61 Pa.C.S. § 1162 – Escaped inmate costs

(a) County jurisdiction.—
1. (1) The cost of transporting an escaped inmate under the jurisdiction of the county from the place of capture to any county correctional institution after being sentenced for the escape or for the commission of any crime or offense following such escape and before apprehension, the cost of maintenance while confined in the county correctional institution awaiting trial, as well as the costs of the trial for the violation by an inmate under the jurisdiction of the county under 18 Pa.C.S. § 5121 (relating to escape) or of the trial for crimes and offenses committed after the escape and before apprehension or of the trial for crimes and offenses committed on the grounds or within the buildings of any county correctional institution, as well as the costs incurred in any proceedings on writs of habeas corpus, coram nobis or other petitions arising out of any escape or crime or the trials therefor, or in any appeals of any such proceedings or trials, shall, in each instance, be borne and paid by the respective counties of the Commonwealth from whose courts the inmates were originally committed to any county correctional institution.
2. (2) The county liable for costs under this subsection shall, upon bills rendered by the county paying the costs in the first instance, pay to that county the amount of the costs.
(b) State jurisdiction.— The cost of transporting escaped inmates under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth from the place of capture to any State correctional institution after being sentenced for the escape, or for the commission of any criminal offense following the escape and before apprehension, as well as the costs of the trial for escape or breaking away of inmates from any State correctional institution or the violation by the inmates under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth under 18 Pa.C.S. § 5121, or of the trial for crimes and offenses committed after such escape and before apprehension or of the trial for crimes and offenses committed on the grounds or within the buildings of any State correctional institution, as well as the costs incurred in any proceedings on writs of habeas corpus, coram nobis or other petitions arising out of any escape or criminal offense or the trials therefor, or in any appeals of any such proceedings or trials, shall, in each instance, be borne and paid by the Commonwealth.
(c) Definition.— As used in this section, the term "costs" includes, but is not limited to, charges for court stenographer, district attorney, witness fees, magisterial district judge, clerk of court, public defender and court-appointed attorney.