Constables
Fees
2023 Sheriff and Constable Fee Schedule
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| Fee Type | Service Documents | Fee Amount |
|---|---|---|
| County District & Justice Courts | All Service Documents Not Specified | $ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Citation |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Citation for Eviction |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Citation by Publication (plus cost of publication) |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Certified Mail (service by) | $ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Notice |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Notice by Publication (plus cost of certified mail and publication) |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Notice of Trustee Sale |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Notice to Take Deposition |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Order of Sale |
$ 150 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Collecting Money on an Order of Sale without Sale |
$ 80 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Precept to Serve |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Scire Facias |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Subpoena |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Summons |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Temporary Restraining Order | $ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Temporary Ex Parte Protective Order |
$ 75 |
| County District & Justice Courts | Order of retrieval PLUS: per hour per deputy, after two hours |
$150 $50 |
| Warrants | All other warrants not specified | $ 150 |
| Warrants | Capias/Civil Warrant | $ 150 |
| Warrants | Distress Warrant PLUS: per hour per deputy, after two hours |
$ 150 $ 50 |
| Warrants | Tax Warrant PLUS: per hour per deputy, after two hours |
$ 150 $ 50 |
| Warrants | Warrant to take physical custody of child PLUS: per hour per deputy, after two hours |
$ 150 $ 50 |
| Writs | All other Writs Not Specified | $ 150 |
| Writs | Writ of Attachment | $ 150 |
| Writs | Writ of Execution PLUS: per hour per deputy, after two hours |
$ 150 $ 50 |
| Writs | Writ of Garnishment | $ 75 |
| Writs | Writ of Habeas Corpus |
$ 75 |
| Writs | Writ of Injunction | $ 75 |
| Writs | Writ of Possession PLUS: per hour per deputy, after two hours |
$ 150 $ 50 |
| Writs | Writ of Re-Entry- (Justice Court only) | $ 150 |
| Writs | Writ of Sequestration | $ 150 |
| Writs | Writ of Retrieval PLUS: per deputy/per hour, after two hours |
$ 150 $ 50 |
| Writs | Writ of Turnover | $ 150 |
| Alarms | False within a 12 month period, with permit (up to 5) |
$ 0 |
| Alarms | False within a 12 month period, with permit (more than 5, each incident) | $ 75 |
| Alarms | Permit (Annually) |
$ 25 |
| Alarms | Permit (Apt. Complex to 100 units) | $ 50 |
| Alarms | Permit (Apt. Complex each additional 100 units) |
$ 50 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Certifying Surety for Appeal Bond | $20 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Impounded & Inventoried Vehicles Auto Release Fee | $5 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Law Enforcement Vehicle Identification Number Inspection Fee | $40 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Verification of Incarceration | $5 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Warrant - Mental Health | $0 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Warrant - Alias & Next County Re-Arrest (plus per deputy/per hour, after two hours) |
$80 $50 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Office Storage Fee | $10 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Posting of Notice | $20 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Publication Fee | $25 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Executing a Deed to Real Estate Under Execution of Order of Sale | $25 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Executing a Bill of Sale to Personal Property under Execution of an Order of Sale | $25 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | Service Fee for Fingerprint Processing | $10 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Large Livestock - each animal (Bull, Cow, Horse) | $75 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Small Livestock - each animal (Goat, Sheep, Hog or Flightless Bird) | $40 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Boarding & Feeding per day | $10 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Livestock Penned on Site First Hour (each animal) | $50 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Subsequent Hour or Fraction thereof (each animal) | $25 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Return/Delivery Charge (each animal) | $50 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Livestock Carcass Removal (each animal) | $200 |
| Livestock Round-Up & Impound Fees | Collection fee for each call as required by State Law | $25 |
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