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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. §17-1-113(4)(e); Colo. Rev. Stat. §17-1-113(5) | Medical Visits - Charge to Inmates - Legislative Declaration |
(e) The information to be obtained by department personnel at the time of the inmate's medical, dental, mental health, or optometric visit on a standardized department form, including the inmate's name, the inmate's identification number, the amount of the copayment assessed, if any, the reason for the visit, the type of service rendered, and the basis for any waiver of the copayment; (5) The department shall monitor the information collected pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of this section to ensure that the copayment procedures are being applied consistently to all inmate.
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Obligation to collect or record | Law enforcement |
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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-32-106 | Fee Bill and Application of Fees |
Any person in interest in any cause is entitled to a certified bill of costs or fees specifically itemized. All fees collected by any clerk or judge shall be paid over to the state treasurer as provided by law, except as provided in section 30-1-112, C.R.S. No clerk of any court of record shall certify a record to the supreme court or to any other court until he collects all clerk's costs and fees then due and payable from the person ordering the record, unless otherwise ordered by the court in which the record reposes or by the court to which the cause was transferred or appealed, or from which appellate review as provided by law and the Colorado appellate rules may issue.
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | All courts |
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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-32-107 | Fee Book a Public Record |
The fee book to be kept by each clerk is a public record and subject to public inspection as are all other records of his office, except those specifically excluded by statute or order of court.
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Obligation to collect or record, Obligation to respond to public records requests | All courts |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-96-401(f)(1) | Collection and Payment |
At the commencement of each session of the circuit court of the clerk's county, the clerk of the county court shall furnish the prosecuting attorney with a written statement of all deficits of constables and other collecting officers on account of fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | Clerk |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-96-401(f)(2) | Collection and Payment |
It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to bring suit against the constables and collecting officers and their securities for the deficiency due and also to prosecute the officers by indictment for malfeasance in office.
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-20-106(c)(1) | Fines, Penalties, Taxes, Etc. -- Collection and Settlement -- Accounting -- Audit and Adjustment |
The clerks shall keep a true account of all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and judgments imposed, adjudged, or rendered in favor of the state or any county by their respective courts, distinguishing those payable to the state from those payable to the county.
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Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 14-14-110(a) | Public Records |
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all records and other written materials in the possession of a local government shall be available for inspection and copying by any person during normal office hours.
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 47:1A-8 | Common law right of access |
Nothing contained in [the state open record law], as amended and supplemented, shall be construed as limiting the common law right of access to a government record, including criminal investigatory + See morerecords of a law enforcement agency.
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 47:1A-1 | Legislative findings and declarations |
Government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination by the citizens of this State, with certain exceptions, for the protection of the public interest, and any limitations + See moreon the right of access accorded by P.L.1963, c. 73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) as amended and supplemented, shall be construed in favor of the public's right of access;
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 47:1A-5 | custodian of government records - obligations | The custodian of a government record shall permit the record to be inspected, examined, and copied by any person during regular business hours; | Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:5-44 | Record of fines payable to county; inspection |
Every court having jurisdiction to hear complaints for violations of the provisions of this Title shall keep a record of the disposition of all complaints under this subtitle, for which + See morea fine may be imposed which record shall be open to inspection by the treasurer or auditor of a county or his duly authorized representative, or by the director or his duly authorized representative, or by the financial officers of the respective municipalities which are entitled to fines imposed by the court.
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Obligation to collect or record | All |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:158A-18 | Recording of liens | The Clerk of the Superior Court shall provide separate books for the recording of said liens which books shall be properly indexed in the name of the judgment debtor. | Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 17:29A-35 | Motor vehicle violations surcharges for private passenger automobiles |
Upon request, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide a monthly report to the Division of Revenue containing information on the number of convictions for the offense of unsafe + See moredriving pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2000, c. 75 (C.39:4-97.2) that were entered during such month, the amount of the surcharges that were assessed by the courts pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.2000, c. 75 (C.39:4-97.2) for such month, and the amount of the surcharges collected by the courts pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.2000, c. 75 (C.39:4-97.2) during such month.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |