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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 559.231 | Board of probation - records |
It shall be the duty of said board to keep a record of persons paroled and, as far as possible, of their whereabouts, occupation and conduct, and a record of the final discharge of such persons upon parole, or the revocation of any parole and the reasons therefor.
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Obligation to collect or record | Supervision agency |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 476.010 | Courts of record |
The supreme court of the state of Missouri, the court of appeals, and the circuit courts shall be courts of record, and shall keep just and faithful records of their proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, municipal divisions of the circuit courts shall not be considered courts of record, regardless of whether or not a verbatim record of proceedings before the division is kept.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 476.260 | Court to audit accounts |
The court shall audit and adjust the accounts of the sheriff or other officer attending it, and certify the same for payment. |
Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State courts |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 476.412 | Reports, statistical information on caseload, filed with supreme court, when--contents |
In addition to any other report required by law or court rule, or in conjunction with such report, each presiding judge of a judicial circuit and the chief judge of each district of the court of appeals shall file an annual report by September first of each year or such other date as directed by the supreme court. The report shall be in the form prescribed by the state courts administrator and shall provide statistical information, where applicable, on the performance of the reporting court and each judge of the reporting court in relation to caseload handled by the court during the period between reports, the rate of disposition of cases, the average duration of cases until final disposition, the number of cases requiring trial, the number of cases disposed of by settlement, the average time between filing of a case and final disposition and the average projected time between filing of a case and final disposition. Such statistical information shall be particularized according to type of case, including but not limited to personal injury, contract, domestic relations, equity, juvenile, felonies and misdemeanors. The report made by the presiding judge of each circuit shall also include the number and type of circuit division cases handled by associate circuit judges and the number and type of such cases handled by senior judges, if any, assigned to the circuit. Each report shall also include an analysis by the reporting judge on the success of the court in handling its caseload, procedures adopted by the court to handle caseload, projected ability of the court under existing conditions to handle projected future caseload, any needs of the court for additional judges, additional court personnel, space, facilities, and equipment and necessary or desired changes in court rules or procedures or in state law. In connection with any recommendation for additional judges, the report shall specify in detail the conditions requiring additional judges and whether the needs of the court could be satisfied by the appointment of senior judges as provided in section 476.681, or by assignment of judges from other circuits, how many such judges would be required, for what periods of time, and the type of cases proposed to be handled.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State courts |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 479.080(3) | Fines and costs, where paid, deposited--supreme court may provide for uniform procedure Currentness |
The supreme court by administrative rule may provide for uniform procedure, and reporting forms for the collection and transmittal of fines and costs. Until modified or otherwise provided by such administrative rule, the municipal judge, or associate circuit judge hearing and determining violations of municipal ordinances, shall cause the clerk serving his division, within the first ten days of every month, to make out a list of all the cases heard or tried before the judge during the preceding month, giving in each case the name of the defendant, the fine imposed, if any, the amount of costs, the names of defendants committed and the cases in which there was an application for trial de novo, respectively. Such clerk or the judge shall verify such lists and statements by affidavit, and file the same forthwith with the clerk of the municipality, who shall lay the same before the governing body or the municipality at its first session thereafter.
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Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 483.55(3) | Clerks to charge, collect court costs, when |
In divisions presided over by associate circuit judges for which the circuit clerk is not responsible for collecting court costs as hereinabove provided, the associate circuit judge shall designate by order entered of record a division clerk who shall be responsible for the collection of all court costs with respect to cases in the division; or if there be a centralized filing and docketing system for two or more divisions presided over by an associate circuit judge, then a division clerk or clerks shall be designated in accordance with the provisions of local circuit court rule by an order which shall be entered of record, and if there be no such rule adopted, then a majority of the associate circuit judges being served shall designate a division clerk or clerks who shall be responsible for the collection of all court costs with respect to cases in the divisions served by the centralized filing and docketing system.
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Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 483.55(5) | Clerks to charge, collect court costs, when |
The responsible clerks shall make periodic reports of delinquent court costs which are due at such times and in such form as may be required by the state courts administrator. |
Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 550.26(1),(3) | Criminal court cost bills, certification for payment |
1. All criminal court cost bills shall be certified for payment as herein provided, and in addition thereto the circuit clerks of each county shall make copies of all original criminal court cost bills certified to the director of the department of corrections for payment, and shall file the same with the treasurers of their respective counties, and the city of St. Louis, at the time of transmitting the original for payment.
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Obligation to collect or record | Clerk, Other |
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Missouri | Payment of fees--deductions | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 550.27 |
The county treasurers shall pay out all such fees to the proper owners as the same may be called for; provided, that before any such fees shall be paid the party to whom the same is due shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the treasurer that he or she, as the case may be, is not at the time indebted to the state or county, on account of delinquent back taxes, or is indebted to the state or county on account of any fine, penalty, forfeitures or forfeited recognizances or costs for a violation of any criminal statute of this state, or for contempt of any court, no matter if the same shall have been paid by oath of insolvency as provided by law; or is indebted to the state or any county on account of any funds coming to his hands by reason of any public office; provided further, that after deducting the amount of the indebtedness of the claimant, if any, on account of any or all of the various causes herein enumerated, the treasurer shall pay him the balance, giving duplicate receipts for the separate amounts paid, one of which shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall charge the treasurer with the same, but if the indebtedness of the claimant equals or exceeds the amount of his fees, the treasurer shall give him credit for the amount of his fees, stating on what account, and shall make duplicate receipts for the same, one of which he shall deliver to the claimant and the other he shall file with the county clerk, who shall charge the treasurer with all such receipts, and in his regular settlements with the county commission the treasurer shall make a full and complete exhibit of all his acts and doings under sections 550.260 to 550.300.
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Obligation to collect or record | Other |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-10-108 | Disposition of fines |
An officer who collects a fine, unless otherwise required by law, shall pay the fine into the general fund of the county in which the fine was assessed within thirty (30) days of receipt. The officer shall obtain duplicate treasurer's receipts and deposit one (1) with the county clerk.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts, Law enforcement |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. §5-9-106 | Disposition of money collected for violations of city or town ordinances; disposition of fines and penalties under general state laws |
All money collected by a judge of a circuit court for violations of ordinances of a city or town shall be paid into the general fund of the city or town whose ordinance was violated. The circuit court shall keep separate account books of funds for ordinance violations as designated by the Wyoming supreme court. All fines and penalties under the general laws of the state shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the public school fund of the county.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-9-144 | Receipts for money paid into court |
When any money is paid into a circuit court, a receipt for said amount shall be issued promptly upon a form prescribed by the Wyoming supreme court. The receipts shall be prenumbered in numerical sequence. The original copy shall be delivered to a payor making payment by cash or in person, otherwise the original shall be attached to the court file. A copy shall be filed in the office of the issuing judge. The receipts shall be prenumbered by the printer, and the printer shall give to the supreme court a receipt showing the numbers so printed. Except as provided in W.S. 5 9 106, the circuit court shall pay all fines, forfeitures and other penalties to the county treasurer and all fees, costs and other receipts to the state treasurer . . .
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-6-303 | Disposition of fines and penalties |
All fines and penalties collected, arising from a breach of the ordinances of the town, shall be paid into the town treasury. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing a court automation fee as provided in W.S. 5‑6‑108(a)(i), up to one‑half (1/2) of the fee may be retained by the town solely for the purpose of defraying costs and expenses related to establishing and maintaining an electronic citation system. The system shall collect and submit data in a form and manner prescribed by the supreme court to comply with the requirements of the judicial systems automation account under W.S. 5‑2‑120. The remaining portion of the fee shall be remitted to the judicial systems automation account established by W.S. 5‑2‑120. If a town enacts an ordinance prescribing an indigent civil legal services fee as provided in W.S. 5‑6‑108(a)(ii), the fee shall be remitted to the indigent civil legal services account established by W.S. 5‑2‑121.
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Obligation to collect or record | Local jurisdiction |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-16-102(e) | Restrictions; supervision; costs; civil liability |
The person charged with supervising a prisoner's work shall keep an accurate record and account of all work performed and all credits received and shall make periodic reports as required by the court.
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Obligation to collect or record | Law enforcement, Supervision agency |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-3-202 | Duties generally |
Each clerk of the district court shall keep and make up the records and books of the court of his particular county, receive all cases filed therein, properly record and attend to the same, and shall have the care and custody of all the records, seal, books, papers and property pertaining to his said office or the court of the county for which he is elected and which may be filed or deposited therein, and shall receive, account for and pay over all money that may come into the possession of the court according to law, and under the orders or decrees of the court, except that which shall be received by master commissioners. He shall keep all records and files in criminal cases, and attend to all duties required of the clerk in relation thereto. He shall attend upon the terms of court held in the county for which he is elected, and perform such duties relating to his office as may be required of him by the court, and shall perform all such other duties relating to his office as are required of him by law or the rules and practice of the courts.
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Wyoming | Wyo. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(2) | Judgment and Sentence |
(c) Sentence. (2) Contents. A written sentence shall be signed by the judge and entered by the clerk of court without delay. The sentence may be included in the judgment or separately entered. Except for forfeit offenses for which citations have issued, other misdemeanors where the penalty imposed does not exceed a fine of $200.00, and pleas entered under Rule 43(c)(2), as a minimum the sentence shall:
(A) State each offense for which sentence is imposed, including the statute number and whether the offense is a felony or a misdemeanor; (B) State the sentence imposed for each convicted offense including for felonies the minimum and maximum term and state whether multiple sentences are to run concurrently or consecutively; (G) Include an assessment for the victims of crime compensation fund as required by W.S. 1-40-119; and (H) Include a finding as to whether the defendant is able to make restitution and if restitution is ordered fix the reasonable amount owed to each victim resulting from the defendant's criminal acts. |
Obligation to collect or record | Clerk, Court |
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Wyoming | Wyo. Gov't. Access Ct. Rec. Rule 4 | When Court Records May be Accessed |
Court records shall be available for public access in the court facilities where the records are kept, during regular business hours. Upon receiving a request for access to court records, the custodian shall respond within a reasonable time regarding the availability of the records, and shall provide or deny access thereto within a reasonable time. Court records shall be provided at a time and in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with other business of the courts. Electronic records to which the court allows remote access shall be available for public access at any time, subject to normal system maintenance and unexpected technical failures.
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Wyoming | Wyo. Gov't. Access Ct. Rec. Rule 3 | General Policy |
Court records are presumed to be open to public access during the regular business hours of the court, except as provided herein or otherwise provided by law. These rules are not intended to limit the access of parties and attorneys to case records of cases in which they are involved, but such access may be limited by court order. No custodian may restrict access or allow greater access to court records than as provided herein or otherwise provided by law.
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | Clerk |