(A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following fees and costs must be collected by the magistrates and deposited in the general fund of the county: (1) for taking civil recognizance, with or without sureties, five dollars; (2) for granting an order for civil special bail, with or without sureties, five dollars; (3) for receiving and filing bond in claim and delivery, attachment, five dollars; if justification of sureties required, an additional five dollars; (4) for administering and certifying oaths or documents in writing, two dollars; (5) for issuing any prerogative writ, five dollars; (6) in all civil actions, for issuing a summons and a copy for defendant, and for giving judgment with or without a hearing, forty-five dollars; (7) for issuing execution and renewal thereof, ten dollars; (8) for making up, certifying, and forwarding a transcript of record and judgment in a case for purpose of appeal, ten dollars; (9) for proceedings by a landlord or lessor against a tenant or lessee, including notices to quit, eviction orders, or recovery of rents, twenty dollars; (10) for proceedings on a coroner's inquest, as prescribed by law, ten dollars, if inquest is demanded by a party other than the State or county or authorized officer of either; (11) for proceeding on estrays, including judgment for possession, sale, or damages, ten dollars; (12) for qualifying appraisers to set off homestead or qualifying sureties on a bond posted in a case, including bail bonds, five dollars; (13) for each tax execution collected, five dollars; and (14) for filing or issuing any other paper not provided for in this section, five dollars. (B) Fees or costs may not be assessed against a party for summoning jurors or expense of jury service in a criminal case in which a trial by jury is had. Editor's Note 2000 Act No. 226 SECTION 1, effective July 1, 2000, reads as follows: "This act is known and may be cited as the 'Magistrates Court Reform Act of 2000'."
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