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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-23 | Seizure and retention of forfeited property |
Whenever any personal property shall be forfeited for any violation of law, any deputy sheriff, town sergeant, or town constable, or any person by law authorized to seize the property, + See moremay take and retain the property until he or she shall deliver it to a proper officer having a warrant to take and detain the property.
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Personal property
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All | No | All | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-8 | Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions |
The costs of prosecution and conviction of persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be paid by the state, and the payment of those costs shall form no part + See moreof the sentence of convicts. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prevent the imposition of costs provided for in chapter 25 of this title. The cost of commitment shall be paid by the state except as otherwise provided by the general laws; provided, that persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be responsible for any assessments made pursuant to § 23-1-3.
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Prosecution costs for defendants committed to adult correctional institutions shall not be charged to the defendant but paid for by + See morethe state
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-7(a) | Witness fees |
(1) For every day's attendance before the supreme or superior court, or before any other tribunal or magistrate, including attendance in giving depositions, except that no officer or other employee + See moreof the state or of any city or town shall be entitled to receive a fee for attendance if he or she attends during his or her regular hours of employment for which he or she is entitled to receive his or her ordinary salary or if he or she appears outside his or her regular hours of employment and is entitled to receive additional compensation from his or her employer for attendance: $10.00(2) For every mile's travel: $0.10
(3) For every day's commitment in jail upon default to enter into recognizance with surety: $2.00
(4) For any witness who shall come from without the jurisdiction of the state to testify in behalf of the state, in any criminal proceedings, any sum, in addition to this travel and attendance, that the court before which the proceedings are had shall deem proper.
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Fee varies based on several factors, including number of miles traveled by witness to appear in court, number of days appearing in + See morecourt, etc.
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All | Yes | All | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-6 | Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies |
For each criminal complaint filed in the district court by a city or town police department, the state police, or a state agency, the clerk of the district court shall + See moreassess against the defendant and remit to the city or town or the state the sum of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), to be taxed as costs against the defendant.
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$3.50 - $0
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All | Yes | All | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-4 | Sheriff's fees on scire facias. |
The fees chargeable by deputy sheriffs for serving writs and executions in scire facias against bail in criminal cases shall be the same as provided for similar service of writs + See moreand executions in civil cases.
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Fee equivalent to the cost of fees charged for similar services in civil cases
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-3 | Sheriff's fees on commitments and habeas corpus. |
All commitments upon process issued in criminal cases by the supreme court, the superior court within and for the counties of Providence and Newport, and the district court for the + See moresecond and sixth divisions shall be made by deputy sheriffs attending upon the courts respectively, and all writs of habeas corpus issued by the supreme court, the superior court within and for the counties of Providence and Newport, and the district court for the second and sixth divisions shall be served by deputy sheriffs attending upon the courts respectively, and the deputy sheriffs shall receive no fees for making the commitments or for serving the writs, but shall receive their actual expenses of travel, to be allowed by the court, and which shall not form a part of the bill of costs taxed against a convict under § 12-20-9.
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Fee based on the actual expenses of shriff's travel in serving the writ, not for the act of serving the writ
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All | Yes | All | Court has the discretion to determine fees |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-25-23(c) | Terms of the award |
Any person who: (1) submits a false or fraudulent application; (2) intentionally makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in relation to + See moreany claim pending before the office; or (3) intentionally conceals or fails to disclose information affecting the amount or the initial or continued right to any award; shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
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$0.00 - $1000.00 | All | Yes | All | N/A |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §61-11-26. | General provisions concerning crimes - Expungement of certain criminal convictions; procedures; effect. |
(a) Any person convicted of a misdemeanor offense or offenses arising from the same transaction committed while he or she was between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, inclusive, may, + See morepursuant to the provisions of this section, petition the circuit court in which the conviction or convictions occurred for expungement of the conviction or convictions and the records associated therewith. The clerk of the circuit court shall charge and collect in advance the same fee as is charged for instituting a civil action pursuant to subdivision (1), subsection (a), section eleven, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code for a petition for expungement.
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$200 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. | (b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the following fees shall be charged and collected:(1) For preparing an abstract of judgment, $5; | $5 | All | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. |
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the following fees shall be charged and collected:(2) For a transcript, copy or paper made by the clerk for use in any other + See morecourt or otherwise to go out of the office, for each page, $1;
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$1
for each page |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. |
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the following fees shall be charged and collected:(8) For arranging the papers in a certified question, writ of error, appeal or removal to + See moreany other court, $10, of which $5 shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code;
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$10 | All | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. |
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the following fees shall be charged and collected:(9) For each subpoena, on the part of either plaintiff or defendant, to be paid by + See morethe party requesting the same, 50 cents;
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$0.50
per subpoena |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. |
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the following fees shall be charged and collected:(10) For additional service, plaintiff or appellant, where any case remains on the docket longer than + See morethree years, for each additional year or part year, $20; and
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$20
per additional year or part year |
All | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. | (d) The clerk shall tax the following fees for services in a criminal case against a defendant convicted in such court:(1) In the case of a misdemeanor, $85; and | $85 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. |
(d) The clerk shall tax the following fees for services in a criminal case against a defendant convicted in such court:(2) In the case of a felony, $105, of which + See more$10 shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
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$105 | Felony | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by clerk of circuit court. |
(e) The clerk of a circuit court shall charge and collect a fee of $25 per bond for services rendered by the clerk for processing of criminal bonds and the + See morefee shall be paid at the time of issuance by the person or entity set forth below:(1) For cash bonds, the fee shall be paid by the person tendering cash as bond;
(2) For recognizance bonds secured by real estate, the fee shall be paid by the owner of the real estate serving as surety;
(3) For recognizance bonds secured by a surety company, the fee shall be paid by the surety company;
(4) For ten percent recognizance bonds with surety, the fee shall be paid by the person serving as surety; and
(5) For ten percent recognizance bonds without surety, the fee shall be paid by the person tendering ten percent of the bail amount.
In instances in which the total of the bond is posted by more than one bond instrument, the above fee shall be collected at the time of issuance of each bond instrument processed by the clerk and all fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the clerk to collect the above fee from any person for the processing of a personal recognizance bond.
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$25
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11a. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Additional costs in certain criminal proceedings. |
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, in each criminal case before a circuit court in which the defendant is convicted, whether by plea or + See moreat trial, under the provisions of section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section eighteen-b, article seven, chapter twenty of this code, there shall be imposed, in addition to other costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties as may be allowed by law, costs in the amount of fifty-five dollars. For purposes of further defraying the cost to the county of enforcing the provisions of section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section eighteen-b, article seven, chapter twenty of this code and related provisions, the clerk of the circuit court shall, on or before the tenth day of the month following the month in which the costs imposed in this section were collected, remit an amount equal to the amount from each of the criminal proceedings in which the costs specified in this subsection were collected to the sheriff of the county who shall deposit the same in the general revenue fund of the county.(b) In each criminal case before a circuit court upon appeal from a magistrate court in which the defendant is convicted, whether by plea or at trial in the circuit court, under the provisions of section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section eighteen-b, article seven, chapter twenty of this code, there shall be imposed, in addition to other costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties as may be allowed by law, costs in the amount of fifty-five dollars. For purposes of further defraying the cost to the county of enforcing the provisions of section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section eighteen-b, article seven, chapter twenty of this code and related provisions, the clerk of the circuit court shall, on or before the tenth day of the month following the month in which the costs imposed in this section were collected, remit an amount equal to the amount from each of the criminal proceedings in which the costs specified in this subsection were collected to the sheriff of the county who shall deposit the same in the general revenue fund of the county. The provisions of this subsection shall not require payment of the costs imposed by this subsection to the circuit court where the costs have been paid in the magistrate court.
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$55 | All | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-11a. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Additional costs in certain criminal proceedings. |
(c) In each criminal case before a circuit court upon appeal from a municipal proceeding in which the defendant is convicted, whether by plea or at trial in the circuit + See morecourt, under the provisions of a municipal ordinance which has the same elements as an offense described in section two, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code or section eighteen-b, article seven, chapter twenty of this code, there shall be imposed, in addition to other costs, fines, forfeitures or penalties as may be allowed by law, costs in the amount of fifty-five dollars. For purposes of further defraying the cost to the municipality of enforcing the provisions of the ordinance or ordinances described in this subsection and related provisions, the clerk of the circuit court shall, on or before the tenth day of the month following the month in which the costs imposed in this section were collected, remit an amount equal to the amount from each of the criminal proceedings in which the costs specified in this subsection were collected to the clerk of the municipal court or other person designated to receive fines and costs for the municipality from which the conviction was appealed who shall deposit these moneys in the general revenue fund of the municipality. The provisions of this subsection shall not require payment of the costs imposed by this subsection to the circuit court where the costs have been paid to the clerk of the municipal court or other person designated to receive fines and costs for the municipality
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$55 | All | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §59-1-13. | Fees, allowances, and costs - Fees and allowances - Fees to be charged by Clerk of Supreme Court of Appeals. |
The Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall charge the following fees to be paid by the parties for whom the services are rendered:For all copies of petitions, records, + See moreorders, opinions or other papers, per page
. 25¢
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per page
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All | Yes | Clerk | no |
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West Virginia | W. Va. Code §17C-13-6. | Traffic Regulations and laws of the road - Stopping, standing and parking - Stopping, standing or parking privileges for persons with a mobility impairment |
Any person who falsely or fraudulently obtains or seeks to obtain the special plate or the removable windshield placard provided for in this section and any person who falsely certifies + See morethat a person is mobility impaired in order that an applicant may be issued the special registration plate or windshield placard under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, in addition to any other penalty he or she may otherwise incur, shall be fined five hundred dollars.
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$500 | Misdemeanor | Yes | Local jurisdiction | no |
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