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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Amount | Level of offense | Mandatory | Imposed by | Delegation of authority | |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 364.22B | Collection fee |
1. As used in this section, “judgment debt” means any criminal penalty, any personal judgment for a civil penalty, or any personal or in rem judgment for the costs + See moreof abating a nuisance or other violation, owing to a city in any proceeding brought as a municipal infraction under section 364.22, or in a civil nuisance proceeding under chapter 657, or in a criminal proceeding for a misdemeanor violation under a city ordinance. 2. Judgment debt owing to a city is deemed delinquent if it is not paid within thirty days after the date it is assessed. An amount which was ordered by the court to be paid on a date fixed in the future is deemed delinquent if it is not received by the clerk of court within thirty days after the fixed date set out in the court order. If an amount was ordered to be paid in installments and an installment is not received within thirty days after the date it is due, the entire amount of the judgment debt is deemed delinquent. 3.a. A city may contract with a private collection designee for the collection of a judgment debt sixty days after the judgment debt in a case is deemed delinquent pursuant to subsection 2. b. The contract shall provide for a collection fee of up to twenty-five percent of the amount of the balance of the judgment debt in a case deemed delinquent. The collection fee shall be added to the amount of the judgment debt deemed delinquent. The amount of the judgment debt deemed delinquent and the collection fee shall be owed by and collected from the defendant. The collection fee shall be used to compensate the private collection designee.
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25% of the judgment debt
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All | Yes | Local jurisdiction | N/A |
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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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All | Yes | All | N/A |
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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
+ See moreFee is per criminal complaint filed against the defendant |
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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All | Yes | All | N/A |
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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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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-139 | Costs; participating prisoner; payment |
Any prisoner placed under the work release program who has been convicted of a misdemeanor shall pay to the workhouse, for housing, board and administration of the program, the sum + See moreof not less than six dollars ($6.00) nor more than twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) for each day the prisoner works at employment away from the workhouse, in addition to any fine imposed by the court. The amount to be paid shall be determined by the board of commissioners established by § 41-2-134 and in accordance with § 41-2-129(b)(1).
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$6 - $28
+ See morefor each day the prisoner works at employment away from the workhouse |
Misdemeanor | Yes | State/statewide agency | The amount to be paid shall be determined by the board of commissioners established by § 41-2-134 and in accordance with § 41-2-129(b)(1). |
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Tennessee | Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-6-303 | Inmate arts and crafts for sale; deductions from proceeds; accumulation limits |
(a) Any inmate producing arts and crafts items for sale pursuant to this part shall, pursuant to policies established by the commissioner, pay from moneys received from sales, and the + See morecommissioner may deduct therefrom in the following order:(1) A maximum of fifteen percent (15%) to the victim of any crimes committed by the inmate to the extent of the victim's loss as determined by a written agreement or judgment under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1976, compiled in title 29, chapter 13, part 1, and thereafter to any state fund established by law to compensate victims of crime;(2) Room and board in an amount to be determined by the department;(3) A percentage of the remainder to be determined by the commissioner, after prior deductions under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2), to the spouse and children or legal guardian of the inmate's children; and(4) All remaining funds to the inmate's personal trust account.(b) No inmate may accumulate more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the inmate's personal trust account from arts and crafts sold pursuant to this part. This five-hundred-dollar limitation shall be cumulative and shall remain in effect for as long as the inmate is incarcerated. If funds remain from the sale of arts and crafts after the inmate's five-hundred-dollar personal trust account limitation has been reached, the excess funds shall be distributed as provided in subdivisions (a)(1)-(3).(c) Any amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be payable in such manner as the commissioner may by policy prescribe.
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(1) A maximum of fifteen percent (15%) to the victim of any crimes committed by the inmate to the extent of the + See morevictim's loss . . .;(2) Room and board in an amount to be determined by the department;(3) A percentage of the remainder to be determined by the commissioner . . . to the spouse and children or legal guardian of the inmate's children; and(4) All remaining funds to the inmate's personal trust account
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All | Yes | State/statewide agency | determined by the commissioner |
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