Fee Calculator

Fees for Service

You can 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:

SERVICE DESCRIPTION

SERVICE FEE

JURISDICTION OF SERVICE

JURISDICTION OF SERVICE:
Philadelphia County

Sheriff’s fee per defendant

$150

Philadelphia County

Per additonal defendants

$30

Philadelphia County

Mileage per address served

$25

Philadelphia County

JURISDICTION OF SERVICE:
Outside Of Philadelphia County Within Pennsylvania

Sheriff’s fee per defendant

$325

Outside Of Philadelphia County Within Pennsylvania

Per additonal defendants

$20

Outside Of Philadelphia County Within Pennsylvania

Mileage per address served

$25

Outside Of Philadelphia County Within Pennsylvania

JURISDICTION OF SERVICE:
Outside Of Pennsylvania Serving An Address In Philadelphia

Sheriff’s fee per defendant

$150

Outside Of Pennsylvania Serving An Address In Philadelphia

Per additonal defendants

$30

Outside Of Pennsylvania Serving An Address In Philadelphia

State Fee

$18

Outside Of Pennsylvania Serving An Address In Philadelphia

Affidavit Fee

Outside Of Pennsylvania Serving An Address In Philadelphia

USE CALCULATOR

Fee Calculator

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

Disclaimer: The listed fees are a guide to the costs for the referenced services. However, we suggest calling the Sheriff’s Office to confirm service costs before processing appropriate payment methods and sending in required documents. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding concerning this matter.

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.