16 Pa. Stat. § 7707

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 7707 - Fees

In all counties of this Commonwealth having more than one million five hundred thousand inhabitants, the fees to be allowed the district attorney shall be as follows:--

For drawing bill of indictment and prosecuting the same, for every homicide, one hundred dollars, and twenty dollars additional for every day of trial exceeding one day.

For every such bill returned ignoramus, twenty dollars.

For drawing bill of indictment and prosecuting same, for every offense triable only in the court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, except homicide, eighteen dollars, and ten dollars additional for every day of trial exceeding one day.

For every such bill returned ignoramus, ten dollars.

For drawing bill of indictment and prosecuting the same, for every offense triable in the court of quarter sessions of the peace, fifteen dollars, and five dollars additional for every day of trial exceeding one day.

For every such bill returned ignoramus, five dollars.

For every such case settled with leave of court, five dollars.

For every case where a nolle prosequi is entered, ten dollars.

For every surety of the peace case, ten dollars.

For every desertion and nonsupport case, ten dollars.

For every juvenile case, ten dollars.

For every appeal from a summary conviction and trial in the court of quarter sessions, ten dollars.

For every habeas corpus from summary conviction and trial in the court of quarter sessions, ten dollars.

For entering suit and obtaining judgment on forfeited recognizance, fifteen dollars.

For every homicide case where insanity is pleaded at arraignment and a special jury called to try said issue, fifty dollars.

16 P.S. § 7707

1919, June 3, P.L. 371, § 1.