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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-15 | Access of city or town treasurer to district court records |
The city or town treasurer of any city or town in the division in which the district court is situated shall have access at all times to all books and papers in the office of the division, and may examine them for the purpose of verifying the returns of the clerk.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | Other |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen.Laws. Ann. § 8-15-9.3(a) | Public inspection of court payments owed |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director of the finance section on a quarterly basis shall prepare a list of the persons who owe court imposed or court related fees, fines, court costs, assessments, charges and/or any other monetary obligations due and owing to the state which have been unpaid for a period in excess of ninety (90) days from the date that any such amounts were due and are not the subject of a court-ordered payment plan in good standing. (The above fees are hereinafter referred to as Overdue Court Fees.) The list shall contain the name and city or town and state of each person who owes Overdue Court Fees as of the end of the quarter, together with the total amount owed, and the date of disposition. No person owing Overdue Court Fees shall be included on such list if the underlying matter in which Overdue Court Fees were imposed, or the amount of the fees, is the subject of an appeal.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State courts |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-11 | Quarterly reports and payment by district court |
The clerk of each division of the district court, shall, between the first and fifteenth days of February, May, August, and November in each year, make an itemized return in writing to the city or town treasurer of every city or town in the division of all fines received by the clerk during the preceding quarter, which or part of which shall be due to the city or town, and of costs paid by the clerk out of money belonging to the city or town, and the amount and circumstances of all of these fines received by the clerk and costs paid by the clerk and not included in any previous return. The clerk making the return shall immediately thereafter cause to be paid to the city or town treasurer the balance of all moneys belonging to the city or town.
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Obligation to report/conduct analysis | State courts |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 8-15-11(b) | Electronic filing and online payments |
The collection of technology surcharges shall be monitored and supervised by the judiciary's director of finance and shall be deposited into a restricted receipt account designated as Rhode Island judiciary technology surcharge account, the proceeds of which shall be solely for use by the judiciary in support of its technology infrastructure and case management system. On or before January 15, 2015, and annually thereafter on or before January 15, the judiciary's director of finance shall file a report with the governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate detailing: (1) The total amount of funds collected and deposited into the judiciary technology surcharge account for the most recently completed fiscal year; (2) The fund balance as of the date of the report; (3) An itemization of all expenditures and other uses of said funds from said account for the most recently completed fiscal year; and (4) An annual evaluation as to the appropriateness of the amount of the technology surcharge or fee.
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Obligation to collect or record | State courts |