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Connecticut Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-32 State revenue accounting.
Each state department, institution, board, commission or other state agency and each official and employee thereof, including the clerks of the Superior Court, receiving any money or revenue for the
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state, shall, within twenty-four hours of its receipt, account for and, if the total of the sums received amounts to five hundred dollars or more, pay the same to the Treasurer or deposit the same in the name of the state in depositories designated by the Treasurer under such regulations as the Treasurer prescribes. Total daily receipts of less than five hundred dollars may be held until the total receipts to date amount to five hundred dollars, but not for a period of more than seven calendar days. The Treasurer is authorized to make exceptions to the limitations herein prescribed upon written application from the head of any state department, institution, board, commission or other state agency stating that compliance would be impracticable and giving the reasons therefor. The Treasurer shall make a written statement of any such exception and shall file copies thereof with the Comptroller and the Auditors of Public Accounts.
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Connecticut Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-56a(a) Accounting for receipts by court clerks.

(a) Each clerk of the Supreme Court and Superior Court shall account for and pay or deposit all fees, fines, forfeitures and contributions made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund

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and the proceeds of judgments of such clerk's office in the manner provided by section 4-32. If any such clerk fails to so account and pay or deposit, such failure shall be reported by the Treasurer to the Chief Court Administrator who may thereupon remove the clerk. When any such clerk dies before so accounting and paying or depositing, the Treasurer shall require the executor of such clerk's will or administrator of such clerk's estate to so account. If any such clerk is removed from office, the Treasurer shall require such clerk to account for any money of the state remaining in such clerk's hands at the time of such removal and, if such clerk neglects to so account, the Treasurer shall certify the neglect to the Chief Court Administrator.

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Pennsylvania Pa. R. Crim. P. 140 Fine for murder or attempted murder
If the issuing authority finds contempt and imposes punishment, the issuing authority shall issue a written order of contempt setting forth: (a) the facts of the case that constitute the
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contempt; (b) the punishment imposed, and the date on which the contemnor is to pay any fine or to appear for the execution of any punishment of imprisonment; and (c) the information specified in paragraph (B)2.b(2). (4) The order of contempt shall be signed by the issuing authority, and a copy given to the contemnor. (5) Whether or not the issuing authority finds an individual in contempt for failure to comply with an order to pay restitution or to pay fines and costs, the issuing authority may alter or amend the order. If the issuing authority alters or amends the order, the issuing authority shall: (a) issue a written order setting forth the amendments and the reasons for the amendments, make the order a part of the transcript, and give a copy of the order to the defendant; and (b) advise the defendant that the defendant has 30 days within which to file a notice of appeal of the altered or amended order pursuant to Rule 141. c. The issuing authority shall not hold a contempt hearing in the absence of the alleged contemnor. If the alleged contemnor fails to appear for the contempt hearing, the issuing authority may continue the hearing and issue a bench warrant.
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Pennsylvania 42 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 9728 Collection - clerk obligation to record
The county clerk of courts shall, upon sentencing, pretrial disposition or other order, transmit to the prothonotary certified copies of all judgments for restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and penalties
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which, in the aggregate, exceed $1,000, and it shall be the duty of each prothonotary to enter and docket the same of record in his office and to index the same as judgments are indexed, without requiring the payment of costs as a condition precedent to the entry thereof.
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Pennsylvania 42 Pa. Stat. Ann.§ 9728(b.1) Restitution file
Upon receipt of each order from the clerk of courts as provided in subsection (b)(3), the department of probation of the respective county or other agent designated by the county
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commissioners of the county with the approval of the president judge of the county shall open a restitution file for the purposes of recording the amounts of restitution deducted by the Department of Corrections or county correctional facility or collected by the department of probation or the agent designated by the county commissioners of the county with the approval of the president judge of the county
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Pennsylvania 65 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§67.701; 65 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§67.702; 65 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§67.703; 65 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§67.901 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Right to Know Law
Section 701. Access. (a) General rule. — Unless otherwise provided by law, a public record, legislative record or financial record shall be accessible for inspection and duplication in accordance with this
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act. A record being provided to a requester shall be provided in the medium requested if it exists in that medium; otherwise, it shall be provided in the medium in which it exists. Public records, legislative records or financial records shall be available for access during the regular business hours of an agency. (b) Construction. — Nothing in this act shall be construed to require access to any computer either of an agency or individual employee of an agency. Section 702. Requests. Agencies may fulfill verbal, written or anonymous verbal or written requests for access to records under this act. If the requester wishes to pursue the relief and remedies provided for in this act, the request for access to records must be a written request. Section 703. Written requests. A written request for access to records may be submitted in person, by mail, by e-mail, by facsimile or, to the extent provided by agency rules, any other electronic means. A written request must be addressed to the open-records officer designated pursuant to section 502. Employees of an agency shall be directed to forward requests for records to the open-records officer. A written request should identify or describe the records sought with sufficient specificity to enable the agency to ascertain which records are being requested and shall include the name and address to which the agency should address its response. A written request need not include any explanation of the requester’s reason for requesting or intended use of the records unless otherwise required by law. Chapter 9 Agency Response Section 901. General rule. Upon receipt of a written request for access to a record, an agency shall make a good faith effort to determine if the record requested is a public record, legislative record or financial record and whether the agency has possession, custody or control of the identified record, and to respond as promptly as possible under the circumstances existing at the time of the request. All applicable fees shall be paid in order to receive access to the record requested. The time for response shall not exceed five business days from the date the written request is received by the open-records officer for an agency. If the agency fails to send the response within five business days of receipt of the written request for access, the written request for access shall be deemed denied.
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Pennsylvania 42 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 9759 Record
General rule.--A record of the sentencing proceeding shall be made and preserved in such a manner that it can be transcribed as needed.(b) Contents.--The record shall include:(1) The record of
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any stipulation made at a presentence conference.(2) A copy of the presentence report and a copy of any other report or document available to the sentencing court as an aid in imposing sentence, subject to such limitations as the court may have imposed under section 9734(b) (relating to restrictions on disclosure).(3) A verbatim account of the entire sentencing proceeding.
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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 59-1-4 Fees collected by Secretary of State, Auditor and Clerk of Supreme Court of Appeals to be paid into State Treasury; accounts; reports

Except as otherwise provided by law, the fees to be charged by the Auditor, Secretary of State and Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, by virtue of this article

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or any other law, are the property of the State of West Virginia. The Auditor, Secretary of State and Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall account for and pay into the State Treasury at least once every thirty days all fees collected or appearing to be due to the state, to the credit of the general state fund or other fund as provided by law. The Auditor, Secretary of State and Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall each keep a complete and accurate itemized account of all fees collected by them and the nature of the services rendered for which all fees were charged and collected, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as provided in article two [§§ 5A-2-1 et seq.], chapter five-a of this code. All accounts shall be open to inspection and audit as provided in article two [§§ 4-2-1 et seq.], chapter four of this code.

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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 59-1-19 Fee books of clerks

Every clerk of a court shall keep a fee book, wherein shall be entered the fees for every service performed by him, and the fact of such fees having been

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paid, or of a bill having been made out therefor, whichever shall happen first. The fee books of a clerk shall be submitted to the inspection of commissioners appointed to examine the clerk’s office.

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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 59-1-25 Accounting for fees

Every sheriff or collector to whom such fee bills are so delivered shall, on or before the first day of July next after such delivery, account therefor with the officer

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entitled thereto by returning such as he may not have collected, with the indorsement thereon of the words “No property found,” and by paying to such officer or his legal successor the amount of all not so returned. If he fail so to do, judgment may be obtained, on motion, against such sheriff or collector, and his sureties, and his and their personal representatives, for the amount with which such sheriff or collector is chargeable, and damages thereon, not exceeding fifteen per cent per annum, from said first day of July until payment. Such judgment may be on motion in the circuit court of the county in which such sheriff or collector resides, and if the fees be due to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals, it may be in the circuit court of the county in which the seat of government may be. On such motion, any receipt for fees mentioned in the notice as signed by any person shall be deemed to be his signature unless an affidavit be filed denying it, and shall be prima facie evidence of the collection of all the fees mentioned therein, not returned as aforesaid.

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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 59-1-30 Books of account to be kept by officers

Each of the officers named in the preceding section [§ 59-1-29] shall keep full and regular accounts, subject at all times to the examination of the county court [county commission], or

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tribunal in lieu thereof, the State Tax Commissioner or any individual, of all sums charged or collected by such officers on account of official fees, costs, percentages, penalties, commissions, allowances, compensation, income and all other perquisites of whatever kind, and such book of accounts shall be a part of the records of the respective offices herein named belonging to the county, and shall be transmitted by each county officer to his successor in office. The system of books and accounts to be kept by the officers herein named shall be prescribed by the State Tax Commissioner, ex officio inspector and supervisor of public offices.

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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 51-4-2 Inspection of records and papers; copies

The records and papers of every court shall be open to the inspection of any person, and the clerk shall, when required, furnish copies thereof, except in cases where it

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is otherwise specially provided.

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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 59-1-38 W. Va. Code § 59-1-38

Any county officer, as described in section thirty-seven of this article, who receives a fee, cost, percentage, penalty, commission, allowance, bond, deposit, surety or other cash payment or sum shall

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issue a receipt to the payor thereof, in duplicate, on a form approved by the chief inspector, in accordance with the provisions of article nine, chapter six of this code. The county officer shall issue the original of such receipt to the payor and shall retain the copy. The chief inspector shall prescribe the minimum information to be included on such receipt forms.

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West Virginia W. Va. Code § 50-3-7(a) Records of magistrate court; reports

(a) Records of the judicial transactions of magistrate court shall be kept as required by the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals. If, after judgment is rendered in a

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matter, no appeal is filed within the time allotted, the records of the proceedings shall be forwarded to the magistrate court clerk. The records shall be maintained by the magistrate court clerk in accordance with the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Records of the financial dealings of the magistrate court shall be kept as may be required by the rules of the State Auditor, who shall promulgate the rules only after consultation with the Supreme Court of Appeals.
The magistrate court shall prepare and submit the reports as may be required by the rules of the Supreme Court of Appeals or by the State Auditor.

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