New York Civil Practice Law & Rules Section 8008 - Fees and expenses of officer to be paid before transmission of paper.

 8008. Fees and expenses of officer to be paid before transmission of
  paper.  Each  provision of law requiring a judge, clerk or other officer
  to transmit a paper to another officer, for the benefit of a  party,  is
  to be construed as requiring the transmission only at the request of the
  person  so  to be benefited, and upon payment by him of the fees allowed
  by law for the paper transmitted, or any copy or  certificate  connected
  therewith,  and  the  expenses  specified  in section sixty-eight of the
  public officers law.

Last modified: February 3, 2019