Fees to Be Charged by the Commissioner of Finance, in Addition to Those Now Fixed by Statute.
19 RCNY § 9-01
in effect§ 9-01 Fees to Be Charged by the Commissioner of Finance, in Addition to Those Now Fixed by Statute.
The Commissioner of Finance is entitled to collect fees for the services hereinafter specified in addition to those now fixed by statute:
(a) for issuing certificate of payment when original receipt has been lost through the fault of the payor $7.00
(b) For preparing and issuing certified transcript of record per item $7.00
(c) For processing checks in payment of any tax, assessment, or charge returned unpaid by bank for any reason other than verified bank error $20.00
(d) For preparing and furnishing certification of block and lot on a copy of a tax map (per lot fee) $10.00
(e) For processing applications for tax lot mergers and/or apportionments, including processing new condominium/cooperative conversions, including issuance of new lot numbers $73.00/tax lot
(f) For processing a request for a Letter Ruling and preparing and issuing a Letter Ruling based on a request received on or after November 6, 1989 (per ruling) $250.00
(g) For conducting a lienor search to identify interested parties prior to final judgment of foreclosure against a parcel, from any person who seeks to redeem such parcel or obtain a release of the City's interest following final judgment $35.00
(h) For the processing of paper checks, drafts or similar paper instruments, written for payments issued through the City's financial management system $3.50
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner of finance may determine that this subdivision shall not apply to certain paper checks, drafts or similar paper instruments, including, but not limited to:
(1) Inter-governmental and intra-governmental transfers of funds;
(2) Transfer of funds to City financial accounts;
(3) Payments to City employees;
(4) Refunds of collected revenue;
(5) Payments made via the judgment and claims processes; and
(6) Payments determined by agencies to be "miscellaneous vendors" and, therefore, outside of the standard vendor enrollment process.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-36423Fetched: 10/24/2026