State Tax on Writs

Campbell, 1st Dep. Att’y-Gen.,

This department is in receipt of your request for an opinion as to whether or not the State tax on writs provided for in section 3 of the Act of April 6, 1830, P. L. 272, is due:

1. In case of revival of a judgment on a scire facias, either amicable or adverse.

2. Upon the filing in the prothonotary’s office of liens for unpaid premiums due the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund by its subscribers, under the provisions of section 18 of the Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 762-766.

Section 3 of the said Act of 1830 provides: “That the prothonotary of the Courts of Common Pleas…