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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-303 | Deposit of Fines--Collection |
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all fines imposed and collected by the court must be paid to the appropriate treasurer of the county, city, or town within 30 + See moredays of receipt. The judge shall file a copy of any receipt given for a collected fine with the appropriate county, city, or town clerk.
(2)(a) The court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the court.
(b) In the event that a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name.
(c) The court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment. The fee incurred by the court must be added to the judgment amount.
(3) If the judgment is for a fine alone, execution may issue on the judgment for any unpaid interest accrued on the judgment, costs, and fees in collecting the fine as on a judgment in a civil case.
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Clerk | The appropriate county, city, or town clerk; private person or entity. | All |
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Florida | Fla. Stat. §817.568(12)(c) | Criminal use of personal identification information |
(12) In addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, a violation of this section, the court shall impose a surcharge of $1,001.
(c) The clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each $1,001 surcharge that he or she collects as a service charge of the clerk’s office. |
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Florida | Fla. Stat. §34.045(1)(b) | Cost recovery; use of the county court for ordinance or special law violations |
No other filing fee may be assessed for filing the violation in county court. If a person contests the violation in court, the court shall assess $40 in costs against the nonprevailing party. The county or municipality shall be considered the prevailing party when there is a plea or finding of violation or guilt to any count or lesser included offense of the charge or companion case charges, regardless of adjudication. Costs recovered pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited into the clerk’s fine and forfeiture fund established pursuant to s. 142.01.
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Florida | Fla. Stat. §142.01 | Fine and forfeiture fund; disposition of revenue; clerk of the circuit court |
(1)There shall be established by the clerk of the circuit court in each county of this state a separate fund to be known as the fine and forfeiture fund for use by the clerk of the circuit court in performing court-related functions. The fund shall consist of the following:
(a) Fines and penalties pursuant to ss. 28.2402(2), 34.045(2), 316.193, 327.35, 327.72, 379.2203(1), and 775.083(1). (b) That portion of civil penalties directed to this fund pursuant to s. 318.21. (c) Court costs pursuant to ss. 28.2402(1)(b), 34.045(1)(b), 318.14(10)(b), 318.18(11)(a), 327.73(9)(a) and (11)(a), and 938.05(3). (d) Proceeds from forfeited bail bonds, unclaimed bonds, unclaimed moneys, or recognizances pursuant to ss. 321.05(4)(a), 379.2203(1), and 903.26(3)(a). (e) Fines and forfeitures pursuant to s. 34.191. (f) Filing fees received pursuant to ss. 28.241 and 34.041, unless the disposition of such fees is otherwise required by law. (g) All other revenues received by the clerk as revenue authorized by law to be retained by the clerk. (2) Notwithstanding this section, all fines and forfeitures arising from operation of s. 318.1215 shall be disbursed in accordance with that section. |
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Florida | Fla. Stat. §775.083(1) | Fines |
A person who has been convicted of an offense other than a capital felony may be sentenced to pay a fine in addition to any punishment described in s. 775.082; when specifically authorized by statute, he or she may be sentenced to pay a fine in lieu of any punishment described in s. 775.082. A person who has been convicted of a noncriminal violation may be sentenced to pay a fine . . . Fines imposed in this subsection shall be deposited by the clerk of the court in the fine and forfeiture fund established pursuant to s. 142.01, except that the clerk shall remit fines imposed when adjudication is withheld to the Department of Revenue for deposit in the General Revenue Fund.
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Florida | Fla. Stat. §28.24 | Service charges |
The clerk of the circuit court shall charge for services rendered manually or electronically by the clerk’s office in recording documents and instruments and in performing other specified duties. |
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Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-106(1)-(2) | Clerk of the district court; fees; enumerated |
(1) In addition to the judges’ retirement fund fee provided in section 24-703 and the fees provided in section 33-106.03 and except as otherwise provided by law, the fees of the clerk of the district court shall be as follows: There shall be a docket fee of forty-two dollars for each civil and criminal case except (a) a case commenced by filing a transcript of judgment as hereinafter provided, (b) proceedings under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act and the Employment Security Law, when provision is made for the fees that may be charged, and (c) a criminal case appealed to the district court from any court inferior thereto as hereinafter provided. There shall be a docket fee of twenty-five dollars for each case commenced by filing a transcript of judgment from another court in this state for the purpose of obtaining a lien. There shall be a docket fee of twenty-seven dollars for each criminal case appealed to the district court from any court inferior thereto.
(2) In all cases, other than those appealed from an inferior court or original filings which are within jurisdictional limits of an inferior court and when a jury is demanded in district court, the docket fee shall cover all fees of the clerk, except that the clerk shall be paid for each copy or transcript ordered of any pleading, record, or other document and that the clerk shall be entitled to a fee of fifteen dollars for a records management fee which will be taxed as costs of the case. |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-1616(e) | Surcharge to be assessed in certain criminal cases; paid to account |
The proceeds from the surcharge imposed by this section shall be remitted promptly by the clerk of the court to the department for deposit in the account. |
Clerk | N/A | All |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 114B | Restitution Agreements |
This money shall be deposited in a special fund with the county treasurer to be known as the Bogus Check Restitution Program Fund. This fund shall be used by the + See moredistrict attorney to defray any lawful expense of the district attorney's office.
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District attorney | no | All |
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Louisiana | La Rev Stat §13:10.4.A | Witness Protection Services Program |
The sheriff or appropriate court official shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section and remit the sums monthly into an account to be designated as the + See more"Witness Protection Services Program". The monies in this account shall be used by the district attorney's office of each parish solely and exclusively for the witness protection program, as provided for in R.S. 15:262, and as may be further provided by law.
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District attorney | N/A | All |
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Louisiana | LA Rev Stat § 32:57.2 | Fee for reissuance of DL - costs for office of prosecuting attorney |
Each person seeking renewal or reissuance of a suspended driver's license . . .shall pay to the office of the prosecuting authority . . . to defray the administrative costs + See moreincurred by the office of the prosecuting authority
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District attorney | N/A | Traffic |
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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-19-75 (4)(a) | District Attorney; restitution |
(4) (a) If the check is not a casino marker, and the accused voluntarily surrenders himself within the time period as provided by subsection (3) of this section, the accused + See moreshall be presented with the complaint and/or warrant and prosecution of the accused may be deferred upon payment by the accused of a service charge in the amount of Forty Dollars ($ 40.00) to the district attorney and by execution of a restitution agreement as hereinafter provided.
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(1) All monies collected by the district attorney from any complainant under subsection (2) of Section 97-19-75 and from any accused as a service charge under subsection (4) of Section + See more97-19-75 may be expended by the district attorney for any of the purposes authorized for the expenditure of money under Section 25-31-8, Mississippi Code of 1972 or for any law enforcement related purpose including, but not limited to, the purchase of equipment and supplies and the payment of training costs for any local law enforcement agency within the district attorney's judicial district at the discretion of the district attorney.
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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 97-19-75 (4)(b) | District Attorney; restitution |
(b) If the check is a casino marker, and the accused voluntarily surrenders himself within the time period as provided by subsection (3) of this section, the accused shall be + See morepresented with the complaint and/or warrant, and prosecution of the accused may be deferred upon payment by the accused of a service charge in the amounts specified in this paragraph (b) to the district attorney and by execution of a restitution agreement as hereinafter provided.
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(1) All monies collected by the district attorney from any complainant under subsection (2) of Section 97-19-75 and from any accused as a service charge under subsection (4) of Section + See more97-19-75 may be expended by the district attorney for any of the purposes authorized for the expenditure of money under Section 25-31-8, Mississippi Code of 1972 or for any law enforcement related purpose including, but not limited to, the purchase of equipment and supplies and the payment of training costs for any local law enforcement agency within the district attorney's judicial district at the discretion of the district attorney.
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Alabama | Ala.Code 1975 § 12-17-226.8(d)-(F) | Assessment of administrative fee; indigency; use of funds. |
d) Administration fees required by this division shall be collected by the district attorney's office or, if by agreement of the district attorney and the circuit clerk, the circuit clerk in the county of the judicial circuit in which the offense was filed may collect the fee. All pretrial diversion program fees under this division shall be deposited in a timely manner by the district attorney into the District Attorney's Solicitor Fund pursuant to Section 12-17-226.11. The district attorney shall make the deposits in a timely manner, pursuant to commonly accepted accounting practices. The District Attorney's Solicitor Fund shall be subject to regular audits by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
(e)(1) Notwithstanding Section 12-17-226.11, twenty-five dollars ($25) of the administration fee shall be allocated to the appropriate circuit or district court clerk and shall be available for use at the discretion of the clerk to support the office of the clerk in the same way and manner as monies received from or through the District Attorney's Restitution Recovery Unit. (2) Notwithstanding Section 12-17-226.11, in pretrial diversion cases arising out of circuit or district court, five dollars ($5) of the administration fee shall be allocated to the Victims of Crime and Leniency and shall be available for use at the discretion of the program to support its services. (f) The fees allocated to the circuit clerk shall be disbursed to the Restitution Recovery Fund of the Clerk as established pursuant to Section 12-17-225.4(2). Funds deposited into the Restitution Recovery Fund shall be kept and maintained by the clerk to be available for use, at the discretion of the clerk, to support the functions of the office of the clerk and shall be in addition to the amount allocated to the Unified Judicial System for the clerks. Funds retained by the clerk shall not reduce the amount payable to the clerk under any local act or reduce or affect the amounts of funding allocated by the Administrative Office of Courts to the budgets of the clerks. |
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New Mexico | N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-36-10 | District attorney; processing fee |
A. A district attorney is authorized to assess a processing fee against any person who is convicted of violating Section 30-36-4 NMSA 1978 and against any person who acknowledges violation of that section but for whom prosecution is waived by the district attorney. The processing fee assessed pursuant to this section shall not exceed:
B. All processing fees collected by a district attorney pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the administrative office of the district attorneys for credit to the district attorney fund. |
District attorney | N/A | All |
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