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Arkansas | Sup. Ct. Admin. Order 19 | Access to Court Records |
Courts should endeavor to make at least the following information, when available in electronic form, remotely accessible to the public: (1) litigant/party/attorney indexes to cases filed with the court; (2) + See morelistings of case filings, including the names of the parties; (3) the register of actions or docket sheets; (4) calendars or dockets of court proceedings, including case numbers and captions, date and time of hearings, and location of hearings; (5) judgments, orders, or decrees.
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Kansas | Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 1.03 | Debt Collection Contract Administration |
Debt Collection Contract Administration. The judicial administrator is authorized under K.S.A. 20-169 to enter into contracts to collect debts owed to courts or restitution owed under an order of restitution. A contract under K.S.A. 20-169 must provide + See morefor payment by the contracting agent to the judicial administrator for administrative costs of up to 3% of the debt and restitution collected. Each contract must specify other terms and conditions appropriate to facilitate collections. The judicial administrator may establish procedures consistent with K.S.A. 20-169 to be used in the negotiation and execution of contracts to collect debts owed to courts and restitution owed under an order of restitution.
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North Dakota | N.D.R.Crim.P. 1 | Scope and Exceptions | (4) Other Proceedings. These rules do not apply to: . . . (C) the collection of fines and penalties; | Fines and fees |
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North Dakota | N.D.R.Crim.P. 11 | Pleas |
(1) The court may not accept a plea of guilty without first, by addressing the defendant personally [except as provided in Rule 43(b)] in open court, informing the defendant of + See moreand determining that the defendant understands the following: . . . (G) any maximum possible penalty, including imprisonment, fine, and mandatory fee;
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Fines and fees |
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North Dakota | N.D.R.Crim.P. 38 | Stay of Execution and Relief Pending Review |
(b) Fine. If the defendant appeals, the court may stay a sentence to pay a fine, fee or costs. The court may stay the sentence on any terms considered appropriate + See moreand may require the defendant to: (1) deposit all or part of the fine, fee or costs with the clerk; (2) post a bond to pay the fine, fee or costs; or (3) submit to an examination concerning the defendant's assets and, if appropriate, order the defendant to refrain from dissipating assets.
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Fines and fees |
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West Virginia | W. Va. R. Crim. P. 17(b) | Subpoena - ability to pay |
Subpoena - Defendants unable to pay. — The court shall order at any time that a subpoena be issued for service on a named witness upon an ex parte application + See moreof a defendant upon a satisfactory showing that the defendant is financially unable to pay the fees of the witness and that the presence of the witness is necessary to an adequate defense. If the court orders the subpoena to be issued, the costs incurred by the process and the fees of the witness so subpoenaed shall be paid in the same manner in which similar costs and fees are paid in case of a witness subpoenaed in behalf of the state.
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Ability to pay |
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West Virginia | W. Va. R. Civ. P. 77(e) | Waiver of fees |
Filing of affidavit of indigence. — A person seeking waiver of fees, costs, or security, pursuant to Chapter 59, Article 2, Section 1 [§ 59-2-1] of the Code of West Virginia, + See moreshall execute before the clerk or a deputy an affidavit prescribed by the chief justice of the Supreme of Court of Appeals, which shall be kept confidential in divorce and domestic violence proceedings.
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West Virginia | W. Va. R. Crim. P. 32(c)5 | Right to Appeal |
Notification of right to appeal. — After imposing sentence in a case which has gone to trial on a plea of not guilty, the court must advise the defendant of the + See moreright to appeal. After imposing sentence in any case, the court must advise the defendant of any right to appeal the sentence, and of the right of a person who is unable to pay the cost of an appeal to apply for leave to appeal in forma pauperis. If the defendant so requests, the clerk of the court shall prepare and file forthwith a notice of intent to appeal on behalf of the defendant.
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