virtue of an execution or in pursuance of a direction contained in a judgment, is entitled to reimbursement for printer’s fees, paid by him for the publication of a notice of the sale. Where […]

8014 – Collection of Sheriff’s Fees on Execution.

§ 8014. Collection of sheriff’s fees on execution. The fees of a sheriff, upon an execution against property, which are not required by statute to be paid by a particular person and which are not included in the bill of costs of the party in whose favor the execution is issued, shall be collected by […]

8015 – County Clerk Where Sheriff Is a Party or Otherwise Disqualified.

§ 8015. County clerk where sheriff is a party or otherwise disqualified. A county clerk is entitled for the services specified to the following fees: 1. for performing any duty of a sheriff in an action in which the sheriff, for any cause, is disqualified, the same compensation to which a sheriff is entitled for […]

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 […]

8018 – Index Number Fees of County Clerks.

§ 8018. Index number fees of county clerks. (a) Amount of fee. 1. A county clerk is entitled, for the assignment of an index number to an action pending in a court of which he or she is clerk, to a fee of: (i) one hundred ninety dollars; and (ii) in an action to foreclose […]

8019 – County Clerks Generally.

§ 8019. County clerks generally. (a) Application. The fees of a county clerk specified in this article shall supersede the fees allowed by any other statute for the same services, except in so far as the administrative code of the city of New York sets forth different fees for the city register of the city […]

8020 – County Clerks as Clerks of Court.

§ 8020. County clerks as clerks of court. Whenever a county clerk renders a service in his capacity as clerk of the supreme or a county court, in an action pending in such court, he is entitled to the fees specified in this section, payable in advance. (a) Placing cause on calendar. For placing a […]