NY State — NY Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law

§ 1052 — SECTION 1052 Fees of surveyor or commissioner in action for dower

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What is NY RPAPL § 1052?

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This section outlines the fees payable to a surveyor or commissioner involved in actions for dower, specifying compensation rates for their services. The statute establishes that surveyors receive five dollars per day and assistants two dollars per day for their work. Applies to parties involved in dower actions requiring surveying services.

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§ 1052 SECTION 1052 Fees of surveyor or commissioner in action for dower

RPAPL § 1052

A surveyor, employed as prescribed by law, in an action for dower, or to determine dower, is entitled to five dollars for each day actually and necessarily occupied in surveying, laying out, marking, or mapping land therein. Each assistant so employed is entitled to two dollars for each day actually and necessarily occupied in serving under the surveyor's direction. Each commissioner appointed as prescribed by law to admeasure dower is entitled to five dollars for each day's actual and necessary service.

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