15. a. From the fees set forth in section 14 of P.L.1991, c.177 (C. 22A:2-37.1), the clerk of the Special Civil Part of the Superior Court, Law Division, shall pay to officers designated by the Assignment Judge to serve process the following fees:

(1) Serving summons, notice or
third party complaint on one defendant $ 3.00
on every additional defendant $ 2.00

(2) Reserving summons or other
original process on any defendant $ 3.00

(3) Warrant to arrest, capias, or
commitment, for each defendant served $15.00

(4) Serving writ and summons in
replevin, taking bond and any inventory, against
one defendant $ 6.00
on every additional defendant $ 2.00

(5) Serving writ in replevin when
issued subsequent to service of summons,
against one defendant $ 5.00
on every additional defendant $ 2.00

(6) Serving order for possession
in replevin $ 4.00

(7) Serving writ of attachment and
making inventory, one defendant $ 4.00
on every additional defendant $ 2.00

(8) Serving and executing warrant
for possession in tenancy $10.00

(9) Every execution, or any order in
the nature of an execution, on a judgment, for
each defendant $ 2.00

b. For serving or executing any process, writ,
order, execution, notice or warrant $ 7.00

c. In addition to the foregoing, the following fees for officers of the Special Civil Part shall be taxed in the costs and collected on execution, writ of attachment or order in the nature of any execution on any final judgment, or on a valid and subsisting levy of an execution or attachment which may be the effective cause in producing payment or settlement of a judgment or attachment:

(1) For advertising property
under execution or any order $10.00

(2) For selling property under
execution or any order $10.00

(3) On every dollar collected on
execution, writ of attachment, or any order, $ 0.10.

(4) In the event a judgment is vacated for any reason after a court officer has made a levy and thereafter the judgment is reinstated or the case is settled, the dollarage due the court officer on payment of the judgment amount or settlement amount again shall be taxed in the costs and collected.

d. In addition to the foregoing, the clerk of the Special Civil Part shall pay to officers designated by the Assignment Judge to serve wage executions on a federal agency an amount equal to the fee set by either the Administrative Director of the Courts pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection a. of section 14 of P.L.1991, c.177 (C. 22A:2-37.1) or set pursuant to subsection d. of that section, whichever then may be applicable, for each wage execution served.

L.1991, c.177, s.15; amended 2000, c.129, s.2; 2001, c.275; 2003, c.259, s.2; 2021, c.188, s.9.