Pennsylvania Act 1949-143 — SETTING FEES FOR THE RECORDER OF DEEDS IN FIRST CLASS COUNTIES

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SETTING FEES FOR THE RECORDER OF DEEDS IN FIRST CLASS COUNTIES
                 Act of Apr. 20, 1949, P.L. 644, No. 143              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     To regulate and establish the fees to be charged and collected
        by the recorders of deeds in counties of the first class.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The fees to be charged and collected by the
     recorders of deeds in counties of the first class shall be as
     follows:
        For recording deeds of not more than four pages, three
     dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), and one dollar ($1) for each
     additional page or fractional part thereof.
        For registration of deeds which the recorder of deeds is
     required to have registered in any office for the registration
     of deeds, other than the said recorder's office, twenty-five
     cents ($.25) for each description in such deed, in addition to
     the recording fee.
        For recording mortgages of not more than four pages, six
     dollars and fifty cents ($6.50), and one dollar ($1) for each
     additional page or fractional part thereof.
        For recording widow's election, two dollars and fifty cents
     ($2.50).
        For recording release of legacies, two dollars and fifty
     cents ($2.50).
        For recording decree of femme sole trader, two dollars and
     fifty cents ($2.50).
        For recording power of attorney of not more than two pages,
     two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and one dollar ($1) for
     each additional page or fractional part thereof.
        For recording or exemplifying of commission with bond and
     oath for notary public, city or county officer, or magistrate,
     five dollars ($5); special police officer two dollars and fifty
     cents ($2.50).
        For exemplification of special police officer's oath, one
     dollar ($1).
        For recording all other instruments of writing of not more
     than four pages, three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), and one
     dollar ($1) for each additional page or fractional part thereof.
        For exemplification of records of not more than two pages,
     two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and one dollar ($1) for
     each additional page or fractional part thereof, in addition to
     fifty cents ($.50) for certificate and seal.
        For noting any instrument on margin of record, twenty-five
     cents ($.25).
        For entering satisfaction or partial payment on margin of
     record of mortgage, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
        The word page, as hereinbefore used, shall mean a legal cap
     or typewritten page.
        For making searches, mortgages, conveyances and assignments
     of mortgages--
        For each and every ten years or fractional part thereof, each
     name, one dollar ($1).
        Each reference examined, ten cents ($.10).
        Certificate and seal to search, fifty cents ($.50).
        The fees for services not herein specifically provided for
     shall be the same as for similar services, as nearly as can be
     practically ascertained.
        Section 2.  All fees shall be exclusive of any tax or any fee
     payable to the Commonwealth now or hereafter provided for by law
     and which the recorder of deeds is or shall be required to
     collect.
        Section 3.  The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of May,
     one thousand nine hundred twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws 1104), is
     hereby repealed. All other acts or parts of acts inconsistent
     herewith are hereby repealed.