Does 21-6-307 allow a sheriff to charge fifteen dollars for the service of a summons, capias, scire facias, attachment, writ of garnishment, writ of injunction or subpoena and charge an additional ten dollars for the return of the writ, summons, or subpoena? ANSWER: Yes.

ee " a ae nen . STATE OF ARKANSAS ; OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL es 201 EAST MARKHAMSTREET ss" ot : HERITAGE WEST BUILDING —~ off a RS a NO. 86-101 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201 #45 0) 3720 May 15, 1986 ee \ , Mr, Joe’ Hardegree, Prosecuting Attorney '.507 Hickory Street ©. oe Mena, AR - 72995 oe ve . an . . ° Dear Prosecutor Hardegree . This letter is written in response to: your request. ‘for ‘an opinion concerning Ark. Stat. Ann. §12-1722 (Cumm. Supp. 1985). | Your specific question is whether this . statute allows a sheriff to charge $15.00 for the service of a summons,, capias, ‘scire facias, attachment, writ of garnishment, writ of injunction or subpeona and charge ‘an additional $10.00 for ‘the return. of a writ, summons (oT Subpeona. oO De oe “ATK. “Stat. Ann. §12- -1722 specifically provides ‘for. a fee “ls OF: $15. 00 for serving every summons capias, scire facias,~ .. ““cattachment, writ -of garnishment, writ of injunction or. subpeona. The Act also specifically allows $10.00 for every return of a -writ, summons or subpeona, original or | - judicial, ....This .section — ‘previously allowed a- -$10.00 fee: only for every ‘return of a non est or nulla bona ona writ, summons or Subpeona, original ’ ‘or judicial. This was amended - by Act 717 of 1983. The elimination of the phrase "non est". ‘or *"nulla® bona" . -indicates an intent on the part... of . . the . ow .a sheriff to charge $10.00 eturn of a: ‘Summons “Attorney General