[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 21-2003, February 03, 2003 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 21-2003, February 03, 2003 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 21-2003, February 03, 2003 ]

TO:

ALL CLERKS OF COURT AND BRANCH CLERKS OF COURT

SUBJECT:

DOCKET FEES IN ESTAFA CASES

Sec. 20 (a) of Rule 141 of the Revised Rules of Court provides for the collection of appropriate docket fees in estafa cases, thus:

SEC. 20. Other fees.— The following fees shall be collected by the clerks of Regional Trial Courts or courts of the first level, as the case may be:

(a) In estafa cases where the offended party fails to manifest within fifteen (15) days following the filing of the information that the civil liability arising from the crime has been or would be separately prosecuted:

Less than P100,000.00 ------------------------------------P 500.00 P100,000.00 or more but less than P150,000.00 -------------------------------------800.00 3. P150,000.00 or more but less than P200,000.00 -------------------------------------1,000.00 4. P200,000.00 or more but less than P250,000.00------------------------------------- 1,500.00 5. P250,000.00 vr more but less than P300,000.00------------------------------------- 1,750.00 6. P300.000.00 or more but less than P350,000.00 -------------------------------------2,000.00 1 7. P350,000.00 or more but no more than P400,000.00-------------------------------- 2,250.00 8. For each P1,000.00 in excess of P400,000.00 ----------------------------------------10.00

To enable the Clerk of Court to collect the above-mentioned fees, the following guidelines shall be observed, thus:;

In multiple sala stations, the Branch Clerk of Court must inform the Clerk of Court within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the records of the case whether or not the c ivil aspect of the e stafa case has been instituted in the criminal case.

The Clerk of Court must send a notice, together with the assessment of the fees to be paid, to the private complainant's within five (5) days from receipt of t he information from t he B ranch Clerk of Court of the institution of the civil aspect in the criminal case, requiring the private complainant/s to pay the appropriate docket fees within three (3) days from receipt of notice.

The Clerk of Court must immediately inform the Branch Clerk of Court of the fact of payment or non-payment, as the case may be, of the appropriate docket fees.

Should the private complainant/s fail to pay the appropriate docket fees within the given period, the matter must be submitted to the court concerned for its consideration and appropriate action.

In single sala stations, the Clerk of Court must immediately collect the appropriate docket fees upon submission of the manifestation by the private complainant/s of the institution of the civil aspect of the estafa case in the criminal case.

For strict compliance.

February 03 ,2003. Untitled Document

PRESBITERO J. VELASCO, JR.

Court Administrator