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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 22.15.250 | Disposition of Fines |
When by law any fees, fines, forfeitures, or penalties are levied and collected by the district judge or magistrate, the proceeds and all other money collected shall be accounted for + See moreand transmitted to the administrative director of the Alaska Court System for transfer to the general fund of the state except as provided in AS 22.15.270.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.039(d) | Surcharge | Money collected under this section shall be deposited into the general fund and accounted for under AS 37.05.142. | State/statewide agency | N/A | All |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.25.195 | Disposition of Scheduled Offenses |
(a) If a person cited for an offense for which a scheduled amount of bail or a fine has been established does not contest the citation, the person may mail or personally deliver to the clerk of the court with appropriate jurisdiction if a bailable offense, or to the clerk of the municipality that issued the citation if a scheduled municipal fine, the amount of the bail or fine indicated on the citation for the offense together with a copy of the citation signed by the person indicating the person's waiver of court appearance, entry of plea of no contest, and forfeiture of bail or fine. The citation with the bail or fine shall be mailed or personally delivered on or before the 30th day after the date the citation was issued.
(b) When bail or a fine is forfeited under this section, a judgment of conviction shall be entered. The bail or fine paid is complete satisfaction for the offense. (c) Disposition of an offense under (a) of this section may not occur unless the person cited for the offense pays the surcharge prescribed in AS 12.55.039 in addition to the scheduled bail or fine amount. The surcharge required to be paid under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund and accounted for under AS 37.05.142. |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. Ann. § 22.15.270 | Retention of Fines, etc., by Political Subdivisions |
All fines, penalties, and forfeitures resulting from violations of ordinances of political subdivisions shall be returned to the political subdivision whose ordinance is involved in the manner provided by rule of the supreme court. Fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed after appeals accrue to the state, unless the appeal is prosecuted by the political subdivision.
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Local jurisdiction | N/A | All |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. § 28.90.030 | Fines for Offenses Committed Within Highway Work Zones and Traffic Safety Corridors Doubled |
(b) Fines imposed and collected under this section for offenses that are committed in a traffic safety corridor shall be separately accounted for under AS 37.05.142; (c) Notwithstanding the requirements of (b) of this section and AS 37.05.142, the Alaska Court System shall deposit fines collected under this section for offenses committed in a traffic safety corridor in the general fund if the fine is collected at a court location where separate accounting for traffic safety corridor fines is not achievable.
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State/statewide agency | N/A | Traffic |
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Alaska | Alaska Stat. § 33.30.017 | Fees for Utilities Services for Prisoners |
(a) The commissioner shall establish a reasonable utility fee for electrical utilities that are used by prisoners who are confined in a state correctional facility; (b) The commissioner shall (1) charge each prisoner who possesses at least one major electrical appliance the utility fee established in (a) of this section; the commissioner may deduct the utility fee monthly from the account established for a prisoner into which money due the prisoner for labor is paid; if a prisoner is indigent, the commissioner shall make the deduction from any amount credited to the indigent inmate’s account; (2) if available from legislative appropriation, expend money deducted and collected under (1) of this subsection to offset the cost of the department’s utility expenses; the commissioner shall annually report on the amounts that are collected and expended under this paragraph.
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-27-02.1 | Disposition of statutory fees, fines, forfeitures, pecuniary penalties, and bond forfeitures |
Except as otherwise provided by law, all statutory fees, fines, forfeitures, and pecuniary penalties prescribed for a violation of state laws, when collected, must be paid into the treasury of + See morethe proper county to be added to the state school fund. When any bail bond or other property or money deposited as bail is forfeited to the state, the proceeds collected therefrom must be paid over to the proper state official and credited to the state general fund.
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State/statewide agency | schools | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12-48.1-03 | Use of funds earned on work release |
An offender shall use any funds earned in work release in the following order: support of dependents; for necessary expenses of the offender, including room and board costs of the + See moreinstitution; any administration fee and fine; and restitution if a part of the sentence. Any balance must be deposited in the offender's account to be paid to the offender in accordance with section 12-48-15.
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 54-23.4-05 | Restitution funds, gifts, grants, and bequests--Restitution and gift fund |
The division may accept on behalf of the state all restitution funds, gifts, grants, or bequests of property tendered to the state for any purpose pertaining to the activities of + See morethe division in implementing this chapter. The crime victims restitution and gift fund is established as a special fund in the state treasury. All restitution funds, gifts, grants, and bequests of property or money, and any interest occurring thereon, must be placed in the crime victims restitution and gift fund. Subject to legislative appropriation, the fund may be used and disbursed by the division in accordance with the terms of the payment or donation or, if there are no terms, for costs and expenses incurred by the division in the implementation of this chapter.
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-08(2) | Hearing prior to ordering restitution, reparation, or reimbursement of indigent defense costs and expenses--Conditions--Collection of restitution for insufficient funds checks--Continuing appropriation |
The state-employed clerks of district court shall remit the funds collected as costs under this subsection to the state treasurer for deposit in the restitution collection assistance fund. The funds + See moredeposited into the restitution collection assistance fund are appropriated to the judicial branch on a continuing basis for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the collection of restitution, including operating expenses and the compensation of additional necessary personnel.
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State courts | N/A | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-08(1) | Hearing prior to ordering restitution, reparation, or reimbursement of indigent defense costs and expenses--Conditions--Collection of restitution for insufficient funds checks--Continuing appropriation |
The court shall order restitution be paid to the division of adult services for any benefits the division has paid or may pay under chapter 54-23.4 unless the court, on + See morethe record, directs otherwise
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State/statewide agency | Division of adult services | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 27-01-10(3) | Fee assessments for funding crime victim and witness programs |
All fees paid to a district or municipal court under this section must be deposited monthly in the county or city treasury for allocation by the governing body of the + See morecounty or city to one or more of the following programs as determined by the governing body: a. A private, nonprofit domestic violence or sexual assault program. b. A victim and witness advocacy program of which the primary function is to provide direct services to victims of and witnesses to crime.
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Private actors | None | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 27-01-10(3) | Fee assessments for funding crime victim and witness programs |
All fees paid to a district or municipal court under this section must be deposited monthly in the county or city treasury for allocation by the governing body of the + See morecounty or city to one or more of the following programs as determined by the governing body: a. A private, nonprofit domestic violence or sexual assault program. b. A victim and witness advocacy program of which the primary function is to provide direct services to victims of and witnesses to crime.
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Private actors | None | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-07-01.1 | Payment of expenses for defense of indigents--Reimbursement of indigent defense costs and expenses--Indigent defense administration fund--Continuing appropriation | Application fees collected under this subsection must be forwarded for deposit in the indigent defense administration fund established under subsection 4. | State courts | funds are for indigent defense | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-26-22(4) | Judgment for fines--Court administration fee--Community service supervision fee--Special funds--Docketing and enforcement |
District court administration fees, exclusive of amounts deposited in the indigent defense administration fund and the court facilities and improvement fund, and forfeitures must be deposited in the state general + See morefund.
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State/statewide agency | None | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-26-22(2) | Judgment for fines--Court administration fee--Community service supervision fee--Special funds--Docketing and enforcement |
Of the additional one hundred dollar court administration fee, the first seven hundred fifty thousand dollars collected per biennium must be deposited in the indigent defense administration fund, which must + See morebe used for indigent defense services in this state, and the next four hundred sixty thousand dollars collected per biennium must be deposited in the court facilities improvement and maintenance fund. After the minimum thresholds have been collected, one-half of the additional court administration fee must be deposited in each fund.
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State courts | statute provides waterfall allocating $ b/t indigent defense fund and court facilities fund | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-26-22(3) | Judgment for fines--Court administration fee--Community service supervision fee--Special funds--Docketing and enforcement |
The community service supervision fee must be deposited in the community service supervision fund. The fees deposited in this fund must be used to provide community service supervision grants subject + See moreto legislative appropriations.
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Supervision agency | None | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-41-09(3) | Restitution |
If the victim does not claim restitution ordered under subsection 1 for five years after entry of the order, the restitution must be paid to the crime victims restitution and + See moregift fund under section 54-23.4-05.
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State/statewide agency | None | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-02(10) | Sentencing alternatives--Credit for time in custody--Diagnostic testing |
A court shall order a defendant to pay fifty dollars to the department of corrections and rehabilitation at the time a presentence investigation is initiated to partially defray the costs + See moreincurred by the department for the preparation of the presentence report.
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Prosecutor | None | All |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-02(10) | Sentencing alternatives--Credit for time in custody--Diagnostic testing |
The court may also order that any additional costs incurred by the department relating to the presentence investigation and report be paid by the defendant at a rate of payment + See moreup to the full costs of conducting the investigation and preparing the report as established by the department. . . .
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Prosecutor | None | All |
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