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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 357.021(1a) | Court administrator of district court; fees |
Transmittal of fees to commissioner of management and budget. (a) Every person, including the state of Minnesota and all bodies politic and corporate, who shall transact any business in the district court, shall pay to the court administrator of said court the sundry fees prescribed in subdivision 2. Except as provided in paragraph (d), the court administrator shall transmit the fees monthly to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 574.34(1) | Fines, how disposed of |
General. Fines and forfeitures not specially granted or appropriated by law shall be paid into the treasury of the county where they are incurred, except in a county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), the fines and forfeitures must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.3241(c) | Sex Crimes: Penalty assessment authorized |
(c) The assessment collected under paragraph (a) must be distributed as follows: for use in enforcement, training, and education activities related to combating sexual exploitation of youth, or if the arresting officer is an employee of the state, this portion shall be forwarded to the commissioner of public safety for those purposes identified in clause (3);
(2) 20 percent of the assessment shall be forwarded to the prosecuting agency that handled the case for use in training and education activities relating to combating sexual exploitation activities of youth; and (3) 40 percent of the assessment must be forwarded to the commissioner of health to be deposited in the safe harbor for youth account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to crime victims services organizations that provide services to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 31. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.49(5) | Release, failure to appear |
Reimbursement for costs. Upon conviction of a defendant for a violation of subdivision 1 or 2, the court may order as part of the sentence that the defendant pay the costs incurred by the prosecuting authority or governmental agency due to the defendant's failure to appear. The court may order this payment in addition to any other penalty authorized by law which it may impose. A defendant shall pay the entire amount of any restitution ordered and fine imposed before paying costs ordered under this subdivision. The order for payment of these costs may be enforced in the same manner as the sentence, or by execution against property. When collected, the costs must be paid into the treasury of the county of conviction.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.904(4) | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO): Criminal Penalties |
Disposition of fine proceeds. The court shall apply fines collected under this section to the costs and expenses of investigation and prosecution, including costs of resources and personnel incurred in investigation and prosecution and the balance, if any, as provided under section 574.34.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 621.38 | Sentence; costs of prosecution |
In a criminal action, upon conviction of the defendant, the court may order as part of the sentence that defendant shall pay the whole or any part of the disbursements of the prosecution, including disbursements made to extradite a defendant. The court may order this payment in addition to any other penalty authorized by law which it may impose. The payment of the disbursements of prosecution may be enforced in the same manner as the sentence, or by execution against property. When collected, the disbursements of ordered prosecution costs shall be paid to the municipality or subdivision of government which employed the prosecuting attorney or otherwise provided for prosecution of the case. This payment may not interfere with the payment of officers', witnesses', or jurors' fees.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 484.85 | Disposition of fines, fees, and other money; accounts; Ramsey County District Court |
(a) In all cases prosecuted in Ramsey County District Court by an attorney for a municipality or subdivision of government within Ramsey County for violation of a statute; an ordinance; or a charter provision, rule, or regulation of a city; all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the court administrator shall be deposited in the state treasury and distributed according to this paragraph. Except where a different disposition is provided by section 299D.03, subdivision 5, or other law, on or before the last day of each month, the court shall pay over all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the court administrator during the previous month as follows:
(1) for offenses committed within the city of St. Paul, two-thirds paid to the treasurer of the city of St. Paul and one-third credited to the state general fund; and (2) for offenses committed within any other municipality or subdivision of government within Ramsey County, one-half paid to the treasurer of the municipality or subdivision of government and one-half credited to the state general fund. All other fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the district court shall be distributed by the courts as provided by law. (b) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures shall be distributed as provided in paragraph (a) when: (1) a city contracts with the county attorney for prosecutorial services under section 484.87, subdivision 3; or (2) the attorney general provides assistance to the city attorney under section 484.87, subdivision 5. Credits |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 484.841 | Disposition of fines, fees, and other money; accounts; Hennepin County District Court |
. . . the court administrator shall pay all fines and penalties collected by the court administrator, all fees collected by the court administrator for court administrator's services, all sums forfeited to the court as provided in this subdivision, and all other money received by the court administrator to the subdivision of government entitled to it as follows on or before the 20th day after the last day of the month in which the money was collected. Eighty percent of all fines and penalties collected during the previous month shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality or subdivision of government where the crime was committed. The remainder of the fines and penalties shall be credited to the general fund of the state. In all cases in which the county attorney had charge of the prosecution, all fines and penalties shall be credited to the state general fund.
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 484.90(6) | Fees payable to court administrator |
Allocation. (a) In all cases prosecuted in district court by an attorney for a municipality or other subdivision of government within the county for violations of state statute, or of an ordinance; or charter provision, rule, or regulation of a city; all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected shall be deposited in the state treasury and distributed according to this paragraph. For the purpose of this section, the county attorney shall be considered the attorney for any town in which a violation occurs. Except where a different disposition is provided by section 299D.03, subdivision 5, 484.841, 484.85, or other law, on or before the last day of each month, the courts shall pay over all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by the court administrator during the previous month as follows:
(1) 100 percent of all fines or penalties for parking violations for which complaints and warrants have not been issued to the treasurer of the city or town in which the offense was committed; and (2) two-thirds of all other fines to the treasurer of the city or town in which the offense was committed and one-third credited to the state general fund. |
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Minnesota | Minn. Stat. Ann. § 485.018(5) | District Court Administrators: Withholding salary; collection of fees |
Collection of fees. The court administrator of district court shall charge and collect all fees as prescribed by law and all such fees collected by the court administrator as court administrator of district court shall be paid to the Department of Management and Budget. Except for those portions of forfeited bail paid to victims pursuant to existing law, the court administrator shall forward all revenue from fees and forfeited bail collected under chapters 357, 487, and 574 to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund, unless otherwise provided in chapter 611A or other law, in the manner and at the times prescribed by the commissioner of management and budget, but not less often than once each month.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 488.65 | Expungement cases under section 610.140, surcharge, amount, waiver |
There shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars on all petitions for expungement filed under the provisions of section 610.140. The judge may waive the surcharge if the petitioner is found by the judge to be indigent and unable to pay the costs. Such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed by the clerk of the court as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. Moneys collected from this surcharge shall be payable to the general revenue fund.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 550.26(2) | Criminal court cost bills, certification for payment |
When criminal court cost bills are certified to the director of the department of corrections, warrants shall be drawn on the state treasurer as provided by law, provided that the amounts due to the state contained within such criminal court cost bills may be withheld by the state before payment is made to the counties. Costs payable to the state contained in such criminal costs bills shall not be reimbursed to the counties, but the county shall be reimbursed only for those costs payable to the county.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.100(3) | Circuit courts, power to place on probation or parole--revocation--conditions--restitution |
When ordered by the court, interest shall be allowed under subsection 2 of section 408.040. In addition to all other costs and fees allowed by law, each prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney who takes any action to collect restitution shall collect from the person paying restitution an administrative handling cost. The cost shall be twenty-five dollars for restitution of less than one hundred dollars and fifty dollars for restitution of at least one hundred dollars but less than two hundred fifty dollars. For restitution of two hundred fifty dollars or more an additional fee of ten percent of the total restitution shall be assessed, with a maximum fee for administrative handling costs not to exceed seventy-five dollars total. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 50.525 to 50.745, the costs provided for in this subsection shall be deposited by the county treasurer into a separate interest-bearing fund to be expended by the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney. This fund shall be known as the “Administrative Handling Cost Fund”, and it shall be the fund for deposits under this section and under section 570.120.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.633(2) | Court to order participation in program, when--fees determined by department of corrections--supplemental fee to be deposited in correctional substance abuse earnings fund |
The fees for the required educational assessment and community treatment program, or a portion of such fees, to be determined by the department of corrections, shall be paid by the person receiving the assessment. Any person who is assessed shall pay, in addition to any fee charged for the assessment, a supplemental fee of sixty dollars. The administrator of the program shall remit to the department of corrections the supplemental fees for all persons assessed, less two percent for administrative costs. The supplemental fees received by the department of corrections pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the correctional substance abuse earnings fund created pursuant to section 559.635.
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.635 | Correctional substance abuse earnings fund, use, rules |
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “Correctional Substance Abuse Earnings Fund”. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund any interest earned from investing the moneys in the fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, money in the correctional substance abuse earnings fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue at the end of the biennium.
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Idaho | Idaho Code § 31-3201H | Surcharge Fee |
(1) The court shall charge a surcharge fee to be paid by each defendant for each criminal offense or infraction committed on or after April 15, 2010, for which the defendant is found or pleads guilty. Such fee shall be in addition to all other fines and fees levied; (2) The amount of the surcharge fee shall be as follows: (a) For each felony, the fee shall be one hundred dollars ($ 100); (b) For each misdemeanor, and for each infraction under section 18-8001 or 49-301, Idaho Code, or each first-time infraction under section 23-604 or 23-949, Idaho Code, the fee shall be fifty dollars ($ 50.00); and (c) For each infraction, except each infraction under section 18-8001 or 49-301, Idaho Code, or each first-time infraction under section 23-604 or 23-949, Idaho Code, the fee shall be ten dollars ($ 10.00); (3) The fee shall be collected by the clerk of the district court and shall be paid to the county treasurer, who shall, within five (5) days after the end of the month, pay such fees to the state treasurer, who shall deposit eighty percent (80%) of such fees in the state general fund and twenty percent (20%) of such fees in the court technology fund created by section 1-1623, Idaho Code.
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-215 | Fees; quarterly payment into General Fund; transcripts for Supreme Court of United States; powers and duties of clerk |
The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall, on the first day in January, April, July, and October of each year, pay into the General Fund of the state treasury all fees of every nature and description received by him or her during the preceding three months; and the State Treasurer shall issue his or her receipt for such fees. If the clerk shall find it necessary to procure additional clerical help in preparing transcripts for use in the Supreme Court of the United States, he or she is authorized to pay for such additional help out of the fees collected for preparing such transcripts, taking proper receipts therefor; and he or she shall account for the balance of such fees as hereinbefore provided.
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-2231 | Supreme Court Attorney Services Cash Fund; created; use; investment |
The Supreme Court Attorney Services Cash Fund is created. The fund shall be under the control of the Supreme Court and administered by the State Court Administrator. The fund shall consist of mandatory assessments and fees, grants, donations, and gifts. The fund shall be used for expenses related to regulation of the practice of law in Nebraska. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Interest earned shall be credited back to the fund.
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-406(3) | Drugs and Narcotics: Registration; fees |
The department shall remit the fees to the State Treasurer for credit to the Professional and Occupational Credentialing Cash Fund. |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-718(3) | Child protection cases; central registry; name-change order; treatment; fee; waiver |
The department may charge a reasonable fee in an amount established by the department in rules and regulations to recover expenses in carrying out central registry records checks. The fee shall not exceed three dollars for each request to check the records of the central registry. The department shall remit the fees to the State Treasurer for credit to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund. The department may waive the fee if the requesting party shows the fee would be an undue financial hardship. The department shall use the fees to defray costs incurred to carry out such records checks. The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section.
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