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Iowa | Iowa Code § 602.8106(2) | District court clerk statement to the city |
The clerk of the district court shall remit ninety percent of all fines and forfeited bail to the city that was the plaintiff in any action, and shall provide that city with a statement showing the total number of cases, the total of all fines and forfeited bail collected, and the total of all cases dismissed. The remaining ten percent shall be submitted to the state court administrator.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 910.4(1)2 | Revoked probation for failure to pay restitution |
If an offender’s probation is revoked, the offender’s assigned probation officer shall forward to the director of the Iowa department of corrections, information concerning the offender’s restitution plan, restitution plan of payment, the restitution payment balance, and any other pertinent information concerning or affecting restitution by the offender
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | Supervision agency |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 602.8106(3) | District court clerk statement to the county |
The clerk of the district court shall remit all fines and forfeited bail for violation of a county ordinance, except an ordinance relating to vehicle speed or weight restrictions, to the county treasurer of the county that was the plaintiff in the action, and shall provide that county with a statement showing the total number of cases, the total of all fines and forfeited bail collected, and the total of all cases dismissed. However, if a county ordinance provides a penalty for a violation which is also penalized under state law, the fines and forfeited bail collected for the violation shall be submitted to the state court administrator
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 602.8107(7) | Collection of court debt |
7. Reports. The judicial branch shall prepare a report aging the court debt. The report shall include the amounts collected by the private collection designee, the distribution of these amounts, and the amount of the fee collected by the private collection designee. In addition, the report shall include the amounts written off pursuant to subsection 6. The judicial branch shall provide the report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system, the legislative services agency, and the department of management by December 15 of each year.
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Obligation to collect or record | Court |
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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.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | County |
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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:
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | All courts |
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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.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
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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.
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Obligation to collect or record | Other |
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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 |
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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.
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Obligation to collect or record | Other |
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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 |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 17.1-283. | Statements required of clerks of courts of record. |
A. Every clerk of a court of record, except the Clerks of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, shall file monthly with the Compensation Board a full and + See moreaccurate statement showing all such fees, allowances, commissions, salaries or other compensation or emolument of office, derived from the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, or from any other source whatever, collected or received by him. The statements shall include the date of collection and sources from which the collections were made, and shall be verified by a procedure agreed upon by the Compensation Board and the Auditor of Public Accounts. The statements shall be open to public inspection at all times.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(A) | clerks' reporting requirements |
A. The clerk of the circuit court and district court of every county and city shall submit to the judge of his court, the Department of Taxation, the State Compensation + See moreBoard and the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or city a monthly report of all fines, costs, forfeitures and penalties which are delinquent more than 30 days, including court-ordered restitution of a sum certain, imposed in his court for a violation of state law or a local ordinance which remain unsatisfied, including those which are delinquent in installment payments. The monthly report shall include the social security number or driver's license number of the defendant, if known, and such other information as the Department of Taxation and the Compensation Board deem appropriate. The Executive Secretary shall make the report required by this subsection on behalf of those clerks who participate in the Supreme Court's automated information system.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(C) | Department of Taxation reporting requirements |
The Department of Taxation and the State Compensation Board shall annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly the total of fines, costs, forfeitures and penalties assessed, collected, and + See moreunpaid and those which remain unsatisfied or do not meet the conditions of § 19.2-354 by each circuit and district court. The report shall include the procedures established by the Department of Taxation and the State Compensation Board pursuant to this section and a plan for increasing the collection of unpaid fines, costs, forfeitures and penalties. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall annually report to the Governor, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court and the General Assembly as to the adherence of clerks of courts, attorneys for the Commonwealth and other state agencies to the procedures established by the Department of Taxation and the State Compensation Board.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State/statewide agency |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-360 | clerk record of disposition |
The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall prescribe and prepare forms of official receipts for fines and distribute them to the clerks of the circuit courts and to the + See moreclerks of the district courts for their use. A record of the disposition of each receipt form shall be maintained as prescribed by the Executive Secretary.
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Obligation to collect or record | All courts |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-483. | Return of officer on fieri facias; statement filed therewith |
Upon a writ of fieri facias, the officer shall return whether the money therein mentioned has been or cannot be made. If there is only part thereof which is or + See morecannot be made, he shall return the amount of such part. With every execution under which money is recovered, he shall return a statement of the amount received, including his fees and other charges, and shall pay such amount, except such fees and charges, to the person entitled. In his return upon every execution, the officer shall also state in what manner a copy of the writ was served in accordance with § 8.01-487.1, whether or not he made a levy of the same, the date and time of such levy, the date when he received such payment or obtained such satisfaction upon such execution and, if there is more than one defendant, from which defendant he received the same.
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Obligation to collect or record | All |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann § 9.1-182(E) | Community-based probation services fee reporting requirements |
Any local community-based probation services agency collecting such fees shall keep records of the collected fees, report the amounts to the locality serving as fiscal agent and make all records + See moreavailable to the community criminal justice board. Such fees shall be in addition to any other imposed on a defendant or offender as a condition of a deferred proceeding, conviction or sentencing by a court as required by general law.
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Obligation to collect or record | Supervision agency |