issue any instnmients,~ see no authorityfor him to charge a fee.
It is our constructionof articles3930 and 393OA-1that they apply only to the non- court asps&s of the functionsof the county clerk'soffice and that mbsecticm (9)of Article 3930 does not authorizethe clerk to set a fee for filing instnmentsincourt p==dings.. We vllould add only that paragraphE allawsa specificadditional chargeof $1.00 for issuingeach abstractof judgmantand controlswith regard to that service. The non-courtrelatedservicesdescribedin ParagraPhD arenotinvolved in the fact situationyoupose.
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The SormrableKerryIWorpp - page 4 (H-754)
ws thereforeanswar that in a civil suit for debt, except for the additimlfees allowadforgarnishwnts after judgmntsnd for inter- ventionsand cross-actions, etc., awuntyclerkmaymake onlyaone- tim total chargeof $10.00for the renditionof all servicesdescribed in paragraphA of article3930(b)so long as the suit is pending. Aftenards, the clerk may charge an additional$3.00 for each occasion onwhicha se.rvice describedtip&zagraphCis performea,and the clerk may chargean additional$1.00 foreachabatractof jtigmsntwfiichhe issues in accordancewith paragraphE. See -- also AttorneyGeneralopinion M-230 (1968).
SUMMARY
In a civil suit for debt, except for the additional fees allawedforgarnislmmts after judgmntand for intenrentions and cross-actions, etc., a comtyclerkmaynmkeonlyaone-timetotalchaqe of $10.00for the renditionof all servicesdescribed in paragraphA of article3930(b)S 1, V.T.C.S.,so longas the suitispending. Afterwax& theclerk may chargean additional$3.00 for each occasionon whicha servicedescribedinparagraphCofthat statuteisperfonnsd,andthe clerkmay chargean additional$1.00 for each atetractof jM.gnsnthe issues inaca&amewithparagraphEof the statute.
'ew P L. HILL ttorneyGeneralof Texas
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