SC CIRCULAR NO. 10, May 18, 1988

SC CIRCULAR NO. 10, May 18, 1988

Circulars May 18, 1988
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION OF COURTS

TO :
ALL EXECUTIVE JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT, TOGETHER WITH
THEIR ASSISTANTS AND DEPUTIES, OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURTS and THE
INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
SUBJECT: Re: Increase of filling fee for notarial commission and specifying fees for issuance of court clearances, etc.

For the information and guidance of all concerned, quoted hereunder is the Resolution of the Court En Banc in Administrative Matter No. 88-3-5174-RTC, dated April 28, 1988, further amending Rule 1411 of the Rules of Court, to wit:

“A.M. No. 88-3-5174-RTC. – Re: Increase of filling fee for
notarial commission and to specify fees for issuance of court
clearances. – As recommended in the First Indorsement dated February 29,
1988 of Executive Judge Jose L. Coscolluela, Jr., Regional Trial Court,
Makati, Metro Manila, as well as the letter of Clerk of Court Maximo C.
Contreras, the Court Resolved to (a) INCREASE the filling fees for
notarial commissions from P10.00 to P100.00 and (b) AMEND Section 5,
Rule 141, Rules of Court by specifying the fees for court clearances and
other similar certifications and FIX the fees for certificates for
clearances and similar clearances from P4.00 to P10.00 and the fees to
be collected to be divided into two (2) equal accounts, namely: Court
Fees and Judiciary Development Fund and (c) INCORPORATE the fee for
notarial commission by way of amendment to Section 5, Rule 141-Legal
Fees, as sub-paragraph (j).”

The amendment to the rule will take effect on June 1, 1986.

Please be guided accordingly.

May 18, 1988.

 

(Sgd.) CLAUDIO TEEHANKEE

 
Chief Justice