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      Sec. 45a-109. Miscellaneous costs: Recordings, notices, service of process, copies, certified copies. In addition to the basic charges and costs specified in sections 45a-106 to 45a-108, inclusive, the following expenses shall be payable to the courts of probate: (1) For recording each page or fraction thereof after the first five pages of any one document, three dollars; (2) for each notice in excess of two with respect to any hearing or continued hearing, two dollars; (3) for any expenses incurred by the court of probate for newspaper publication of notices, certified or registered mailing of notices, or for service of process or notice, the actual amount of the expenses so incurred; (4) for providing copies of any document from a file in the court of any matter within the jurisdiction of the court, five dollars for a copy of any such document up to five pages in length and one dollar per copy for each additional page or fractional part thereof as the case may be, provided there shall be furnished without charge to the fiduciary or if none, to the petitioner with respect to any probate matter one uncertified copy of each decree, certificate or other court order setting forth the action of the court on any proceeding in such matter; (5) for certifying copies of any document from a file in the court of any matter before the court, five dollars per each copy certified for the first two pages of a document, and two dollars for each copy certified for each page after the second page of such document, provided no charge shall be made for any copy certified or otherwise that the court is required by statute to make; and (6) for retrieval of a file not located on the premises of the court, the actual cost or ten dollars, whichever is greater.

      (P.A. 90-146, S. 5; P.A. 93-279, S. 11, 20.)

      History: P.A. 93-279 increased cost for recording each page after five pages from $2.50 to $3, for each notice in excess of two from $1 to $2, for copying document on file in court up to five pages in length to $5, for certifying copies of documents from $1 to $5 for first two pages and for retrieval of file not located on premises of court, the actual cost or $10, whichever is greater, effective July 1, 1993.