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North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 7A-304(a)(5) | Costs in criminal actions |
For using pretrial release services, the district or superior court judge shall, upon conviction, impose a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be remitted to the county providing the pretrial release services. This cost shall be assessed and collected only if the defendant had been accepted and released to the supervision of the agency providing the pretrial release services.
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North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 7A-313 | Uniform jail fees |
Persons who are lawfully confined in jail awaiting trial shall be liable to the county or municipality maintaining the jail in the sum of ten dollars ($ 10.00) for each 24 hours' confinement, or fraction thereof, except that a person so confined shall not be liable for this fee if the case or proceeding against him is dismissed, or if acquitted, or if judgment is arrested, or if probable cause is not found, or if the grand jury fails to return a true bill.
Persons who are ordered to pay jail fees pursuant to a probationary sentence shall be liable to the county or municipality maintaining the jail at the same per diem rate paid by the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety to local jails for maintaining a prisoner, as set by the General Assembly in its appropriations acts. |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 311.17 | Sheriff: Fees |
When any of the services described in division (A) or (B) of this section are rendered by an officer or employee, whose salary or per diem compensation is paid by the county, the applicable legal fees and any other extraordinary expenses, including overtime, provided for the service shall be taxed in the costs in the case and, when collected, shall be paid into the general fund of the county.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code §2949.093(D)(2) | County participation in criminal justice regional information system |
All such money collected during a month shall be transmitted on the first business day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer of the county in which the court is located and thereafter the county treasurer shall deposit the money in that county's criminal justice regional information fund.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.14 | Taxing costs |
The clerk of the court of common pleas in which the service of a court interpreter is rendered shall tax in the cost bill in such case, to be collected as other costs, the sum of three dollars for each day of service of such interpreter, which fees shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county fund
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.21 | Fees of shorthand reporters |
The fees so collected shall be paid quarterly by the clerk of the court of common pleas in which the cases were tried into the treasury of the county and shall be credited by the county treasurer to the general fund.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 509.15 | Fees of constables |
The following fees and expenses shall be taxed as costs, collected from the judgment debtor, and paid to the general fund of the appropriate township or district as compensation due for services rendered by township constables or members of the police force of a township police district or joint police district:
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 1907.24(B)(1)(d) | Schedule of fees and costs |
All moneys collected under division (B) of this section shall be paid to the county treasurer for deposit into either a general special projects fund or a fund established for a specific special project. Moneys from a fund of that nature shall be disbursed upon an order of the court in an amount no greater than the actual cost to the court of a project. If a specific fund is terminated because of the discontinuance of a program or service established under division (B) of this section, the county court may order that moneys remaining in the fund be transferred to an account established under this division for a similar purpose.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(C) | Financial sanctions; restitution; reimbursements |
Except as provided in section 2951.021 of the Revised Code, the offender shall pay reimbursements imposed upon the offender pursuant to division (A)(5)(a) of this section to pay the costs incurred by a county pursuant to any sanction imposed under this section or section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or in operating a facility used to confine offenders pursuant to a sanction imposed under section 2929.16 of the Revised Code to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall deposit the reimbursements in the sanction cost reimbursement fund that each board of county commissioners shall create in its county treasury. The county shall use the amounts deposited in the fund to pay the costs incurred by the county pursuant to any sanction imposed under this section or section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or in operating a facility used to confine offenders pursuant to a sanction imposed under section 2929.16 of the Revised Code.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.093(G)(1) | Participation in criminal justice regional information system; requirements; funding |
(G)(1) Except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, all funds collected by a county under this section shall be used by that county only to pay the costs it incurs in creating and maintaining a new criminal justice regional information system or to pay the costs it incurs in participating in an existing criminal justice regional information system.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.093(G)(2) | Participation in criminal justice regional information system; requirements; funding |
(G)(2) If the board of county commissioners of a county determines that the funds in that county's criminal justice regional information fund are more than sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which the additional court cost described in division (C) of this section was imposed, the board may declare a surplus in the fund. The county may expend the surplus only to pay the costs it incurs in improving the law enforcement computer technology of local law enforcement agencies located in that county.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2925.42(B) | Proceeds of crimes; disposition of fines |
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 3719.21 of the Revised Code, all fines imposed pursuant to this section shall be paid by the clerk of the court to the county, municipal corporation, township, park district, as created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or state law enforcement agencies in this state that were primarily responsible for or involved in making the arrest of, and in prosecuting, the offender. However, no fine so imposed shall be paid to a law enforcement agency unless the agency has adopted a written internal control policy under division (F)(2) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code that addresses the use of the fine moneys that it receives under this division and division (F)(1) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. The fines imposed and paid pursuant to this division shall be used by the law enforcement agencies to subsidize their efforts pertaining to drug offenses, in accordance with the written internal control policy adopted by the recipient agency under division (F)(2) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 292.18(B)(6) | Financial sanction |
If the sum total of a mandatory fine amount imposed for a first, second, or third degree felony violation of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code under division (B)(1) of this section plus the amount of any fine imposed under division (B)(4) of this section does not exceed the maximum statutory fine amount authorized for the level of the offense under division (A)(3) of this section or section 2929.31 of the Revised Code, the court may impose a fine for the offense in addition to the mandatory fine and the fine imposed under division (B)(4) of this section. The sum total of the amounts of the mandatory fine, the fine imposed under division (B)(4) of this section, and the additional fine imposed under division (B)(6) of this section shall not exceed the maximum statutory fine amount authorized for the level of the offense under division (A)(3) of this section or section 2929.31 of the Revised Code. The clerk of the court shall pay any fine that is imposed under division (B)(6) of this section to the county, township, municipal corporation, park district as created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.04 of the Revised Code, or state law enforcement agencies in this state that primarily were responsible for or involved in making the arrest of, and in prosecuting, the offender pursuant to division (F) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.11 | Fines paid into county treasury |
Unless otherwise required in the Revised Code, an officer who collects a fine shall pay it into the treasury of the county in which such fine was assessed, within twenty days after the receipt of the fine, to the credit of the county general fund. The county treasurer shall issue duplicate receipts for the fine, and the officer making the collection shall deposit one of these receipts with the county auditor.
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 153.660 | Use of amounts paid to county treasurer |
(1) If a justice or municipal court imposes a fine for any offense other than a traffic offense and the full amount of the fine imposed is collected, the last $16 of the amount collected shall be paid to the county treasurer for the county in which the court is located and may be used only for the purposes specified in this section. If the full amount of the fine imposed is not collected, the $16 payment required by this subsection shall be reduced by one dollar for every dollar of the fine that is not collected. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to fines imposed for violations of ORS 811.590 (Unlawful parking in winter recreation parking area), 814.485 (Failure to wear protective headgear), 814.486 (Endangering bicycle operator or passenger), 814.534 (Failure of motor assisted scooter operator to wear protective headgear), 814.536 (Endangering motor assisted scooter operator), 814.600 (Failure of skateboarder, scooter rider or in-line skater to wear protective headgear) or 830.990 (Penalties) (1).
(2) Sixty percent of the amounts paid to the county treasurer under this section and under ORS 153.645 (Disposition of fines for traffic offenses) (4) and 153.650 (Disposition of fines for traffic offenses) (4) shall be deposited by the treasurer in the county treasury and may be used only for drug and alcohol programs and for the costs of planning, operating and maintaining county juvenile and adult corrections programs and facilities. (3) Forty percent of the amounts paid to the county treasurer under this section and under ORS 153.645 (Disposition of fines for traffic offenses) (4) and 153.650 (Disposition of fines for traffic offenses) (4) shall be deposited by the treasurer in the court facilities security account established under ORS 1.182 (Court facilities security accounts) for the county in which the court is located. [2013 c.685 §13] |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 142.060 | Crediting and appropriating proceeds of sale paid into county treasury |
Money paid into the county treasury pursuant to ORS 142.040 (Disposal of unclaimed money or property) shall be credited and appropriated as a fine imposed upon a person convicted of theft; but the owner of the property, at any time within six years of the conviction, upon making satisfactory proof of ownership before the county court of the county, may, by the order of such court, have the proceeds repaid to the owner from the county treasury.
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 153.645(4) | Disposition of fines for traffic offenses; justice court |
If the full amount of the fine imposed by a justice court is collected, the last $16 of the amount collected shall be paid to the county treasurer for the county in which the court is located and may be used only for the purposes specified in ORS 153.660 (Use of amounts paid to county treasurer). If the full amount of the fine imposed is not collected, the $16 payment required by this subsection shall be reduced by one dollar for every dollar of the fine that is not collected. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to fines imposed for violations of ORS 811.590 (Unlawful parking in winter recreation parking area), 814.485 (Failure to wear protective headgear), 814.486 (Endangering bicycle operator or passenger), 814.534 (Failure of motor assisted scooter operator to wear protective headgear), 814.536 (Endangering motor assisted scooter operator), 814.600 (Failure of skateboarder, scooter rider or in-line skater to wear protective headgear) or 830.990(1).
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Indiana | Burns Ind. Code Ann. § 33-37-7-4 | Distribution of Fees Collected by Circuit Court to County |
(a) The clerk of a circuit court shall forward the county share of fees collected to the county auditor in accordance with IC 33-37-7-12(a). The auditor shall retain as the county share twenty-seven percent (27%) of the amount of fees collected under the following: (1) IC 33-37-4-1(a) (criminal costs fees). (2) IC 33-37-4-2(a) (infraction or ordinance violation costs fees). (3) IC 33-37-4-3(a) (juvenile costs fees). (4) IC 33-37-4-4(a) (civil costs fees). (5) IC 33-37-4-6(a)(1) (small claims costs fees). (6) IC 33-37-4-7(a) (probate costs fees). (7) IC 33-37-5-17 (deferred prosecution fees). (b) This section applies after June 30, 2005.
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-30 | Clerk to forward fees and costs monthly to county treasurer |
The clerk of courts shall forward all fees and costs on a monthly basis to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund. |
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 32-23-4.10 | Order to pay costs to clerk of courts following conviction under section 32-23-1 |
In addition to any other penalty, assessment, or fine provided by law, the court shall order any person convicted of a crime for a violation of § 32-23-1 to remit costs in the amount of fifty dollars to the clerk of courts. The clerk of courts shall forward any amount collected pursuant to this section to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund. Failure to remit the amount to the clerk of courts in the time specified by the court is punishable by contempt proceedings.
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