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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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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.039(a)(1) | Surcharge - Felony |
In addition to any fine or other penalty prescribed by law, a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, forfeits bail for, or is convicted of a(1) felony shall + See morebe assessed a surcharge of $100;
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$100.00 - $100.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.039(a)(2) | Surcharge - Enumerated Misdemeanor |
(a) In addition to any fine or other penalty prescribed by law, a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, forfeits bail for, or is convicted of a(2) violation + See moreof a misdemeanor offense under AS 28.33.030, 28.33.031, AS 28.35.030, or 28.35.032, or a violation of a municipal ordinance comparable to a misdemeanor offense under AS 28.33.030, 28.33.031, AS 28.35.030, or 28.35.032 and adopted under AS 28.01.010, shall be assessed a surcharge of $75;
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$75.00 - $75.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.039(a)(3) | Surcharge - Misdemeanor with potential incarceration |
(a) In addition to any fine or other penalty prescribed by law, a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, forfeits bail for, or is convicted of a(3) misdemeanor + See moreor a violation of a municipal ordinance if a sentence of incarceration may be imposed for the misdemeanor or ordinance violation, other than a provision identified in (2) of this subsection, shall be assessed a surcharge of $50;
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$50.00 - $50.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.039(a)(4) | Surcharge - Misdemeanor without potential incarceration |
(a) In addition to any fine or other penalty prescribed by law, a defendant who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, forfeits bail for, or is convicted of a(4) misdemeanor + See morefor which a sentence of incarceration may not be imposed, a violation or an infraction under state law, or a violation of a municipal ordinance imposing a penalty authorized by AS 29.25.070(a) if a sentence of incarceration may not be imposed for the ordinance violation, shall be assessed a surcharge of $10 if the fine or bail forfeiture amount for the offense is $30 or more.
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$10.00 - $10.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.041(b)(1) | Correctional Facility Surcharge - Felony |
The court shall impose a single surcharge under (a) of this section on a defendant being sentenced for one or more crimes in a single judgment. The surcharge is(1) $100 + See moreif the judgment includes a sentence for a felony;
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$100.00 - $100.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.041(b)(2) | Correctional Facility Surcharge - Non-Felony |
The court shall impose a single surcharge under (a) of this section on a defendant being sentenced for one or more crimes in a single judgment. The surcharge is(2) $50 + See moreif the judgment does not include a sentence for a felony.
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$50.00 - $50.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.041(c) | Correctional Facility Surcharge - Probation |
If the court places the defendant on probation, the court shall order that the defendant pay an additional correctional facility surcharge of $100. The additional surcharge shall be suspended but + See morelater imposed if the defendant's probation is revoked and, in connection with the probation revocation, the defendant(1) was arrested and taken to a correctional facility, regardless of whether the defendant was released or admitted to the facility; or
(2) is ordered to serve a term of imprisonment for the probation revocation.
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$100.00 - $100.00 | All | Yes | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.50.050 | Party Seeking Witness |
The right to obtain witnesses under AS 12.50.010 - 12.50.080 in criminal proceedings shall extend to the state or a defendant. Witness fees shall be paid by the party + See morecalling the witness, except as provided in Rule 17(b), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure. If the time estimate in the certificate of the requesting court is exceeded, the nonindigent defendant shall be required to tender additional per diem or post bond to insure payment of total witness fees.The right to obtain witnesses under AS 12.50.010 - 12.50.080 in criminal proceedings shall extend to the state or a defendant. Witness fees shall be paid by the party calling the witness, except as provided in Rule 17(b), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure. If the time estimate in the certificate of the requesting court is exceeded, the nonindigent defendant shall be required to tender additional per diem or post bond to insure payment of total witness fees.
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$0.00 - $0 | All | No | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.62.160 | Release and use of criminal justice information; fees |
Notwithstanding AS 40.25, a criminal justice agency may charge fees, established by regulation or municipal ordinance, for processing requests for records under this chapter, unless the request is from a + See morecriminal justice agency or is required for purposes of discovery in a criminal case. In addition to fees charged under AS 44.41.025 for processing fingerprints through the Alaska automated fingerprint system, the department may charge fees for other services in connection with the processing of information requests, including fees for contacting other jurisdictions to determine the disposition of an out-of-state arrest or to clarify the nature of an out-of-state conviction. The department may also collect and account for fees charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing fingerprints forwarded to the bureau by the department. The annual estimated balance in the account maintained by the commissioner of administration under AS 37.05.142 may be used by the legislature to make appropriations to the department to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
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$0.00 - $0 | All | No | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.64.010 | Compact enacted - Fingerprint Processing Fee |
(d) Fees. A state criminal history record repository or the FBI (1) may charge a fee, in accordance with applicable law, for handling a request involving fingerprint processing for noncriminal + See morejustice purposes; and
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$0.00 - $0 | All | No | Court | N/A |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.64.010 | Compact enacted - Criminal History Record Fee |
(d) Fees. A state criminal history record repository or the FBI (2) may not charge a fee for providing criminal history records in response to an electronic request for a + See morerecord that does not involve a request to process fingerprints.
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$0.00 - $0 | All | No | Court | N/A |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11 | Electronic filing and online payments | A technology surcharge shall be assessed as a cost against the defendant in accordance with § 8-15-11. |
$0 - $25
Value of fee determiend by R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11(a): In addition to any other filing fees or court costs required by law or court rule, parties to any court matter may be required to pay a technology surcharge or fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) at the inception or the conclusion of any case, or upon making any electronic payment online to any of the courts within the unified judicial system. Such surcharges or fees shall be determined by the state court administrator with the approval of the chief justice.
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-20-11 | Apportionment of costs among defendants |
Whenever more than one defendant in the same process shall be convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment in jail, the court pronouncing sentence may apportion the costs of prosecution + See morebetween and among the defendants as, in its discretion, shall appear to be just and proper.
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Not a fine or fee, per se, but directs the court on apportioning prosecution costs among multiple defendants
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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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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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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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