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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 12-116.01(H) | Surcharges; remittance reports; fund deposits |
G. After a determination by the court of the amount due, the court shall transmit, on the last day of each month, the surcharges collected pursuant to subsections A, B, C and D of this section and a remittance report of the fines, civil penalties, assessments and surcharges collected pursuant to subsections A, B, C and D of this section to the county treasurer, except that municipal courts shall transmit the surcharges and the remittance report of the fines, civil penalties, assessments and surcharges to the city treasurer.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | All courts |
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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 39-121 | Inspection of public records |
Public records and other matters in the custody of any officer shall be open to inspection by any person at all times during office hours. |
Obligation to respond to public records requests | All |
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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 39-101(A)-(B) | Public Records Collection quality; storage; violation; classification |
A. Permanent public records of the state, a county, city or town, or other political subdivision of the state, shall be transcribed or kept on paper or other material which is of durable or permanent quality and which conforms to standards established by the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.
B. Permanent public records transcribed or kept as provided in subsection A shall be stored and maintained according to standards for the storage of permanent public records established by the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records. |
Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-1559(A) | Traffic case records; abstract of record; reports |
Each magistrate, judge or hearing officer of a court shall: 1. Keep or cause to be kept a record of each traffic complaint or other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the court or its traffic violations bureau.
2. Keep a record of each official action by the court or its traffic violations bureau in reference to each traffic complaint or other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the court or its traffic violations bureau, including but not limited to a record of: (a) Each conviction, forfeiture of bail or deposit, judgment of acquittal or civil adjudication. (b) The amount of the civil penalty, fine or forfeiture resulting from each traffic complaint deposited with or presented to the court or traffic violations bureau. |
Obligation to collect or record | Traffic court |
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Arizona | Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-1559(B) | Traffic case records; abstract of record; reports |
Within ten days after the conviction, judgment or forfeiture of bail or deposit of a person on a charge of violating chapter 3 or 4 of this title or this chapter or any other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, each magistrate of the court or clerk of the court of record in which the conviction or judgment was had or bail or deposit was forfeited shall prepare and immediately forward to the department an abstract of the record of the court covering the case in which the person either:
1. Was convicted. 2. Was adjudicated to have committed a civil traffic violation. 3. Forfeited bail or deposit. |
Obligation to report/conduct analysis | Traffic court |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 § 568 | Duties of clerks as to records; fees |
All clerks of courts shall receive and safely keep all such records and papers lodged in their offices and give attested copies thereof, for which they shall receive the same fees as a notary. Such copies shall be as valid as if certified by notaries.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §1943 | Fines, costs and forfeitures in Superior Court |
Every clerk of a Superior Court shall render under oath a detailed account of all fines, costs and forfeitures upon convictions and sentences before the court and shall pay them into the State Treasury on or before the 15th day of the month following the collection of such fines, costs and forfeitures.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 1 §408-A | Public records available for inspection and copying |
Except as otherwise provided by statute, a person has the right to inspect and copy any public record in accordance with this section within a reasonable time of making the request to inspect or copy the public record.
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Obligation to respond to public records requests | All courts |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §554 | Accounting by clerks |
Clerks of judicial courts shall account monthly for all fees received by them or payable to them by virtue of their office, except those portions of fees collected for passports and naturalization proceedings that are payable to the Federal Government, specify the items and pay the whole amount of the same to the Treasurer of State at such times and in such manner as the Chief Justice of the Superior Court or the Chief Justice's designee from time to time specifies.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §1942 | Duty of clerks to collect fines nd costs or to issue process for collection |
Each clerk of court, in default of payment to him of fines, forfeitures and bills of costs, shall issue warrants of distress, or such other process therefor as the court finds necessary to enforce the execution of any order, sentence or judgment in behalf of the State, deliver them to the sheriff, or to such constable as the district attorney directs, and enter of record the name of the officer and the time when they are delivered to him.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §557 | Receipt and discharge of fines and costs voluntarily paid |
The clerk shall receive all fines, forfeitures and bills of costs imposed or accruing to the use of the State when paid or tendered to him before a precept is issued to enforce collection, give discharges therefor and enter them of record.
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Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §564 | Record of criminal or traffic infraction cases; certain convictions or adjudications not criminal records |
In indictments, clerks shall make records of the process, proceedings, judgment and sentence as the Supreme Judicial Court may prescribe by rule. |
Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §565 | Examination and correction of records |
The Chief Justice of the Superior Court may cause the records of each clerk to be examined and when found deficient, direct them to be immediately made or corrected . . .
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Obligation to collect or record | Court |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §1941 | Duties of clerks as to certificates of fines |
Clerks of court shall attest triplicate copies of certificates of all fees, fines and bail forfeitures imposed and accruing to the State at such intervals as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court or his designee may direct, and deliver one of these copies to the State Auditor, to the Chief Justice or his designee and retain one in the clerk’s office.
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Obligation to collect or record | Clerk |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §1982 | Receipts for process for recovery of fines |
Every sheriff or other officer to whom any process for the recovery of such fine, forfeiture or costs is committed by the clerk of courts shall, at the next session of the court in the same county, produce a receipt in full for the same or assign a satisfactory excuse for not so doing.
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Obligation to collect or record | Law enforcement |
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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.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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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 |
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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
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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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.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State courts |