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DeWitt County board raises sheriff service fees after cost study
Summary
The DeWitt County Board voted to raise several sheriff office fees — including process-serving and eviction standby charges — following a county-commissioned cost study. Supporters said the changes reimburse actual costs; a resident said the increases would burden litigants.
The DeWitt County Board voted to adopt an ordinance raising multiple sheriff’s office fees, including the civil process serving fee from $60 to $85, certified-mail process service from $45 to $60, fingerprinting from $20 to $25 and an eviction standby fee from $25 to $65.
Board members approved the ordinance by roll call; the motion carried. Supporters cited a county-commissioned cost study and staff time spent gathering data as the basis for the increases.
The cost study was completed for the county at an expense of about $10,000, and county staff supplied documents…
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