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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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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:57.2 | Fee for reissuance of divers license - office of the prosecuting attorney |
Each person seeking renewal or reissuance of a suspended driver's license, as provided in R.S. 32:57.1, shall pay to the office of the prosecuting authority an additional fee of twenty-five + See moredollars to defray the administrative costs incurred by the office of the prosecuting authority in handling such renewal or reissuance of the suspended driver's license.
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$0 - $25 | Traffic | Yes | Prosecutor | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:65 | Drag racing on public roads |
If, during the course of commission of the violation, a serious bodily injury or death occurs which is in any way connected to the violation, the penalty shall be a + See morefine of not less than five hundred or more than two thousand dollars or imprisonment, with or without hard labor for not less than one year or more than five years, or both.
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$500 - $2000 | Traffic | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:300.4 | Smoking in motor vehicles |
Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined one hundred fifty dollars per offense, or at the discretion of the judge, may be sentenced to no less than + See moretwenty-four hours of community service.
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$150 | Traffic | No | Court | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:388 A(1) | Traffic violations |
Whoever owns or drives any vehicle or combination of vehicles in violation of any rule, regulation, directive, or requirement of the secretary adopted pursuant to R.S. 32:380 through 385 or + See morein violation of R.S. 32:380 through 385 [traffic laws] shall be assessed a penalty of one hundred dollars for each violation.
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$100 | Traffic | Yes | Law enforcement, Court | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:388 A(3)(a)-(b) | Weight limit violations - traffic code |
Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than twenty-six thousand pounds shall be penalized one hundred dollars for failure to stop at a weight scale. This penalty shall + See morebe in addition to any other penalties which may be assessed for other violations. . . Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand pounds or more shall be penalized five hundred dollars for failure to stop at a weight scale. This penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties which may be assessed for other violations.
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$100 - $500 | Traffic | Yes | Law enforcement, Court | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:388 B(1)(c)(3) | Bridge formula axle spacing violation - traffic code |
The owner or driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles in violation of the bridge formula axle spacing requirements of R.S. 32:386(H) shall be fined fifty dollars for each + See moreviolation.
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$50
Per violation |
Traffic | Yes | Law enforcement, Court | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:388.1 | Multiple traffic violations |
Whoever owns or drives any vehicle or combination of vehicles in violation of two or more of the provisions of this Part at any one time shall be assessed the + See moregreater or the greatest of the penalties, in the full amount of the penalty. The commissioner is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to provide that in addition to assessment of the greater or greatest penalty, the owner or driver shall be assessed a penalty not to exceed ten dollars for each other violation committed at the same time; however, such rules and regulations shall only be promulgated provided the Federal Highway Administration initiates official sanctions which would result in the loss of National Highway System apportionment or other federal funds should such penalties for multiple violations not be provided.
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$10
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Highest penalty plus up to $10 per additional violation |
Traffic | Yes | Law enforcement, Court | Authority is delegated to the commissioner of the Department of Motor vehicle Safety to set additional fee |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 30:2531.6 | Special court costs - illegal littering |
[For illegal littering off boat], R.S. 30:2531 he [violator of the law] must pay special court costs of one hundred dollars, but for violations of R.S. 30:2531(B) he has the + See moreoption to perform community service in a court-approved litter abatement work program in lieu of paying a fine.
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$100 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 15:708 | Labor by prisoners permitted; workday release program; indemnificaiton |
D.(1)(a) Whenever a person is convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of any state law or any parish or municipal ordinance and is sentenced to imprisonment, the sentencing court may + See moreorder the person so sentenced to report, during the term of imprisonment, to the sheriff to participate in a court-approved workday release program as established and administered by the sheriff.
(b) The person so sentenced shall pay the sum of fifty dollars to the sheriff to defray the cost of participation in the program. The payment of the costs shall be based upon the defendant's ability to pay.
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$50.00 - $50.00 | All | Yes | All | N/A |
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Louisiana | CCRP 914.1 | Designation of record; payment of costs; sanction |
(2) Except in indigent cases, the costs for preparing the transcript must be paid to the court reporter or the appropriate agency and the costs as required for filing + See morethe appeal must be paid in the appellate court, both within twenty days of the mailing of notice, including the payment of any additional costs owed upon notice.
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costs for preparing the transcript
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Louisiana | RS 13: 847 | Fees in criminal cases; exceptions |
A. The clerks of court may charge the following fees and no more in all criminal cases:
(1) For filing, docketing, and registering an affidavit, thirty-five cents.
(2) For + See morefiling appearance bond, thirty-five cents.
(3) For filing testimony, thirty-five cents.
(4) For filing a bill of information, thirty-five cents.
(5) Orders bringing accused into court and remanding from court to prison in each case for one or more accused, fifty cents.
(6) For arraignment of one or more accused and entering the several pleas, in each case, seventy-five cents.
(7) For notice of trial to principal, fifty cents.
(8) For subpoenas to witnesses, copies, and seal, forty cents.
(9) For attachments to bring witnesses, summons, subpoenas, court orders for arrest, fifty cents.
(10) For calling, presenting, swearing, and impaneling petit jury, in each case, seventy-five cents.
(11) For copy of indictment or information and jury list, to be served on accused when required by law, in each case, one dollar twenty-five cents.
(12) For swearing witnesses, thirty cents.
(13) For reading indictments or information and plea to jury, fifty cents.
(14) For receiving, reading, recording, and filing indictment of grand jury, seventy-five cents.
(15) For notice of arraignment to principals and security, fifty cents.
(16) For issuing capias, seventy-five cents.
(17) For entering sentence of judgment, seventy-five cents.
(18) For copy of sentence with certificate and seal, seventy-five cents.
(19) For calling, forfeiting, and entering judgment on appearance bond, one dollar twenty-five cents.
(20) For notice of judgment, fifty cents.
(21) For calling and continuance in each case, thirty-five cents.
(22) For each and every order of court entered on the minutes not otherwise provided for, thirty-five cents.
(23) For copies of same, and certificate with seal, forty cents.
(24) For filing return on all writs, subpoenas and notices, thirty-five cents.
(25) For each commitment, seventy-five cents.
(26) For each subpoena duces tecum, seventy-five cents.
(27) For filing plea and abatement of special plea in bar or plea in quasi information or indictment, thirty-five cents.
(28) For appointment of counsel and copy of same, seventy-five cents.
(29) For motion asking for a new trial or in arrest of judgment, and copy, fifty cents.
(30) For taking affidavit and swearing to the same, fifty cents.
(31) For issuing any other notice not provided for above, fifty cents.
(32) For filing any other pleading not provided for above, per page, fifty cents.
(33) For affixing seal on any notice, act, or copy, not provided for above, fifty cents.
(34) For microfilming any of the above mentioned pleadings necessary, fifty cents.
(35) For copies of any of the above mentioned pleadings, per page, fifty cents.
(36) For certification of any of the above mentioned, per page, fifty cents.
(37) For postage on any notices mailed, each, fifty cents.
(38) For indexing any of the above mentioned, per name, fifty cents. B. The funds derived by the clerk of court in the parish of Calcasieu from that portion of the fees collectable pursuant to this Section above the amount of such fees collectable at the rates provided by R.S. 13:847 prior to the amendment thereof at the 1981 Regular Session of the Legislature shall be expended exclusively for the payment of additional salaries of deputy clerks of court in that parish.
C. Whenever the clerk of court receives an order to make a copy of the pleadings in a criminal case which has been appealed in a federal court, the clerk shall furnish the copies requested upon receipt of payment from the appellant, except an indigent, in accordance with the fee schedule.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A, and in addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerk of court in St. Landry Parish shall be entitled to demand and receive an additional five dollars for every traffic ticket that is processed by the office of the clerk. Fifty percent of these funds shall be used to defray the operational expenses of the criminal division of the clerk of court's office. The remaining fifty percent of the fee shall be used for the St. Landry Parish Police Jury Juror and Witness Fee Fund.
E.(1) Notwithstanding Subsection A and in addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerk of court in Jefferson Parish shall be entitled to demand and receive:
(a) A two-dollar processing fee for every extension of time granted for payment of a fine for a traffic ticket.
(b) A fee of seven dollars and fifty cents for every attachment issued to bring witnesses, summons, subpoenas, and court orders for arrest.
(c) A filing and processing fee of one hundred dollars for all felony expungement proceedings filed in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 44:9, regardless of whether the expungement is filed after a conviction is set aside and the prosecution is dismissed pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893.
(d) A filing and processing fee of fifty dollars for all misdemeanor expungement proceedings filed in the First Parish Court for the parish of Jefferson, the Second Parish Court for the parish of Jefferson, and the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 44:9, regardless of whether the expungement is filed after a conviction is set aside and the prosecution is dismissed pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.
(2) These funds shall be used to defray the operational expenses of the criminal division of the clerk of court's office.
F.(1) Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section and in addition to other fees fixed by law, the clerk of a district court in a parish with a population of between forty-two thousand eight hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred according to the latest federal decennial census shall be entitled to demand and receive:
(a) A filing and processing fee of one hundred dollars for all felony expungement proceedings filed in the district court pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 44:9, regardless of whether the expungement is filed after a conviction is set aside and the prosecution is dismissed pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893.
(b) A filing and processing fee of fifty dollars for all misdemeanor expungement proceedings filed in the district court pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 44:9, regardless of whether the expungement is filed after a conviction is set aside and the prosecution is dismissed pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.
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various fees in criminal cases
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All | No | All | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.532 | Violation of locking doors act |
Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 100 + See moredollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 90 days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
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$0 - $100
Not more than $100 or imprisonment |
Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.635 | Driver education |
(3) A person who stops operating as a driver education provider or no longer qualifies as a certified driver education provider shall immediately in a format prescribed by the secretary + See moreof state do all of the following:
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$0 - $2000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.637 | Driver education instructor certificate |
(7) A person who engages or offers to engage in activity as a driver education instructor before being certified by the secretary of state is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable + See moreby imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.
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$0 - $2000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.649 | Driver education criminal history |
(5) The secretary of state shall use criminal history record information received under this act only for evaluating an applicant's qualifications . . . A person who uses criminal history + See morerecord information in violation of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.00.
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$0 - $10000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.689 | Drivers education provider sanctions |
(2) After the secretary of state determines that a person, a driver education provider, a driver education instructor, or an applicant for a provider or instructor certificate committed a violation + See morelisted in subsection (1), the secretary of state may impose upon the person, provider, instructor, or applicant 1 or more of the following sanctions: (c) An administrative fine paid to the secretary of state in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violation.
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$0 - $1000 | All | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.699 | Drivers education certificate |
A person shall not engage in or offer to engage in activity as a driver education provider or a driver education instructor unless the person holds a valid certificate under + See morethis act. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both. In addition to any other remedies provided by law, the secretary of state may impose an administrative fine of $100.00 for each day the person is found to have engaged in activity as a driver education provider or a driver education instructor without being certified under this act.
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$0 - $2000
+ See moreNot more than $2,000 plus $100 for each day in violation |
Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.319d | Operation of commercial motor vehicle by person with certain alcohol content |
(7) A person who violates subsection (4) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or + See moreboth.
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$0 - $100
+ See moreor imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both |
Misdemeanor | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.321a(1) | Failure to answer citation or notice |
A person who fails to answer a citation, or a notice to appear in court for a violation reportable to the secretary of state under section 732 or a local + See moreordinance substantially corresponding to a violation of a law of this state reportable to the secretary of state under section 732, or for any matter pending, or who fails to comply with an order or judgment of the court, including, but not limited to, paying all fines, costs, fees, and assessments, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.
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$0 - $100 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | N/A |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.321a(5)(a-b) | Failure to answer citation or notice - ending suspension |
A suspension imposed under subsection (2) or (3) remains in effect until both of the following occur:(a) The secretary of state is notified by each court in which the person + See morefailed to answer a citation or notice to appear or failed to pay a fine or cost that the person has answered that citation or notice to appear or paid that fine or cost.
(b) The person has paid to the court a $45.00 driver license clearance fee for each failure to answer a citation or failure to pay a fine or cost.
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$45 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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