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Senate panel hears proposal to raise writ-of-execution fee from $5 to $10
Summary
Clerks told the Senate Local Government Committee the $5 fee for issuing writs of execution has not kept pace with costs; sponsor Sen. Russ Temple and clerks backed a modest $5 increase to be retained by counties to cover supplies and staffing, with committee members probing whom the fee affects.
Senator Russ Temple opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 103, saying the bill would raise the fee for issuing a writ of execution from $5 to $10 to help cover courthouse costs. "Basically... we're moving a fee from $5 to $10," Temple said, asking the committee for a do-pass recommendation.
Elizabeth Ball, Clerk of District Court in Roosevelt County and president of the Montana Association of Clerks of District Court, testified that a writ of execution…
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