Article 24p. 24

LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS CODES, CANONS AND RULES

3. More than P100,000.00 but not

more than P200,000.00 2,000.00

4. For each proceeding other than the allowance of wills

(probate) granting of letters of administration, settlement

of estate of small value, two hundred (P200.00) pesos;

(c) For forcible entry and unlawful detainer cases, one

hundred and fifty (P150.00) pesos;

(d) For appeals in all actions or proceedings, including

forcible entry and detainer cases, taken from courts of

first level, two hundred (P200.00) pesos

(e) For the performance of marriage ceremony, including

issuance

of

certificate

of

marriage,

three

hundred

(P300.00) pesos;

(f) For taking affidavit, twenty-five (P25.00) pesos;

(g) For taking acknowledgment, thirty (P30.00) pesos;

(h) For taking and certifying depositions, including oath,

per page, eight (P8.00) pesos;

(i) For certified copies of any record, per page, ten (P10.00)

pesos;

(j) For stamping and registering books as required by

articles nineteen and thirty-six of the Code of Commerce

each book, thirty (P30.00) pesos;

(k) For performing notarial acts for which fees are not

specifically fixed in this section, the same fees which

notaries public are entitled to receive (8a)

Section 9. Sheriffs and other persons serving processes .

—

(a) For serving summons and copy of complaint, for each

defendant, sixty (P60.00) pesos;

(b) For serving subpoenas in civil action or proceeding, for

each witness to be served, twenty-four (P24.00) pesos;

(c)

For

executing a writ of attachment against the

property of defendant, sixty (P60.00) pesos;

(d) For serving temporary restraining order, or writ of

injunction, preliminary or final, of any court, sixty (P60.00)

pesos;

(e) For executing a writ of replevin, sixty (P60.00) pesos;

(f) For filing bonds or other instruments of indemnity or

security

in

provisional

remedies,

for

each

bond

or

instrument, fifty (P50.00) pesos;

(g) For executing a writ or process to place a party in

possession of the real estates, one hundred and fifty

(P150.00) pesos;

(h) For advertising a sale, besides cost of publication,

seventy-five (P75.00) pesos;

(i) For taking inventory of goods levied upon when the

inventory is ordered by the court, one hundred and fifty

(P150.00) pesos per day of actual inventory work.

(j) For levying on execution on personal or real property,

seventy-five (P75.00) pesos;

(k) For issuing a notice of garnishment, for each notice,

thirty (P30.00) pesos;

(l) For money collected by him by order, execution,

attachment, or any other process, judicial or extrajudicial,

the following sums, to wit:

1. On the first four thousand (P4,000.00) pesos, five (5%)

per centum

2. On all sums in excess of four thousand (P4,000.00)

pesos, two and one-half (2.5%) per centum

In addition to the fees hereinabove fixed, the party

requesting

the

process

of

any

court,

preliminary,

incidental, or final, shall pay the sheriff's expenses in

serving or executing the process, or safeguarding the

property

levied

upon,

attached

or

seized,

including

kilometrage for each kilometer of travel, guard's fees,

warehousing

and

similar

charges,

in

an

amount

estimated by the sheriff, subject to the approval of the

court. Upon approval of said estimated expenses, the

interested party shall deposit such amount with the clerk

of court and ex officio sheriff, who shall disburse the same

to the deputy sheriff assigned to effect the process,

subject

to

liquidation

within

the

same

period

for

rendering a return on the process. Any unspent amount

shall be refunded to the party making the deposit. A full

report shall be submitted by the deputy sheriff assigned

with his return, and the sheriff's expenses shall be taxed

as costs against the judgment debtor. (9a)

Section 10. Stenographers . — Stenographers shall give

certified transcript of notes taken by them to every

person requesting the same upon payment of (a) six

(P6.00) pesos for each page not less than two hundred

and fifty words before the appeal is taken and (b) three

pesos and sixty centavos (P3.60) for the same page, after

the filing of the appeal, provided, however that one-third

of the total charges shall be paid to the court and the

remaining two-thirds to the stenographer concerned

(10a)

Section 11. Notaries . — No notary public shall charge or

receive

for

any

service

rendered

by

him

any

fee,

remuneration

or

compensation

in

excess

of

those

expressly prescribed in the following schedule:

(a) For protests of drafts, bills or exchange, or promissory

notes for non-acceptance or non-payment and for notice

thereof, thirty-six (P36.00) pesos;

(b) For the registration of such protest and safekeeping of

the same thirty-six (P36.00) pesos;

(c)

For

authenticating

powers

of

attorney,

thirty-six

(P36.00) pesos;

(d) For sworn statement concerning correctness of any

account or other document, thirty-six (P36.00) pesos;

(e) For each oath of affirmation, thirty-six (P36.00) pesos;

(f) For receiving evidence of indebtedness to be sent

outside, thirty-six (P36.00) pesos;

(g) For issuing a certified copy of all or part of his notarial

register

or notarial records, for each page, thirty-six

(P36.00) pesos;

(h)

For

taking

depositions,

for

each

page, thirty-six

(P36.00) pesos; and

(i) For acknowledging other documents not enumerated

in this section, thirty-six (P36.00) pesos. (11a)

Section 12. Other officers taking depositions . — Other

officers

taking

depositions

shall

receive

the

same

compensation as above provided for notaries public for

taking and certifying depositions. (10)

Section 13. Witness fees . — (a) Witnesses in the Supreme

Court, in the Court of Appeals and in the Regional Trial

Courts, either in actions or special proceedings, shall be

entitled to one hundred (P100.00) pesos per day inclusive

of travel time;

(b) Witnesses before courts of the first level shall be

allowed fifty (P50.00) pesos per day;

(c) Fees to which witnesses may be entitled in a civil

action shall be allowed, on a certification of the clerk of

court or judge of his appearance in the case. A witness

shall not be allowed compensation for his attendance in

more than one case or more than one side of the same

case at the same time, but may elect in which of several

cases or on which side of a case, when he is summoned

by both sides, to claim his attendance. A person who is

compelled to attend court on other business shall not be

paid as witness. (11a)

Section 14. Fees of appraisers . — Appraisers appointed to

appraisers appointed to appraise the estate of a ward of a

deceased person shall each receive a compensation of

two

hundred (P200.00) pesos per day for the time

actually and necessarily employed in the performance of

their duties and in making their reports, which fees, in

each instance, shall be paid out of the estate of the ward

or deceased person, as the case may be. Any actual and

necessary

traveling

expenses

incurred

in

the

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