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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 484C.515 (7) | Fee for specialty court programs |
7. The money collected for a specialty courts fee pursuant to this section in justice courts must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or + See morebefore the fifth day of each month for the preceding month. On or before the 15th day of that month, the county treasurer shall deposit the money received for each specialty courts fee with the State Controller for credit to a special account in the State General Fund administered by the Office of Court Administrator.
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County | N/A | Misdemeanor |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 4.060 (4) | Fees for justice of the peace; disposition; special account for justice court; report to board of county commissioners |
Except as otherwise provided by an ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.207, the justice of the peace shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, account + See morefor and pay to the county treasurer all fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 during the preceding month, except for the fees the justice of the peace may retain as compensation and the fees the justice of the peace is required to pay to the State Controller pursuant to subsection 5.
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County | justice of the peace | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:45-1 | Conditions of suspension or probation | County | N/A | All | |
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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-811(A) | Disposition of Fines |
Except as provided in subsections B and C of this section, all fines collected in any court, except municipal courts, shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county + See morein which the court is held. All fines collected in the superior court for violation of a city or town ordinance shall be paid to the county treasurer.
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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §28-1554(B) | Disposition of fees, fines, forfeitures, and civil penalties |
All fees, fines, forfeitures and civil penalties imposed and collected by the justice court shall be retained by and inure to the benefit of the county in which the court + See moreis located.
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-37-8-6 | County; appropriations |
Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), upon receipt of monthly claims submitted on oath to the fiscal body by a program listed in section 5(b) of this chapter, + See morethe county fiscal body shall appropriate from the county fund to the program or fund the amount collected for the program under IC 33-37-5.
(b) Funds derived from a deferral program or a pretrial diversion program may be disbursed only by the adoption of an ordinance appropriating the funds for one (1) or more of the following purposes:
(1) Personnel expenses related to the operation of the program.
(2) Special training for:
(A) a prosecuting attorney;
(B) a deputy prosecuting attorney;
(C) support staff for a prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney; or
(D) a law enforcement officer.
(3) Employment of a deputy prosecutor or prosecutorial support staff.
(4) Victim assistance.
(5) Electronic legal research.
(6) Office equipment, including computers, computer software, communication devices, office machinery, furnishings, and office supplies.
(7) Expenses of a criminal investigation and prosecution.
(8) An activity or program operated by the prosecuting attorney that is intended to reduce or prevent criminal activity, including:
(A) substance abuse;
(B) child abuse;
(C) domestic violence;
(D) operating while intoxicated; and
(E) juvenile delinquency.
(9) The provision of evidence based mental health and addiction, intellectual disability, developmental disability, autism, and co-occurring autism and mental illness forensic treatment services to reduce the risk of recidivism in a program administered or coordinated by a provider certified or licensed by the division of mental health and addiction or the division of disability and rehabilitative services with expertise in providing evidence based forensic treatment services.
(10) Any other purpose that benefits the office of the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement and that is agreed upon by the county fiscal body and the prosecuting attorney.
(c) Funds described in subsection (b) may be used only in accordance with guidelines adopted by the prosecuting attorneys council under IC 33-39-8-5.
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North Carolina | NC CONST Art. IX, § 7 | County school fund; State fund for certain moneys. |
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all moneys, stocks, bonds, and other property belonging to a county school fund, and the clear proceeds of all penalties + See moreand forfeitures and of all fines collected in the several counties for any breach of the penal laws of the State, shall belong to and remain in the several counties, and shall be faithfully appropriated and used exclusively for maintaining free public schools.(b) The General Assembly may place in a State fund the clear proceeds of all civil penalties, forfeitures, and fines which are collected by State agencies and which belong to the public schools pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Moneys in such State fund shall be faithfully appropriated by the General Assembly, on a per pupil basis, to the counties, to be used exclusively for maintaining free public schools.
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 35-33-7-6 (c); Ind. Code § 33-40-3-1 | Indigent defendant; assignment of counsel; payment to supplemental public defender services fund |
(c) If the court finds that the person is able to pay part of the cost of representation by the assigned counsel, the court shall order the person to pay + See morethe following:(1) For a felony action, a fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
(2) For a misdemeanor action, a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
The clerk of the court shall deposit fees collected under this subsection in the county's supplemental public defender services fund established under Ind. Code § 33-40-3-1
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County | Public defender services fund | All |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 35-33-8-3.2 (b); Ind. Code § 33-40-3-1 | Conditions to assure appearance; remittance of deposit; collection of fees - administrative fee |
(b) Within thirty (30) days after disposition of the charges against the defendant, the court that admitted the defendant to bail shall order the clerk to remit the amount of + See morethe deposit remaining under subsection (a)(2) to the defendant. The portion of the deposit that is not remitted to the defendant shall be deposited by the clerk in the supplemental public defender services fund established under Ind. Code § 33-40-3.
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County | Public defender services fund | All |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 35-33-8-3.3 (c) ; Ind. Code § 33-37-5-2; Ind. Code § 35-33-8-3.3 (d); Ind. Code § 35-33-8-3.3 (f); Ind. Code § 35-33-8-3.3 (g) | Pretrial services fee; amount; transfer of money; suspension of driver's license; payment by credit card; credit card service fee - pretrial services fee |
(c) If a clerk of a court collects a pretrial services fee, the clerk may retain not more than three percent (3%) of the fee to defray the administrative costs + See moreof collecting the fee. The clerk shall deposit amounts retained under this subsection in the clerk's record perpetuation fund established under Ind. Code § 33-37-5-2.(d) If a clerk of a court collects a pretrial services fee from a defendant, upon request of the county auditor, the clerk shall transfer not more than three percent (3%) of the fee to the county auditor for deposit in the county general fund.
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(f) The probation department, pretrial services agency, or clerk of the court shall collect the administrative fee under subsection (e)(3) before collecting any other fee under subsection (e). Except for the money described in subsections (c) and (d), all money collected by the probation department, pretrial services agency, or clerk of the court under this section shall be transferred to the county treasurer, who shall deposit fifty percent (50%) of the money into the county supplemental adult probation services fund and fifty percent (50%) of the money into the county supplemental public defender services fund (Ind. Code § 33-40-3-1). The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate money from the county supplemental adult probation services fund:
(1) to the county, superior, or circuit court of the county that provides probation services or pretrial services to adults to supplement adult probation services or pretrial services; and
(2) to supplement the salary of:
(A) an employee of a pretrial services agency; or
(B) a probation officer in accordance with the schedule adopted by the county fiscal body under Ind. Code § 36-2-16.5.
(g) The county supplemental adult probation services fund may be used only to supplement adult probation services or pretrial services and to supplement salaries for probation officers or employees of a pretrial services agency. A supplemental probation services fund may not be used to replace other probation services or pretrial services funding. Any money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to any other fund but continues in the county supplemental adult probation services fund.
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County | Clerk's record perpetuation fund; county general fund; adult probation services fund; public defender services fund | All |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 35-33-8-3.3 (n) | Pretrial services fee; amount; transfer of money; suspension of driver's license; payment by credit card; credit card service fee - credit card service fee |
(n) The probation department or pretrial services agency shall forward a credit card service fee collected under subsection (m) to the county treasurer in accordance with subsection (f). These funds + See moremay be used without appropriation to pay the transaction charge or discount fee charged by the bank or credit card vendor.
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 35-38-2-1 (c); Ind. Code § 35-38-2-1 (f); Ind. Code § 35-38-2-1 (g) | Conditions of probation; advice on violation; specification in record; user's fees; disposition of money collected; general adult probation services fund; limitation on payment of user's fee |
(c) If a clerk of a court collects a probation user's fee, the clerk:(1) may keep not more than three percent (3%) of the fee to defray the administrative costs + See moreof collecting the fee and shall deposit any fee kept under this subsection in the clerk's record perpetuation fund established under Ind. Code § 33-37-5-2; and
(2) if requested to do so by the county auditor, city fiscal officer, or town fiscal officer under clause (A), (B), or (C), may transfer not more than three percent (3%) of the fee to the:
(A) county auditor, who shall deposit the money transferred under this subdivision into the county general fund;
(B) city general fund when requested by the city fiscal officer; or
(C) town general fund when requested by the town fiscal officer.
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(f) The probation department or clerk shall collect the administrative fees under subsections (d)(5) and (e)(4) before collecting any other fee under subsection (d) or (e). All money collected by the probation department or the clerk under this section shall be transferred to the county treasurer, who shall deposit the money into the county supplemental adult probation services fund. The fiscal body of the county shall appropriate money from the county supplemental adult probation services fund:
(1) to the county, superior, circuit, or municipal court of the county that provides probation services to adults to supplement adult probation services; and
(2) to supplement the salaries of probation officers in accordance with the schedule adopted by the county fiscal body under Ind. Code § 36-2-16.5.
(g) The probation department or clerk shall collect the administrative fee under subsection (e)(4) before collecting any other fee under subsection (e). All money collected by the probation department or the clerk of a city or town court under this section shall be transferred to the fiscal officer of the city or town for deposit into the local supplemental adult probation services fund. The fiscal body of the city or town shall appropriate money from the local supplemental adult probation services fund to the city or town court of the city or town for the court's use in providing probation services to adults or for the court's use for other purposes as may be appropriated by the fiscal body. Money may be appropriated under this subsection only to those city or town courts that have an adult probation services program. If a city or town court does not have such a program, the money collected by the probation department must be transferred and appropriated as provided under subsection (f).
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County | Adult probation services fund | Felony, Misdemeanor |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 12-23-14-16 (d) | Fees charged for program; fee schedule; maximum fee; deposit of fees |
(d) An alcohol and drug services program or the clerk of the court shall collect fees under this chapter. The fees must be transferred within thirty (30) days after the + See morefees are collected for deposit by the auditor or fiscal officer in the appropriate user fee fund established under Ind. Code § 33-37-8.
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County | Alcohol and drug services program | All |
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Indiana | Ind. Code § 33-37-5-19 (b) | Criminal conviction, jury fees | (b) The fee collected under this section shall be deposited into the county user fee fund established by Ind. Code § 33-37-8-5. | County | County user fee fund | All |
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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 9-13-21 | Treasury | paid into the treasury of the county in which the case is tried | County | N/A | Misdemeanor |
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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 9-17-5 (2)(c) | Court Administrator Fund | Any money collected pursuant to this subsection shall be paid into the court administrator fund. | County | N/A | Misdemeanor |
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South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 14-1-205 | Disposition of costs, fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and other revenues; |
Except as provided in Sections 17-15-260, 34-11-90, 50-1-150, 50-1-170, and 56-5-4160, on January 1, 1995, fifty-six percent of all costs, fees, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and other revenues generated by the + See morecircuit courts and the family courts, except the seventy dollar filing fee prescribed in Section 8-21-310(11)(a) must be remitted to the county in which the proceeding is instituted and forty-four percent of the revenues must be delivered to the county treasurer to be remitted monthly by the fifteenth day of each month to the State Treasurer on forms and in a manner prescribed by him. When a payment is made to the county in installments, the state's portion must be remitted to the State Treasurer by the County Treasurer on a monthly basis. The forty-four percent remitted to the State Treasurer must be deposited as follows:(1) 72.93 percent to the general fund;
(2) 16.73 percent to the Department of Mental Health to be used exclusively for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts within the department's addiction center facilities;
(3) 10.34 percent to the State Office of Victim Assistance under the South Carolina Victim's Compensation Fund.
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County | State treasurer | All |
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South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 14-17-720 | Disposition of certain fines, penalties, and taxes. |
All fines and penalties imposed and collected by the circuit court of general sessions in criminal causes shall be forthwith turned over by the clerk of such court to the + See morecounty treasurer of the county wherein the same are imposed; provided, that when, by law, any person is entitled as informer to any portion of the fine or penalty imposed and collected the same shall be immediately paid over to him. They shall also pay, monthly, to the county treasurers of their respective counties, for the use of the State, all such moneys as may have come into their hands as taxes from persons representing, publicly, plays and shows within the limits of their counties.
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South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 22-1-70 | Disposition of fines and penalties imposed and collected in criminal cases. |
All fines and penalties imposed and collected by magistrates in criminal cases must be forthwith turned over by them to the county treasurers of their respective counties for county purposes; + See moreprovided, that when a magistrate presides over a municipal court under contract between the municipality and the county governing body as authorized by Section 14-25-25, a portion of such fines and penalties imposed and collected shall be turned over to the treasurer of the municipality under the provisions of the contract between the municipality and the county governing body which shall specify the portion to be turned over to the treasurer of the municipality. But when, by law any person is entitled, as informer, to any portion of such fine or penalty, such portion shall be immediately paid over to him. If any magistrate shall neglect or refuse to pay over all fines and penalties collected by him in any criminal cause or proceeding he shall, on conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment for not less than three nor more than six months and shall be dismissed from office.
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South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 17-22-350(B)-(C) | Traffic Education Program Fee |
(B) For offenses that would have been otherwise tried in magistrates court, the governmental agency administering the program shall retain the participation fee to support the traffic education program. The + See moreapplication fees must be remitted to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall remit 9.17 percent of the revenue from the application fees to the county to be used for the purposes set forth in Section 14-1-207(D) and remit the balance of the revenue from the application fees to the Office of the State Treasurer on a monthly basis, by the fifteenth day of each month, and make reports on a form and in a manner prescribed by the State Treasurer. Fees paid in installments must be remitted as received. The State Treasurer shall deposit the amounts received as follows:
(1) 23.62 percent to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services;
(2) 15.12 percent to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy;
(3) .44 percent to the Department of Public Safety's South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame;
(4) 13.73 percent to the State Office of Victim Assistance;
(5) 6.01 percent to the General Fund;
(6) 10.97 percent to the Commission on Indigent Defense;
(7) 1.34 percent to the Attorney General's Office;
(8) .90 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Arbitration Program;
(9) .81 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Marine Institutes;
(10) .90 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Regional Status Offender Program;
(11) 3.95 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Coastal Evaluation Center;
(12) 6.74 percent to the Circuit Solicitors;
(13) 2.68 percent to the State Law Enforcement Division;
(14) 2.68 percent to the Department of Corrections;
(15) .67 percent to the Judicial Department;
(16) .28 percent to the Department of Natural Resources; and
(17) .02 percent to the Forestry Commission.
(C) For offenses that would have been otherwise tried in municipal court, the governmental agency administering the program shall retain the participation fees to support the traffic education program. The application fees must be remitted to the city treasurer. The city treasurer shall remit 9.17 percent of the revenue from the application fees to the municipality to be used for the purposes set forth in Section 14-1-208(D) and remit the balance of the revenues from the application fees to the Office of the State Treasurer on a monthly basis, by the fifteenth day of each month, and make reports on a form and in a manner prescribed by the State Treasurer. Fees paid in installments must be remitted as received. The State Treasurer must deposit the amounts received as follows:
(1) 10.25 percent to the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services;
(2) 10.13 percent to the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy;
(3) .26 percent to the Department of Public Safety's South Carolina Law Enforcement Officer's Hall of Fame;
(4) 7.57 percent to the State Office of Victim Assistance;
(5) 2.77 percent to the General Fund;
(6) 11.02 percent to the Commission on Indigent Defense;
(7) 1.07 percent to the Attorney General's Office;
(8) .65 percent to the Department of Mental Health;
(9) 7.64 percent for the programs established pursuant to Section 56-5-2953(E);
(10) 9.93 percent to the Governor's Task Force on Litter;
(11) 9.93 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice;
(12) .90 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Arbitration Program;
(13) .81 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Marine Institutes;
(14) .90 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Regional Status Offender Program;
(15) 3.95 percent to the Department of Juvenile Justice Coastal Evaluation Center;
(16) 6.74 percent to the Circuit Solicitors;
(17) 2.68 percent to the State Law Enforcement Division;
(18) 2.68 percent to the Department of Corrections;
(19) .67 percent to the Judicial Department;
(20) .28 percent to the Department of Natural Resources; and
(21) .02 percent to the Forestry Commission.
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