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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-180(g) | Criminal history processing fees; use |
(g) No money deposited to the Court Automation Fund may be transferred for use by any other program or purpose within the Unified Judicial System. |
State courts | N/A | All |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-172(b) | Docket fees; municipal ordinance cases |
The additional fee shall be deposited into the Fair Trial Tax Fund. |
State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 13A-6-181(a) | Additional fine for certain crimes relating to prostitution; pre-trial diversion programs |
The court shall order the five hundred dollar ($500) fine to be paid to the clerk of court to be distributed to a court-certified therapeutic counseling entity that provides education, treatment, and prevention counseling to adult persons convicted of prostitution offenses.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-26(a) | Administrative fees for periodic payment processing |
Said fee shall be remitted to the State General Fund. |
State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-251.1 | Payment into municipality general fund |
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, when the “fair trial tax” levied and provided for in this article is collected, the clerk of the municipal court of each municipality which has retained its municipal court, instead of remitting the receipts from said tax into the State Treasury, shall pay such receipts into the general fund of the municipality. The governing body of such municipality shall use and expend so much of said funds as is necessary to defray the costs of providing representation of indigent defendants in their municipal court and after payment of such costs shall pay into the State Treasury any funds not used for such purpose. The governing body shall render an accounting of such funds to the State Treasurer on a monthly basis and the monthly report of such funds shall be filed with the State Treasurer on or before the twentieth day of the month following collection.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-177 | Docket fees; preliminary hearings |
The docket fee collected in circuit court for preliminary hearings in district court shall be remitted to the State General Fund. |
State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-171(c) | Docket fees; schedule |
The additional fee shall be deposited into the Fair Trial Tax Fund. |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-152 | Court fees: Remittance to state fund |
Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 14 of this title, fines collected in misdemeanor and felony cases shall be remitted to the State General Fund; provided, that state funds or percentages thereof designated for use by state agencies or departments shall be distributed as otherwise provided by law.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | Felony, Misdemeanor |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 15-12-25(d) | Appointed counsel: Payment of fees by defendant |
Moneys collected for fees and expenses incurred by the state in furnishing representation to a convicted defendant shall be collected by the clerk of the court and shall be payable to the Fair Trial Tax Fund, in the same manner as provided in Section 12-19-251.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 13A-12-283 | Deposit of fines collected - Drug Demand Reduction Fund |
All moneys collected pursuant to this division shall be forwarded to the Department of Corrections to be deposited in a revolving fund to be known as the “Drug Demand Reduction Fund.” The moneys in the fund shall be expended by the Department of Corrections for drug education, prevention and treatment purposes.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-180(b) | Criminal history processing fees; use |
Ten dollars ($10) of each additional fee collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the Public Safety Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fund, five dollars ($5) to the Court Automation Fund, ten dollars ($10) to the Criminal Justice Information System Automation Fund, and five dollars ($5) to the Department of Forensic Sciences Forensic Services Fund.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-181(b) | Fees upon conviction of certain crimes |
The fees collected pursuant to this section shall be collected by the court clerk and remitted monthly to the State Treasury in accordance with Rule 4 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration and distributed as follows:(1) Three-eighths of the fee collected shall be deposited in the Fair Trial Tax Fund in the State Treasury and shall be used solely to pay the fees and expenses for the representation of indigent criminal defendants and other persons pursuant to Sections 15-12-21 to 15-12-23, inclusive. (2) One-eighth of the fee collected shall be deposited in the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund. (3) One-fourth of the fee collected shall be deposited in the State General Fund and shall be used to provide for the statewide coordination of pro bono legal services in civil matters and for the furtherance of professionalism among members of the bench and bar. (4) One-fourth of the fee collected shall be deposited in the State General Fund to implement the uniform judicial pay plan.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | Misdemeanor, Felony |
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Alabama | Ala. Code 1975 § 12-19-182(c) | Solicitor's Fee |
The solicitor's fee may be expended by the district attorney in the county where it is collected for the payment of any and all expenses incurred and for any legitimate law enforcement purpose.
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Law enforcement | N/A | All |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-23-12 | Referral officer assessment fee |
The State Treasurer shall credit such sums to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Court Referral Officer Trust Fund. |
State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-310 | Additional docket fees |
(c) There is established in the State Treasury the “State Judicial Administration Fund.” Two-thirds of the docket fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be distributed to the fund and used by the Administrative Office of Courts as determined by the Administrative Director of Courts for the operation of courts in this state.(d) There is established in each judicial circuit of this state the “Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund” and in each county in this state the “Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund.” One-sixth of the docket fees collected in each circuit pursuant to subsection (a) shall be distributed to the Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund in the circuit. One-sixth of the docket fees collected in each county pursuant to subsection (a) shall be distributed to the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund in the county.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-193(a) | Officer's fees: Fees for inquest |
(a) Fees for holding inquest shall be paid out of the county treasury, when the inquest has been held under the order of a judge of a court of record or district attorney, and such fees must be also certified by the coroner to the clerk of the circuit court of the county and must be taxed as costs against any person who is convicted for killing the person on whose body the inquest was held and be collected like other costs in criminal cases and, when collected in cases in which the county has paid the same, shall be paid to the county treasurer for the use of the county and, in other cases, to the coroner.
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Alabama | Ala. Code § 15-22-2(1), (3) | Payment of costs of supervision |
(1) Any person who is placed on parole by the Board of Pardons and Paroles or any person who is granted probation by a court of competent jurisdiction and who is subject to supervision by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and who has an income shall be required to contribute forty dollars ($40) per month toward the cost of his or her supervision and rehabilitation beginning 30 days from the date he or she has an income. The sum shall be deducted by the parolee or probationer from his or her monthly income and delivered to the Board of Pardons and Paroles each month for deposit in the General Fund of the State Treasury.
(3) There is established a Probationer’s Upkeep Fund. All moneys received pursuant to this section since August 24, 1976, shall be transferred by the State Treasury into the fund for the credit and use of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and all sums collected pursuant thereto after May 5, 1977, shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of the fund. All funds shall be withdrawn or expended only for the purposes stated in this section. The funds are hereby appropriated to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for the purposes stated in this section. |
State/statewide agency | N/A | Misdemeanor, Felony |
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Alabama | Ala. Code 1975 §15-27-4(a)-(b) | Expungement of records: Administrative filling fee |
(a) In addition to any cost of court or docket fee for filing the petition in circuit court, an administrative filing fee of three hundred dollars ($300) shall be paid at the time the petition is filed and is a condition precedent to any ruling of the court pursuant to this chapter. The administrative filing fee shall not be waived by the court and shall be distributed as follows: (1) Seventy-five dollars ($75) to the State Judicial Administrative Fund. (2) Twenty-five dollars ($25) to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (3) Fifty dollars ($50) to the district attorney’s office. (4) Fifty dollars ($50) to the clerk’s office of the circuit court having jurisdiction over the matter, for the use and benefit of the circuit court clerk. (5) Fifty dollars ($50) to the Public Safety Fund. (6) Fifty dollars ($50) to the general fund of the county where the arresting law enforcement agency is located if the arrest was made by the sheriff’s office to be used for law enforcement purposes, or, if the arrest was made by another law enforcement agency, to the municipality or other entity or state agency funding the law enforcement activity.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person seeking relief under this chapter may apply for indigent status by completing an Affidavit of Substantial Hardship and Order which shall be submitted with the petition. If the court finds the petitioner is indigent, the court may set forth a payment plan for the petitioner to satisfy the filing fee over a period of time, which shall be paid in full, prior to any order granting an expungement. |
State/statewide agency | N/A | Other |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-8-104(u),(w) | Wearing or carrying concealed weapons; penalties; exceptions; permits |
(u) All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund. (w) All funds received by the sheriff pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the county.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-144 | Receipts for money paid into court |
When any money is paid into a circuit court, a receipt for said amount shall be issued promptly upon a form prescribed by the Wyoming supreme court. The receipts shall be prenumbered in numerical sequence. The original copy shall be delivered to a payor making payment by cash or in person, otherwise the original shall be attached to the court file. A copy shall be filed in the office of the issuing judge. The receipts shall be prenumbered by the printer, and the printer shall give to the supreme court a receipt showing the numbers so printed. Except as provided in W.S. 5-9-106, the circuit court shall pay all fines, forfeitures and other penalties to the county treasurer and all fees, costs and other receipts to the state treasurer. The court automation fee prescribed by W.S. 5-9-135 or established by court rule shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5-2-120. The indigent civil legal services fee prescribed by W.S. 5-9-135 shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5-2-121. The police officer continuing education and training fee prescribed by W.S. 31-5-1201(h) shall be deposited by the state treasurer into the account in the enterprise fund under W.S. 9-1-633(n).
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judicial systems automation account; indigent civil legal services account; enterprise fund |
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