Keyword search across all of the laws in the states. Subject-area tabs above allow you to narrow results. Click the advanced search for further refinement.
Every law can be saved to the Reform Builder
See transparency policy recommendations in CJPP’s Policy Guide
Below are all of the transparency laws that match your search criteria. Many include a See related provisions prompt which searches our database for laws that may pertain to your result.
27 Results
State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Type of obligation | Actor | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Add to Dashboard
|
Michigan | 600.4845(1) | Money from fines and penalties |
The county treasurer shall credit all fines for the violation of the penal laws to the library fund and all other penalties to the general fund; and he shall account + See moretherefor to the board of supervisors annually.
|
Obligation to report/conduct analysis | County |
Add to Dashboard
|
Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.1k(8) | Imposition of fine, cost, or assessment; availability of information to defendant; reports; nonpayment of costs. |
If the court imposes any cost under subsection (1)(b)(iii), no later than March 31 of each year the clerk of the court shall transmit a report to the state court + See moreadministrative office in a manner prescribed by the state court administrative office that contains all of the following information for the previous calendar year:
|
Obligation to report/conduct analysis | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.1a(16) | Order of restitution |
If a defendant who is ordered to pay restitution under this section is remanded to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, the court shall provide a copy of the + See moreorder of restitution to the department of corrections when the defendant is ordered remanded to the department's jurisdiction.
|
Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1211(3) | Admission to veteran's treatment court |
Each veterans treatment court shall report quarterly to the state court administrative office on the funds received and expended by that veterans treatment court in a manner prescribed by the + See morestate court administrative office.
|
Obligation to collect or record | Other |
Add to Dashboard
|
Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.830a(2) | Deductions and payments | The sheriff shall notify the defendant and the court in writing of all deductions and payments made under this section | Obligation to collect or record | County |
Add to Dashboard
|
Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.796b(4) | Deductions and payments - juveniles |
he department of corrections, sheriff, department of human services, or county juvenile agency, as applicable, shall notify the juvenile and the court in writing of all deductions and payments made + See moreunder this section.
|
Obligation to collect or record | Other |
Add to Dashboard
|
Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 4.090 | Justice of the peace to keep record of fees charged |
The justice of the peace shall keep in his or her office a fee book or electronic record in which he or she shall enter in detail the title of + See morethe matter, proceeding or action, and the fees charged therein. The fee book or electronic record, as applicable, shall be open to public inspection.
|
Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 176.062(2) | Administrative assessment for felony or gross misdemeanor: Collection; distribution; limitations on use | 2. The money collected for an administrative assessment: . . . (c) Must be stated separately on the court's docket. | Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
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 . . . all fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 during the preceding month
|
Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 4.060 (8) | Fees for justice of the peace; disposition; special account for justice court; report to board of county commissioners |
Each justice court that collects fees pursuant to this section shall submit to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the justice court is located an annual + See morereport that contains:(a) An estimate of the amount of money that the county treasurer will deposit into the special account pursuant to subsection 6 from fees collected by the justice court for the following fiscal year; and
(b) A proposal for any expenditures by the justice court from the special account for the following fiscal year.
|
Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-26-22.1 | Judgment for fine or costs in criminal cases ‑ Docketing and enforcement |
The court may, within ten years of the date of entry of a judgment that imposes a fine or assesses costs against a defendant, order the judgment to be docketed + See moreby the clerk of court in the judgment docket maintained pursuant to section 28-20-13 in the same manner in which a civil judgment for money is docketed. The docketing of the judgment has the same effect as the docketing of a civil judgment. The docketed judgment may be docketed in any other county in the same manner, it imposes a lien upon the real property owned by the defendant to the same extent, it is subject to the same statute of limitations, and it is enforceable by execution in the same manner as provided for a civil judgment for money.
|
Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 27-05.2-06 | Records maintenance and disposal | A clerk of district court shall maintain and dispose of court records in accordance with rules, policies, and procedures adopted by the supreme court. | Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-26-22(4) | Judgment for fines--Court administration fee--Community service supervision fee--Special funds--Docketing and enforcement |
A judgment that the defendant pay a fine or fees, or both, may be docketed and if docketed constitutes a lien upon the real estate of the defendant in like + See moremanner as a judgment for money rendered in a civil action.
|
Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-02.2(4) | Repayment of rewards paid by crimestoppers programs--Duties of attorney general--Qualified local programs--Disbursement of moneys collected |
A judgment that includes a repayment of reward, either alone or in conjunction with section 29-26-22, may be docketed and thereafter constitutes a lien upon the real estate of the + See moredefendant in the same manner as a judgment for money rendered in a civil action.
|
Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-07(2) | Supervision of probationer--Conditions of probation--Revocation | The order may be filed, transcribed, and enforced by the department of corrections and rehabilitation in the same manner as civil judgments rendered by a district court of this state. | Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-08(1) | Hearing prior to ordering restitution, reparation, or reimbursement of indigent defense costs and expenses--Conditions--Collection of restitution for insufficient funds checks--Continuing appropriation |
An order that a defendant make restitution or reparation as a sentence or condition of probation may, unless the court directs otherwise, be filed, transcribed, and enforced by the person + See moreentitled to the restitution or reparation or by the division of adult services in the same manner as civil judgments rendered by the courts of this state may be enforced.
|
Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 14-17-750 | Clerk shall report all moneys collected |
Every clerk of the court is required, on the first Wednesday in each month or within ten days thereafter, to make in writing to the auditor and treasurer of his + See morecounty a full and accurate statement of all moneys collected on account of licenses, fines, penalties and forfeitures during the past month on pain of indictment and, in case of conviction, of being fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two months or both, at the discretion of the court.
|
Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
Add to Dashboard
|
South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 22-1-90 | Monthly reports of moneys collected; treasurer's record |
Every magistrate shall, on the first Wednesday in each month or within ten days thereafter, make to the auditor and treasurer of his county a full and accurate statement in + See morewriting of all moneys collected by him on account of fines, penalties or forfeitures during the past month together with the title of each case in which a fine has been paid. The county treasurer shall keep a record of the title of each case in which the fine has been paid, the nature of the offense for which the fine was imposed and the amount thereof. In default thereof the magistrate or treasurer, as the case may be, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding two months or both, at the discretion of the court.
|
Obligation to respond to public records requests | Municipal court |
Add to Dashboard
|
South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 24-1-170 | Financial records |
The director shall keep, or cause to be kept, correct and accurate accounts of each and every financial transaction of the prison system, including all receipts and disbursements of every + See morecharacter. He shall receive and receipt for all money paid to him from every source whatsoever, and shall sign all warrants authorizing any disbursement of any sum or sums on account of the prison system. He shall keep full and correct accounts with any industry, department and farm of the prison system, and with all persons having financial transactions with the prison system.
|
Obligation to collect or record | Supervision agency |
Add to Dashboard
|
South Carolina | S.C. Code Ann. § 30-4-30 | Right to inspect or copy public records; fees; notification as to public availability of records; presumption upon failure to give notice; records to be available when requestor appears in person |
Each public body, upon written request for records made under this chapter, shall within fifteen days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) of the receipt of any such request + See morenotify the person making such request of its determination and the reasons therefor. Such a determination shall constitute the final opinion of the public body as to the public availability of the requested public record and, if the request is granted, the record must be furnished or made available for inspection or copying. If written notification of the determination of the public body as to the availability of the requested public record is neither mailed nor personally delivered to the person requesting the document within the fifteen days allowed herein, the request must be considered approved.
|
Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |