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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(o) Fees for particular services
(o) Fees for electronic filing and retrieval of court documents.(1) In any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers has been authorized by local court rule, and in
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accordance with Rule 5B of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, clerks may assess a transaction fee for each filing submitted by a party to the case. The transaction fee shall be limited to a maximum of five dollars ($5.00) per filing up to a maximum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per case. As an alternative to a transaction fee, clerks may assess an annual subscription fee for each registered user of the electronic filing system. The subscription fee shall permit the registered user unlimited electronic filing for a one-year period. The one-year period shall be defined by the clerk and shall be consistently maintained for all registered users of the electronic filing system. The annual subscription fee shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) for each annual period. Each of these fees shall be set in an amount necessary to defray the expenses associated with implementation and maintenance of the electronic filing and document retrieval system and shall be included in the local court rule authorizing it.
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As an alternative to a transaction fee, clerks may assess an annual
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subscription fee[, which] . . . . shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300) for each annual period.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(g)(1) Fees for particular services
(g) Criminal actions in general sessions court. (1) General session criminal base fee, sixty-two dollars ($62.00). This fee shall be charged per conviction per defendant. For cases involving traffic citations,
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instead of sixty-two dollars ($62.00), the base court cost shall be forty-two dollars ($42.00).
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(g)(2) Fees for particular services
(g) Criminal actions in general sessions court. (2) Failure to appear, forty dollars ($40.00). In cases where the defendant fails to appear or pay fines or costs and the court
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issues an attachment, bench warrant, capias or other process to compel the defendant's attendance at the court, the defendant shall be charged an additional fee for clerk's costs of forty dollars ($40.00).
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(g)(3) Fees for particular services
(g) Criminal actions in general sessions court. (3) Calling in surety, forty dollars ($40.00). The clerk shall charge the defendant this fee each time a scire facias or other proceeding
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is instituted to bring in a surety, or make action against a bond in criminal cases for failure to appear.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(g)(4) Fees for particular services
(g) Criminal actions in general sessions court. (4) The clerk shall charge a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for requests for bonding company release from final forfeiture, or requests to
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reinstate a driver license.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(g)(5) Fees for particular services (g) Criminal actions in general sessions court. (5) The clerk shall charge a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for expungements. $100

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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(1) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(1) Standard post-judgment fee. Unless otherwise provided, court clerks in criminal and civil cases in all courts shall charge a standard post-judgment fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). This fee shall be charged per occurrence and shall be charged regardless of whether judgment is enforced by garnishment, execution, levy or other process. This fee shall also apply to post-judgment interrogatories, publications, motions to set installment payments, and orders and pleas.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(2) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(2) For issuing a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum, the fee shall be six dollars ($6.00).
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(3)(A) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(3)(A) In all cases in all courts, the clerk shall charge a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each requested continuance.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(3)(B) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(3)(B) In addition to the fee provided for in subdivision (i)(3)(A), the clerk shall also collect a courtroom security enhancement fee of two dollars ($2.00). The revenues from the two-dollar courtroom security enhancement fee shall be deposited into the county general fund. All revenue from this fee shall be used exclusively for the purposes of providing security and enhancing the security of court facilities in the county. For each fiscal year, the court security committee, created by § 16-2-505(d)(2), shall develop and submit recommendations to the county legislative body regarding how such funds shall be utilized.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(4) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(4) For making copies as requested, other than for an original filing and other than when preparing a record upon appeal, the fee shall be fifty cents (50¢) per page.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(5) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(5) For making certification and seal, providing a copy of an abstract, or providing driver license certification, the fee shall be five dollars ($5.00).
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(6) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(6) For receiving funds paid into court on confirmation of private sales or other funds paid into the clerk pursuant to court order, and collecting and paying out the proceeds, the fee shall be forty dollars ($40.00). This fee also applies where there is a pre-judgment judicial attachment or similar process to bring property into the court's possession prior to judgment. This fee shall not apply to payments of proceeds made pursuant to court order to any person from funds held by the clerk, except for court orders concerning a redemption of delinquent taxes property sale; in such case, the fee shall only be charged one (1) time against the total amount of proceeds generated from the property.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(7) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(7) For selling real or personal property under decree of court, and receiving, collecting, and paying out the proceeds, a commission not to exceed three percent (3%) on the amount of sales. The clerk shall collect the sheriffs fee, plus the sheriff’s fee for each additional defendant, in a proceeding to sell real estate.
a commission not to exceed three percent (3%) on the amount of sales
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(10) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(10) For investing funds, the clerk shall receive a fee of five percent (5%) of the earnings of such investment.
five percent (5%) of the earnings of such investment
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(11) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(11) For preparing a record on appeal from a court of record to an appellate court, the fee shall be three hundred dollars ($300).
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(i)(12) Fees for particular services
(i) Other fees of court clerks. The following fees apply uniformly in all courts, general sessions, juvenile, probate, circuit or chancery, and may be charged in addition to the fees
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for cases listed in this section:(12) Whenever the clerk is required by law or by a judge to send documents by certified or registered mail, the clerk is entitled to recover the clerk's actual costs for mailing the documents.
actual costs for mailing the documents
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(j) Fees for particular services
(j) Earmarked funds for computerization.(1) Out of all the general filing fees charged by court clerks, two dollars ($2.00) of the amount collected shall be earmarked for computer hardware purchases
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or replacement, but may be used for other usual and necessary computer related expenses at the discretion of the clerk. Such amount shall be preserved for these purposes and shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a budget year if unexpended.(2) Effective July 1, 2012, all the general filing fees charged by court clerks shall be increased by two dollars ($2.00). The amount collected pursuant to this two-dollar increase shall be earmarked, along with the two dollars ($2.00) in subdivision (j)(1), for the purposes set forth in subdivision (j)(1), and shall be preserved for those purposes and shall not revert to the general fund at the end of a budget year if unexpended. Pursuant to subsection (l), the fees increased by this subdivision (j)(2) shall not be assessed against the state or otherwise represent a cost to the state in criminal cases, child support actions, mental health proceedings, actions under the Tennessee Adult Protection Act, compiled in title 71, chapter 6, part 1, actions with regard to child care licensing, and collection efforts brought by the department of human services.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-21-401(k) Fees for particular services
(k) Costs in extraordinary cases. In any extraordinary cases, the clerk may petition the judge to award reasonable costs, in excess of the amounts provided in this section, to reimburse
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the clerk for the additional services demanded by the case. In such cases, the clerk may also petition the judge to require an appropriate cost bond. For the purposes of this subsection (k), an extraordinary case is defined as one in which there are ten (10) or more plaintiffs or ten (10) or more defendants.
reasonable costs, in excess of the amounts provided in this section
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-128(5) Prisoners who may apply for release -- Procedure.
(5) (A) The judge shall, at the time of sentencing, cause the sentencing order to reflect the defendant's cost of incarceration and treatment and shall affix to the order,
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taking into consideration the defendant's ability to pay, the time and manner in which the costs are to be paid. The court shall enter the necessary orders requiring that the costs of incarceration and treatment be paid or secured, including, but not limited to, orders of probation that include, as a condition thereof, the payment of costs covered by this subdivision (c)(5).
cost of incarceration and treatment
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