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Missouri | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.5030 | Contracting for collection of delinquent court-ordered payments authorized--fees added to amount due |
To collect on past-due court-ordered penalties, fines, restitution, sanctions, court costs, including restitution and juvenile monetary assessments, or judgments to the State of Missouri or one of its political subdivisions, any division of the circuit court may contract with public agencies or with private entities operating under a contract with a state agency or the office of state courts administrator. Any fees or costs associated with such collection efforts shall be added to the amount due, but such fees and costs shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount collected.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 600.090(3) | Determination of ability to pay all or part of representation costs--lien for reasonable value of services, procedure--deposit of funds collected |
The commission may contract with private attorneys for the collection and enforcement of liens and other judgments owed to the state for services rendered by the state public defender system. |
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Missouri | Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.020 | Collection of court costs, when, how |
Except as otherwise provided by law, all court costs are payable prior to the time the service is rendered; provided that if the amount of such court cost cannot be readily determined, then the clerk shall collect a deposit based upon the likely amount of such court cost, and the balance of such court cost shall be payable immediately upon ascertainment of the proper amount of said court cost.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 476.385(3) | Schedule of fines committee, appointment, duties, powers--associate circuit judges may adopt schedule--central violations bureau established--powers, duties |
There shall be a centralized bureau to be established by supreme court rule in order to accept pleas of not guilty or guilty and payments of fines and court costs for violations of the laws and ordinances described in subsection 1 of this section, made pursuant to a schedule of fines established pursuant to this section. The centralized bureau shall collect, with any plea of guilty and payment of a fine, all court costs which would have been collected by the court of the jurisdiction from which the violation originated.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 483.500 | Fees of the clerks of the supreme court and court of appeals--collection |
1. An appellant or plaintiff in error shall pay court costs in an amount determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to apply to proceedings when costs are waived or are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 483.55(1) | Clerks to charge, collect court costs, when |
Each circuit clerk, or person fulfilling the duties of the circuit clerk pursuant to this chapter, however denominated, shall charge, collect, and be the responsible clerk for every court cost accruing to such clerk's office to which such clerk may be entitled under the law . . .
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 483.55(6) | Clerks to charge, collect court costs, when |
It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney when such be referred to such prosecuting attorney by the responsible clerk to reasonably attempt to collect such delinquent court costs. In the case of delinquent court costs which are payable to the state, it shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney, and the attorney general when such be referred to the attorney general by the state courts administrator to reasonably attempt to collect such delinquent court costs.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 483.53 | Fees, clerk’s duties |
The clerk who is responsible for collecting fees pursuant to the provisions of section 483.550 shall charge and collect the court costs in such amounts as are determined pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 488.65 | Expungement cases under section 610.140, surcharge, amount, waiver |
There shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars on all petitions for expungement filed under the provisions of section 610.140. The judge may waive the surcharge if the petitioner is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs. Such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed by the clerk of the court as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 488.5026(2) | Two dollar surcharge for all criminal cases, funds to be deposited in inmate prisoner detainee security fund--use of moneys |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020, and shall be payable to the treasurer of the governmental unit authorizing such surcharge.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 488.503 | Contracting for collection of delinquent court-ordered payments authorized--fees added to amount due |
To collect on past-due court-ordered penalties, fines, restitution, sanctions, court costs, including restitution and juvenile monetary assessments, or judgments to the State of Missouri or one of its political subdivisions, any division of the circuit court may contract with public agencies or with private entities operating under a contract with a state agency or the office of state courts administrator. Any fees or costs associated with such collection efforts shall be added to the amount due, but such fees and costs shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount collected.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 488.5339(2) | Surcharge for crime victims’ compensation fund, exceptions--surcharge in juvenile court proceedings where child allegedly violates state law or municipal ordinance--disbursement |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the moneys collected by clerks of the courts pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with sections 488.010 to 488.020.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 546.595 | Associate circuit judge to file statement with certain officers if no appeal--collection of fines |
It shall be the duty of the associate circuit judge before whom any conviction may be had under this chapter, if there be no appeal, to make out and certify, and within ten days after the date of the judgment, deliver to the treasurer of the county and clerk of the county commission each a statement of the case, the amount of the fine and return day of the execution, and the name of the officer charged with the collection thereof; and the county treasurer shall charge the officer with the amount of such fine, and unless the same be paid into the county treasury on or before the return day of the execution, the county commission shall, at their next term, ten days' notice being given to the officer in default and his sureties, render an account stated against them for the amount due, and twenty percent thereon, making, however, proper deductions for insolvencies; on which account stated suit may be maintained and when collected, the proceeds paid in the county treasury.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 552.08(2),(4) | Court costs, examination fees, care and treatment, transportation, how paid |
2. The expenses and fees provided in subsection 1 of this section may be levied and collected under execution; except that, if the state or county has by inadvertence or mistake paid expenses or fees as provided in subsection 1 of this section, the political entity having made such a mistake or inadvertent payment shall be entitled to recover the same from the entity responsible for such payment.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 552.08(2),(4) | Court costs, examination fees, care and treatment, transportation, how paid |
2. The expenses and fees provided in subsection 1 of this section may be levied and collected under execution; except that, if the state or county has by inadvertence or mistake paid expenses or fees as provided in subsection 1 of this section, the political entity having made such a mistake or inadvertent payment shall be entitled to recover the same from the entity responsible for such payment.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.1(3) | Circuit courts, power to place on probation or parole--revocation--conditions--restitution |
Restitution, whether court-ordered as provided in subsection 2 of this section or agreed to by the parties, or as enforced under section 558.019, shall be paid through the office of the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney from contracting with or utilizing another entity for the collection of restitution and costs under this section.
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North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann § 7A-321(b)(2) | Collection of offender fines and fees assessed by the court; collection assistance fee |
(b) In attempting to collect the fines, fees, costs, and restitution owed by offenders not sentenced to supervised probation or active time, the Administrative Office of the Courts may do the following: . . . (2) Enter into contracts with a collection agency, agencies, or municipal or county government agencies to collect unpaid amounts owed. The Administrative Office of the Courts may provide by such contract for the collection assistance fee to be retained by the agency or agencies that collect the amounts owed.
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Minnesota | M.S.A. § 244.18 Subd. 3 | Local Correctional Fees; Imposition on Offenders; fee collection |
The chief executive officer of a local correctional agency may impose and collect local correctional fees. The local correctional agency may collect the fee at any time while the offender + See moreis under sentence or after the sentence has been discharged. A local probation and parole agency established under section 244.19 or community corrections agency established undersection 401.02 may not impose a fee under this section if the offender is supervised by the commissioner of corrections and the commissioner of corrections imposes and collects a fee under section 241.272. The agency may use any available civil means of debt collection in collecting a local correctional fee.
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Minnesota | M.S.A. § 480.15 Subd. 10(c) | Powers and duties; Uniform collections policies and procedures for courts |
The state court administrator under the direction of the Judicial Council may promulgate uniform collections policies and procedures for the courts and may contract with credit bureaus, public and private + See morecollection agencies, the Department of Revenue, and other public or private entities providing collection services as necessary for the collection of court debts. The court collection process and procedures are not subject to section 16A.1285. Court debts referred to the Department of Revenue for collection are not subject to section 16D.07.
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Minnesota | M.S.A. § 241.08 Subd. 1 | Money of inmates of correctional institutions; Commissioner custodian of money |
The chief executive officer of each institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections shall have the care and custody of all money belonging to inmates thereof which may + See morecome into the chief executive officer's hands, keep accurate accounts thereof, and pay them out under rules prescribed by law under section 243.23, subdivision 3, or by the commissioner of corrections, taking vouchers therefor. All such money received by any officer or employee shall be paid to the chief executive officer forthwith. Every such executive officer, at the close of each month, or oftener if required by the commissioner, shall forward to the commissioner a statement of the amount of all money so received and the names of the inmates from whom received, accompanied by a check for the amount, payable to the commissioner of management and budget. On receipt of such statement, the commissioner shall transmit the same to the commissioner of management and budget, together with such check. Upon the payment of such check, the amount shall be credited to a fund to be known as “Correctional Inmates Fund,” for the institution from which the same was received. All such funds shall be paid out by the commissioner of management and budget upon vouchers duly approved by the commissioner of corrections as in other cases. The commissioner may permit a contingent fund to remain in the hands of the executive officer of any such institution from which necessary expenditure may from time to time be made.
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