25-7-77 - Fees for attachment for rent.
§ 25-7-77. Fees for attachment for rent.
The officer issuing an attachment or distress for rent or supplies furnished by a landlord to a tenant, shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents for the affidavit, bond, and writ, to be paid by the party obtaining them, which shall be collected with the rent or other demand and be refunded to such party. The officer serving the attachment shall be entitled to the same fees and commissions as are allowed to sheriffs for serving an attachment against an absconding debtor and making the money thereon.
Sources: Codes, 1880, § 1329; 1892, § 2034; 1906, § 2213; Hemingway's 1917, § 1898; 1930, § 1817; 1942, § 3966.