Fee Calculator

A complaint in ejectment is a beginning of civil remedy notifying occupants of a residence that the plaintiff is the lawful owner and has filed with the court to obtain possession of the property.

Fees for Service

Easily calculate all fees to serve any court order using the Sheriff’s Office Fee Calculator.

The specific fee to serve a complaint in ejectment is dependent on a number of factors, however the average fee is typically $175 Below are the specific costs depending on the type of complaint you will be filing.

The fees to serve any complaint ordered by a Philadelphia Court or any other Pennsylvania County Court to an address in Philadelphia is as follows:

$150 Sheriff’s fee (which covers one defendant)
$30 for each additional defendant
A $25 mileage charge for each address the complaint must be served to

The fees to serve any complaint ordered by a Philadelphia Court to an address in a Pennsylvania county outside of Philadelphia is as follows:

$325 Sheriff’s fee (which covers one defendant)
$20 for each additional defendant
If there are Philadelphia addresses that need to be served in addition to non-Philadelphia address in Pennsylvania, a $25 mileage charge for each Philadelphia address the complaint must be served to will be charge. There is no mileage charge for any Pennsylvania address outside of Philadelphia.

The fees to serve any complaint ordered by a Court from a state other than Pennsylvania to an address in Philadelphia is as follows:

$150 Sheriff’s fee (which covers one defendant)
$30 for each additional defendant
A $25 mileage charge for each address the complaint must be served to
A $18 state fee per defendant
A $5 affidavit fee per defendant

Fee Calculator

Use this form to calculate the fees necessary to have a Deputy Sheriff serve a court order.

Document To Be Served

Which document would you like a Deputy Sheriff to serve?

Issuing Authority

From which court was the document ordered?

Number of defendants to be served:

How many different defendants does the court order need to be served to?

Total number of addresses that will be served:

In total, how many different addresses will the document need to be served to?

Number of addresses to be served outside Philadelphia:

How many of the total addresses counted above are outside of Philadelphia City limits?

Are there additional documents to be served?

Yes
No

Choose “Yes” if you require any additional documents (interrogatories) to be served.

Your fee is $

You can view an itemized list of individual costs below.
Please print out this form by clicking the button below. Submit this form, along with your court
documents and payment, to the Sheriff’s office at the address listed above.
Payment can be made with a US postal money order, cashier’s check, or attorney’s check made out to
Office of Philadelphia Sheriff. Cash, personal checks or business checks will not be accepted.