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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Amount	Level of offense	Mandatory	Imposed by	Delegation of authority
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(d)	Litter and debris	For violations under sections 321.369 and 321.370, the scheduled fine is seventy dollars.	$70	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(e)	Open container violations	For violations under sections 321.284 and 321.284A, the scheduled fine is two hundred dollars.	$200	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(f)	Proof of financial responsibility - 321.20B accident	If, in connection with a motor vehicle accident, a person is charged and found guilty of a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, the scheduled fine is five hundred dollars; + See more otherwise, the scheduled fine for a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, is two hundred fifty dollars. Notwithstanding section 805.12, fines collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be submitted to the state court administrator and distributed fifty percent to the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94, twenty-five percent to the county in which such fine is imposed, and twenty-five percent to the general fund of the state.	$500	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(f)	Proof of financial responsibility - 321.20B	If, in connection with a motor vehicle accident, a person is charged and found guilty of a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, the scheduled fine is five hundred dollars; + See more otherwise, the scheduled fine for a violation of section 321.20B, subsection 1, is two hundred fifty dollars. Notwithstanding section 805.12, fines collected pursuant to this paragraph shall be submitted to the state court administrator and distributed fifty percent to the victim compensation fund established in section 915.94, twenty-five percent to the county in which such fine is imposed, and twenty-five percent to the general fund of the state.	$250	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(g)	Speed detection jamming devices	For a violation under section 321.232, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.	$100	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(h)	Railroad crossing violations	For violations under sections 321.341, 321.342, 321.343, and 321.344, and 321.344B, the scheduled fine is two hundred dollars.	$200	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(i)(1)	Road work zone violations - 10 miles over	The scheduled fine for any moving traffic violation under chapter 321, as provided in this section, shall be doubled if the violation occurs within any road work zone, as defined + See more in section 321.1. However, notwithstanding subsection 5, the scheduled fine for violating the speed limit in a road work zone is as follows: (1) One hundred fifty dollars for speed not more than ten miles per hour over the posted speed limit.	$150	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(i)(2)	Road work zone violations - 20 miles over	Three hundred dollars for speed greater than ten but not more than twenty miles per hour over the posted speed limit.	$300	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(i)(3)	Road work zone violations - 25 miles over	Five hundred dollars for speed greater than twenty but not more than twenty-five miles per hour over the posted speed limit.	$500	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(i)(4)	Road work zone violations - greater than 25 over	One thousand dollars for speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour over the posted speed limit.	$1000	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(j)	Vehicle component parts records violations	For violations under section 321.95, the scheduled fine is fifty dollars.	$50	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(k)	Actions against a person on a bicycle	For violations under section 321.281, the scheduled fine is two hundred fifty dollars.	$250	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 805.8A(14)(l)	Text-messaging while driving violations	For violations under section 321.276, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.	$30	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(a)	Filing and docketing fee	The clerk of the district court shall collect the following fees: a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”, for filing and docketing a criminal case to be + See more paid by the county or city which has the duty to prosecute the criminal action, payable as provided in section 602.8109, one hundred dollars. When judgment is rendered against the defendant, costs collected from the defendant shall be paid to the county or city which has the duty to prosecute the criminal action to the extent necessary for reimbursement for fees paid. However, the fees which are payable by the county to the clerk of the district court for services rendered in criminal actions prosecuted under state law and the court costs taxed in connection with the trial of those actions or appeals from the judgments in those actions are waived.	$100 Only applicable if defendant found guilty	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(b)	Filing and docketing fee, simple misdemeanor	For filing and docketing of a complaint or information for a simple misdemeanor and a complaint or information for a nonscheduled simple misdemeanor under chapter 321, sixty dollars.	$60	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(c)	Filing and docketing fee, parking violation	For filing and docketing a complaint or information or uniform citation and complaint for parking violations under sections 321.236, 321.239, 321.358, 321.360, and 321.361, eight dollars, effective January 1, 2004. + See more The court costs in cases of parking meter and overtime parking violations which are contested, and charged and collected pursuant to section 321.236, subsection 1, or pursuant to a uniform citation and complaint, are eight dollars per information or complaint or per uniform citation and complaint effective January 1, 1991	$8	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(d)	Court costs - appearance required	For court costs in scheduled violation cases where a court appearance is required, sixty dollars.	$60	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(e)	Court costs - no appearance required	For court costs in scheduled violation cases where a court appearance is not required, sixty dollars	$60	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(f)	Appeal of simple misdemeanor	For an appeal of a simple misdemeanor to the district court, seventy-five dollars	$75	All	Yes	Court	N/A
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Iowa	Iowa Code § 602.8106(1)(g)	Motion to show cause	For a motion to show cause in a criminal case, the fee shall be the same amount as the fee for filing and docketing a complaint, information, or citation for + See more the underlying criminal case from which the motion arises.	$8 - $100 Fee to be the same as filing and docketing fee for the + See more underlying case	All	Yes	Court	N/A

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