NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 9-01 — Fees to Be Charged by the Commissioner of Finance, in Addition to Those Now Fixed by Statute.

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The Commissioner of Finance is entitled to collect fees for the services hereinafter specified in addition to those now fixed by statute: (a) for issuing certificate of payment when original receipt has been lost through the fault of the payor$7.00 (b) For preparing and issuing certified transcript of record per item$

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§ 9-01 Fees to Be Charged by the Commissioner of Finance, in Addition to Those Now Fixed by Statute.

RCNY § 9-01

The Commissioner of Finance is entitled to collect fees for the services hereinafter specified in addition to those now fixed by statute: (a) for issuing certificate of payment when original receipt has been lost through the fault of the payor$7.00 (b) For preparing and issuing certified transcript of record per item$7.00 (c) For processing checks in payment of any tax, assessment, or charge returned unpaid by bank for any reason other than verified bank error$20.00 (d) For preparing and furnishing certification of block and lot on a copy of a tax map (per lot fee)$10.00 (e) For processing applications for tax lot mergers and/or apportionments, including processing new condominium/cooperative conversions, including issuance of new lot numbers$73.00/tax lot (f) For processing a request for a Letter Ruling and preparing and issuing a Letter Ruling based on a request received on or after November 6, 1989 (per ruling)$250.00 (g) For conducting a lienor search to identify interested parties prior to final judgment of foreclosure against a parcel, from any person who seeks to redeem such parcel or obtain a release of the City's interest following final judgment$35.00 (h) For the processing of paper checks, drafts or similar paper instruments, written for payments issued through the City's financial management system$3.50 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner of finance may determine that this subdivision shall not apply to certain paper checks, drafts or similar paper instruments, including, but not limited to: (1) Inter-governmental and intra-governmental transfers of funds; (2) Transfer of funds to City financial accounts; (3) Payments to City employees; (4) Refunds of collected revenue; (5) Payments made via the judgment and claims processes; and (6) Payments determined by agencies to be "miscellaneous vendors" and, therefore, outside of the standard vendor enrollment process.

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