Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the municipality could collect a fee for serving the decision by cash on delivery and charge it to the lower authority.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Municipal authorities may charge a fee for serving decisions, and the fee itself was due from the appellant; however, collecting it by cash on delivery was impermissible because proper service of a duly requested decision may not be made dependent on payment.
Extrahierte Begründung
Clerical fees for simple administrative acts may be charged even without specific statutory basis. In this case, the cash-on-delivery method of service was unlawful, but that did not affect the existence of the underlying fee claim, since the appellant accepted the delivery and the fee was lawfully charged to her.