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State | Citation | Description/Statute Name | Question | Brief answer | Language from the opinion | When does the case apply? | |
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Idaho | Guideline 2/15/1979 | Guideline 2/15/1979 | Can a sheriff collect fees owed to him directly from criminal defendants? | No |
...we strongly question whether a defendant could be assessedthe costs of making the arrest or transporting him as a prisoner. Assessing
costs of serving subpoenas might be upheld if the defendant + See moreis not indigent.
We do not question the power of the court to collect the statutory $7 .50 under
* 3 1 -3201A ( b).
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Fines and fees |
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South Carolina | S.C.A.G. July 15, 1996 (informal opinion) | Setting fees | Does allowing different municipalities to set their own indigency standards or fines/fees violate the equal protection afforded by the state’s constitution? | Not answered as to indigency - however, municipalities cannot set their own fees not in accordance with State statutes |
it is the opinion of this Office that all fee schedules used in the various counties based upon ordinances and special statutes are unconstitutional and that the only fee schedule + See moreavailable for the services enumerated is to be found under South Carolina Code Section 27-53 (1976) [replaced by Act No. 164 of 1979]
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Fines and fees |