UDCA 1908 · Article 19. Costs and Fees
Disbursements allowable
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§ 1908. Disbursements allowable.
Except where the contrary is specifically provided by law, a party to whom costs are awarded, or a prevailing party who has appeared in person, shall be allowed his necessary disbursements as follows:
(a) All fees paid to the clerk or an enforcement officer, including jury fees, and the reasonable expense of serving process where service is made by other than an enforcement officer.
(b) The legal fees of witnesses.
(c) The legal fees paid for a certified copy of a deposition or other paper recorded or filed in any public office, necessarily used or obtained for use on the trial.
(d) The reasonable compensation of commissioners for taking depositions.
(e) Prospective charges for filing a transcript with the county clerk and the sheriff's fees for receiving and returning an execution.
(f) Such other reasonable and necessary expenses as are taxable pursuant to the provisions of CPLR § 8301.
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