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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-21-7 | Report by County Treasurer to Grand Jury as to Fines and Bond Forfeitures Received and Disbursed; Compensation of Treasurer; Effect of Code Section Upon Local Laws |
(a) The county treasurer shall report to the grand jury the amounts of fines and bond forfeitures received by him and to whom disbursed for the period of six months preceding the report and shall receive as his compensation 2 1/2 percent on the amounts paid out by him; (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Code section shall affect the distribution of funds arising from fines and bond forfeitures or the compensation of county treasurers as regulated by any local law.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | County |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-13-31 | Receipt For Fees To Be Given; Penalty |
Every public official mentioned in Code Section 15-13-30, his deputy, or his agent shall, when required, give a statement of the fees demanded and a receipt for the same to any person paying any lawful or pretended fees of office, on pain of forfeiting $10.00 for every such neglect or refusal, to be demanded in court within 12 months and recovered by the person paying the fees and making the demand.
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |
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Georgia | Ga. Code Ann. § 15-21-57 | Effect of Article Upon Duty of Prosecuting Officers and County Treasurers Relating to Accounting For Fines and Bond Forfeitures |
Nothing in this article shall affect the duty of the prosecuting officer of any court or the treasurer of any county to account for fines and bond forfeitures to the parties legally entitled as provided by law (but subject to the limitations and alterations provided in this article), including paying to counties and their proper officers all parts of the fund to which the prosecuting officer, clerk of court, sheriff, or other officer would be entitled where, under the law, the funds are paid over to the county and its proper officer because the prosecuting officer, clerk of court, sheriff, or other officer is on a salary basis.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts, County |
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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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Obligation to collect or record | County |