Sec. 52-261. Fees and expenses of officers and persons serving process or performing other duties. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and section
52-261a, each officer or person who serves process, summons or attachments shall
receive a fee of not more than thirty dollars for each process served and an additional
fee of thirty dollars for the second and each subsequent service of such process, except
that such officer or person shall receive an additional fee of ten dollars for each subsequent service of such process at the same address or for notification of the office of the
Attorney General in dissolution and postjudgment proceedings if a party or child is
receiving public assistance. Each such officer or person shall also receive the fee set by
the Department of Administrative Services for state employees for each mile of travel,
to be computed from the place where such officer or person received the process to the
place of service, and thence in the case of civil process to the place of return. If more
than one process is served on one person at one time by any such officer or person, the
total cost of travel for the service shall be the same as for the service of one process
only. Each officer or person who serves process shall also receive the moneys actually
paid for town clerk's fees on the service of process. Any officer or person required to
summon jurors by personal service of a warrant to attend court shall receive for the first
ten miles of travel while so engaged, such mileage to be computed from the place where
such officer or person receives the process to the place of service, twenty-five cents for
each mile, and for each additional mile, ten cents. For summoning any juror to attend
court otherwise than by personal service of the warrant, such officer or person shall
receive only the sum of fifty cents and actual disbursements necessarily expended by
such officer or person in making service thereof as directed. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for summoning grand jurors, such officer or person shall receive
only such officer's or person's actual expenses and such reasonable sum for services
as are taxed by the court. The following fees shall be allowed and paid: (1) For taking
bail or bail bond, one dollar; (2) for copies of writs and complaints, exclusive of endorsements, one dollar per page, not to exceed a total amount of nine hundred dollars in any
particular matter; (3) for endorsements, forty cents per page or fraction thereof; (4) for
service of a warrant for the seizure of intoxicating liquors, or for posting and leaving
notices after the seizure, or for the destruction or delivery of any such liquors under
order of court, twenty dollars; (5) for the removal and custody of such liquors so seized,
reasonable expenses, and twenty dollars; (6) for the levy of an execution, when the
money is actually collected and paid over, or the debt or a portion of the debt is secured
by the officer, fifteen per cent on the amount of the execution, provided the minimum
fee for such execution shall be thirty dollars; (7) on the levy of an execution on real
property and on application for sale of personal property attached, to each appraiser,
for each half day of actual service, reasonable and customary expenses; (8) for causing
an execution levied on real property to be recorded, fees for travel, twenty dollars and
costs; (9) for services on an application for the sale of personal property attached, or in
selling mortgaged property foreclosed under a decree of court, the same fees as for
similar services on executions; (10) for committing any person to a community correctional center, in civil actions, twenty-one cents a mile for travel, from the place of the
court to the community correctional center, in lieu of all other expenses; and (11) for
summoning and attending a jury for reassessing damages or benefits on a highway, three
dollars a day. The court shall tax as costs a reasonable amount for the care of property
held by any officer under attachment or execution. The officer serving any attachment
or execution may claim compensation for time and expenses of any person, in keeping,
securing or removing property taken thereon, provided such officer shall make out a
bill. The bill shall specify the labor done, and by whom, the time spent, the travel, the
money paid, if any, and to whom and for what. The compensation for the services shall
be reasonable and customary and the amount of expenses and shall be taxed by the court
with the costs.
(b) Each officer or person shall receive the following fees: (1) For service of an
execution on a summary process judgment, not more than fifty dollars; and (2) for
removal under section 47a-42 of a defendant or other occupant bound by a summary
process judgment, and the possessions and personal effects of such defendant or other
occupant, not more than seventy-five dollars per hour.
(1949 Rev., S. 3622; 1953, S. 1979d; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 178; 152, S. 75; 615, S. 10; 1961, P.A. 122; 311; February,
1965, P.A. 574, S. 42; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 74-183, S. 92, 291; P.A. 75-479, S. 1, 25; P.A. 81-80, S. 1; 81-410, S. 5; P.A.
82-160, S. 132; P.A. 91-350, S. 2; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11, S. 60, 65; P.A. 99-157, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S.
69, 131; P.A. 03-224, S. 10.)
History: 1959 acts deleted provisions for attending trials before justice of the peace and excepted state employees in
classified service from payment for arrest in criminal cases; 1961 acts added proviso setting cost of travel at same amount
where one, or more than one, process is served on one person at one time and added fee for setting prisoner at bar of circuit
court for trial on indictment or information; 1965 act deleted reference to setting prisoner at bar of criminal court of common
pleas, its criminal jurisdiction having been abolished; 1969 act substituted "community correctional center" for "jail"; P.A.
74-183 removed reference to personal service of warrant summoning juror "under the provisions of section 51-230" and
replaced circuit court with court of common pleas, reflecting transfer of circuit court functions to common pleas court,
effective December 1, 1974; P.A. 75-479 amended provisions to add proviso allowing increased mileage allowance where
more than one prisoner is transported at same time and to delete reference to fee for setting prisoner at bar of superior court
or court of common pleas for trial on one indictment or information; P.A. 81-80 increased the fee for service of process
to not more than twenty dollars for each process served and an additional five dollars for the second and each subsequent
defendant upon whom process is served, increased the fee for copies of writs and complaints from sixty cents to one dollar
per page; increased the fee for levying an execution from three to six per cent on the amount of execution and exempted
officers or persons who serve process for the state or transport prisoners from the provisions of this section, deleting former
provisions re fees for transporting and holding prisoners, etc.; P.A. 81-410 eliminated provision re fee of two per cent of
execution when execution is levied on the body of the debtor and he is committed to a community correctional center;
P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subdiv. indicators; P.A. 91-350 added "summons or attachments" after
"process", increased fee for second and subsequent defendant upon whom process is served from five to ten dollars,
increased fee for travel from twenty cents to twenty-one cents for each mile, deleted fee of twenty cents for serving summons
or attachment by reading or copy, added limit of nine hundred dollars in any particular matter for fees for copies of writs
and complaints, increased fee for service of warrant and seizure of liquor from one to twenty dollars, increased the fee for
removal and custody of seized liquor from one to twenty dollars, increased the fee for levying an execution from six to
ten per cent of the amount of execution and added a minimum fee of twenty dollars, deleted specific fees for levy of
execution on real property and added "reasonable and customary expenses", increased fee for recording execution on real
property from fifty cents to twenty dollars and costs, increased fee for committing person to correctional center in civil
actions from twenty to twenty-one cents a mile for travel and changed the compensation for services of property held by
any officer under attachment or execution from "fixed on the basis of two dollars per hour" to "reasonable and customary";
June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-11 changed travel allowance from twenty-one cents per mile to fee set by Department of
Administrative Services for state employees per mile, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-157 designated existing provisions
as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. to add exception re Subsec. (b) and make provisions gender neutral and added
new Subsec. (b) to establish maximum fee of fifty dollars for service of an execution on a summary process judgment and
seventy-five dollars per hour for removal of a tenant or occupant and such tenant's or occupant's property after a summary
process judgment; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee for service of process, summons or
attachment from twenty to thirty dollars, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 03-224 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical
changes, increasing fee for second and each subsequent service of process from ten to thirty dollars, adding provision re
additional ten-dollar fee for subsequent service of process at the same address or notification of the office of the Attorney
General re party or child receiving public assistance and, in Subdiv. (6), adding "or a portion of the debt is", deleting "to
the acceptance of the creditor", increasing percentage amount of execution from ten to fifteen per cent and increasing
minimum fee from twenty to thirty dollars, effective July 2, 2003.
See Sec. 52-261a re fees for serving process.
Sec. 52-261a. Fees and expenses of officers and persons serving process or
performing other duties for the Judicial Department or Division of Criminal Justice. (a) Any process served by any officer or person for the Judicial Department or
Division of Criminal Justice shall be served in accordance with the following schedule
of fees:
(1) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, each officer or person
who serves process shall receive a fee of not more than thirty dollars for the service of
such process on a person and an additional fee of ten dollars for the service of such
process on each additional person.
(2) Except as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection, in addition to the fee
set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, each officer or person who serves process
shall receive, for each mile of travel, the same amount per mile as provided for state
employees pursuant to section 5-141c, to be computed from the place where such officer
or person received the process to the place of service, and thence in the case of civil
process to the place of return, provided, if more than one process is served on one person
at one time by any such officer or person, the total cost of travel for such service shall
be the same as for the service of one process only.
(3) Each officer or person who serves process to enforce the obligation of an attorney
pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 51-81d shall receive twenty cents
for each mile of travel, to be computed from the place where such officer or person
received the process to the place of service, and thence to the place of return.
(4) Each officer or person who serves process shall also receive the moneys actually
paid for town clerk's fees on the service of process.
(5) Any officer or person required to summon jurors by personal service of a warrant
to attend court shall receive for the first ten miles of travel while so engaged, such
mileage to be computed from the place where such officer or person receives the process
to the place of service, twenty-five cents for each mile, and for each additional mile,
ten cents.
(6) For summoning any juror to attend court otherwise than by personal service of
the warrant, such officer or person shall receive only the sum of fifty cents and actual
disbursements necessarily expended by such officer or person in making service thereof
as directed.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for summoning grand jurors,
such officer or person shall receive only such officer's or person's actual expenses and
such reasonable sum for services as are taxed by the court.
(c) The following fees shall be allowed and paid: (1) For taking bail or bail bond,
one dollar; (2) for copies of writs and complaints, exclusive of endorsements, sixty cents
per page; (3) for endorsements, forty cents per page or fraction thereof; (4) for service
of a warrant for the seizure of intoxicating liquors, or for posting and leaving notices
after the seizure, or for the destruction or delivery of any such liquors under order of
court, one dollar; (5) for the removal and custody of such liquors so seized, reasonable
expenses and one dollar; (6) for levying an execution, when the money is actually collected and paid over, or the debt secured by the officer to the acceptance of the creditor,
three per cent on the amount of the execution; (7) on the levy of an execution on real
property and on application for sale of personal property attached, to each appraiser,
for each half day of actual service, two dollars, to surveyors when necessarily employed,
four dollars per day and to each chain bearer necessarily employed, two dollars per
day, which sums, with those paid to the town clerk, shall be, by the officer levying the
execution, endorsed thereon, together with such officer's own fees; (8) for causing an
execution levied on real property to be recorded, fees for travel and fifty cents; (9)
for services on an application for the sale of personal property attached, or in selling
mortgaged property foreclosed under a decree of court, the same fees as for similar
services on executions; (10) for committing any person to a community correctional
center, in civil actions, twenty cents a mile for travel, from the place of the court to the
community correctional center, in lieu of all other expenses; and (11) for summoning
and attending a jury for reassessing damages or benefits on a highway, three dollars a day.
(d) The court shall tax as costs a reasonable amount for the care of property held
by any officer under attachment or execution. The officer serving any attachment or
execution may claim compensation for time and expenses of any person, in keeping,
securing or removing property taken thereon, provided such officer shall make out a
bill. The bill shall specify the labor done and by whom, the time spent, the travel, the
money paid, if any, and to whom and for what. The compensation for the services shall
be fixed on the basis of two dollars per hour and the amount of expenses and shall be
taxed by the court with the costs.
(e) The following fees shall be allowed and paid, except to state employees in the
classified service: (1) For each arrest in criminal cases, one dollar and fifty cents; (2)
for any necessary assistants in making criminal arrests, a reasonable sum, the necessity
of such assistance to be proved by the oath of the officer; (3) for travel with a prisoner
to court or to a community correctional center, forty cents a mile, provided (A) if more
than one prisoner is transported at the same time, the total cost of travel shall be forty
cents per mile for each prisoner transported up to a maximum of two dollars per mile,
regardless of the number of prisoners transported, and (B) if a prisoner is transported
for commitment on more than one mittimus, the total cost of travel shall be the same
as for the transportation of one prisoner committed on one mittimus only; (4) for holding
a prisoner in custody upon criminal process for each twelve hours or fraction thereof,
to be taxed as expenses in the case, one dollar; (5) for holding a prisoner in custody by
order of court, one dollar a day; (6) for keepers, for every twelve hours, in lieu of all
other expenses, except in special cases to be approved by the court, five dollars; (7)
for executing a mittimus of commitment to the Connecticut Correctional Institution,
Somers, for each prisoner, one dollar and fifty cents; (8) for transporting any prisoner
from a community correctional center to the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, or for transporting any person under commitment from a community correctional
center to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, twenty-five cents a mile, to
be taxed as expenses, provided, if more than one prisoner or person is transported,
the total cost of travel shall be twenty-five cents per mile for each prisoner or person
transported up to a maximum of one dollar per mile, regardless of the number of prisoners
or persons transported; (9) for taking samples to a state chemist by order of court, two
dollars, and for each mile of travel in going and returning, ten cents; (10) for service of
a mittimus to commit to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, necessary expenses
and a reasonable compensation; and (11) for producing any prisoner, held by criminal
process, in court or before a judge under habeas corpus proceedings, twenty-five cents
a mile travel and two dollars and fifty cents a day for attendance, to be taxed and allowed
by the court or judge.
(P.A. 81-80, S. 2; P.A. 82-160, S. 133; P.A. 86-186, S. 17; P.A. 88-279, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-329, S. 13, 14; P.A. 99-26, S.
23, 39; P.A. 02-28, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section, inserted Subdiv. indicators and deleted "or the Connecticut School for
Boys" after "Long Lane School"; P.A. 86-186 changed the name of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire to
the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire; P.A. 88-279 limited applicability to process served by judicial department
or division of criminal justice where previously applicability was stated to be for any process served for the state; P.A. 93-329 increased fee for serving a summons in support enforcement cases to twenty dollars, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 99-26 replaced "Long Lane School" with "the Connecticut Juvenile Training School", effective upon the filing with the
Governor and the General Assembly of written certification by the Commissioner of Children and Families that the new
Connecticut Juvenile Training School is operational (Revisor's note: Said written certification was filed with the Senate
and House Clerks on September 20, 2001, and with the Governor on September 21, 2001); P.A. 02-28 divided section into
Subsecs. (a) to (e), adding subdivision designators and making technical changes throughout, deleted provisions re twenty
cents for each mile of travel and added provisions re fee of not more than thirty dollars and additional fee of ten dollars in
Subsec. (a)(1), added provisions re mileage amount as provided for state employees in Subsec. (a)(2), added provisions
re twenty cents for each mile of travel for service of process to enforce obligation of an attorney in Subsec. (a)(3) and
deleted provisions re fee of twenty cents for serving summons or attachment by reading or copy and fee of twenty dollars
for serving summons in support enforcement cases in Subsec. (c).
Sec. 52-262. Fees for signing process, administering oaths, acknowledgments.
Any person legally authorized, except when otherwise provided and except for judges,
prosecutors and clerks of court, shall be paid the following fees: (1) For signing an
attachment, summons, warrant or subpoena, taking a bond or recognizance or an affidavit, or administering an oath out of court, ten cents; (2) for taking the acknowledgment
of any instrument, or signing and issuing a subpoena or capias, twenty-five cents; and
(3) for causing notices of the seizure of intoxicating liquors to be posted, or issuing an
order for their destruction, fifty cents.
(1949 Rev., S. 3635; 1959, P.A. 473, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 628, S. 4; P.A. 82-160, S. 134.)
History: 1959 act doubled fee for issuing execution and deleted fees for drawing complaint and warrant for an informing
officer, for each succeeding page and for issuing and issuing a mittimus; 1967 act excepted payment to judges, prosecutors
and clerks and deleted fee for issuing execution; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subdiv. indicators.
Cited. 196 C. 451, 452.