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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-306 Records and Recordation
Every magistrate or judge of a court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every traffic complaint, warrant, traffic citation or other legal form of traffic charge
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deposited with or presented to the court or the traffic violations bureau of its jurisdiction, and shall keep a record of every official action by the court or the traffic violations bureau of its jurisdiction in reference thereto, including, but not limited to, a record of every conviction, forfeiture of bail, judgment of acquittal and the amount of fine or forfeiture resulting from every traffic complaint, warrant, or citation deposited with or presented to the court or traffic violations bureau.(b)(1) Except as provided by § 55-50-409, within thirty (30) days after the conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of chapter 8, parts 1-5 of this chapter and § 55-12-139 or other law regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, every such magistrate or judge of the court or clerk of the court of record in which the conviction was had or bail 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 was so convicted or forfeited bail, which abstract must be certified by the person so required to prepare the same to be true and correct. Report need not be made of any conviction involving the illegal parking or standing of a vehicle
Obligation to collect or record Traffic court
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-12-129(f) Report
From each fee received in accordance with § 55-10-306, the commissioner shall make a payment of ten dollars ($10.00) for the furnishing of a completed report of each conviction resulting
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in a suspension or revocation, including forfeiture of bail not vacated, or payment of a fine or penalty, for one (1) or more of the offenses enumerated in § 55-12-115(a).
Obligation to report/conduct analysis Law enforcement
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-110 Accounts and reports
(a)(1) The superintendent shall keep or cause to be kept, in a well-bound book to be furnished by the county, an account of all supplies, implements and tools purchased for
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the workhouse, keeping the account for supplies separate from implements and tools.(2) The superintendent shall, when a purchase is made, obtain an itemized bill specifying from whom purchased, the kind and amount of the articles purchased and the date.(3) The superintendent shall approve the bill, enter it on the books and present it to the commissioners for their approval.(b) The superintendent shall make to the commissioners quarterly reports of the whole working system, the amount of the work done and its estimated value, the amount of current expenses for supplies and for tools and implements and any other matter deemed necessary by the superintendent or ordered by the commissioners or the county legislative body.
Obligation to collect or record State/statewide agency
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-116 Sentence; certified statement
(a) A certified statement of the sentence of each prisoner shall be made out on printed blanks provided for the purpose and delivered to the superintendent of the workhouse and
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to the county mayor by the clerk of the court trying the case and shall specify:. . . (5) Amount of fine and costs; and the superintendent and the county mayor shall enter the amount in a book provided by the county for that purpose.
Obligation to collect or record Law enforcement
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-119 State prisoners; costs; reimbursement
(a) The state shall pay for the board of state prisoners in accordance with chapter 8 of this title.(b) Within the time requirements of § 41-8-106, the number of prisoners
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held and bills for the same shall be made out and sworn to by the sheriff or superintendent and certified by the clerk.
Obligation to collect or record Law enforcement
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Utah Utah Code Ann. § 24-2-103 Property seized by a peace officer
When property is seized by a peace officer, the peace officer or the officer's employing agency shall provide a receipt to the person from whom the property was seized. .
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. (2) The agency responsible for maintaining the property shall: . . (b) maintain a record of the property.
Obligation to collect or record Law enforcement
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Utah Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-6(1)(a)  Judgment to pay fine or restitution constitutes a lien
(1)(a) In cases not supervised by the Department of Corrections, the clerk of the district court shall: (ii) before transferring the responsibility to collect the past due account receivable to
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the Office of State Debt Collection, record each judgment of conviction of a crime that orders the payment of a fine, forfeiture, surcharge, cost permitted by statute, or fee in the registry of civil judgments, listing the Office of State Debt Collection as the judgment creditor; and (iii) receive notification from the Office of State Debt Collection when a civil judgment ordered for payment of accounts receivable, as defined in Section 76-3-201.1, has been satisfied.
Obligation to collect or record State courts
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Utah Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-6(1)(b)  Judgment to pay fine or restitution constitutes a lien
The clerk of court shall record each judgment of conviction that orders the payment of restitution to a victim in the registry of civil judgments, listing the victim, or the
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estate of the victim, as the judgment creditor.
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Utah Utah Code Ann. § 77-7-19 Appearance required by citation
The accounting and remitting of sums due shall be at the close of the fiscal year of the municipality or county which has received fines, fees, costs, or forfeitures as
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a result of any improperly filed citations.
Obligation to collect or record County
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Utah Utah R. J. Admin. 4-202.03 Records Access (1) Any person may access a public court record. Obligation to respond to public records requests All courts
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Wisconsin Wis. Stat. § 967.04(8)(a) Depositions in criminal proceedings
(8) (a) If the court orders a deposition under sub. (7), the judge shall preside at the taking of the deposition and enforce compliance with the applicable provisions of ss.
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885.44 to 885.47. Notwithstanding s. 885.44 (5), counsel may make objections and the judge shall make rulings thereon as at trial. The clerk of court shall keep the certified original recording of a deposition taken under sub. (7) in a secure place. No person may inspect or copy the deposition except by order of the court upon a showing that inspection or copying is required for editing under s. 885.44 (12) or for the investigation, prosecution or defense of the action in which it was authorized or the provision of services to the child.
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Wisconsin Wis. Stat. § 59.40(2)(im) County Clerk of the Court
The clerk of circuit court shall Keep a record of all payments ordered by the court under s. 973.05 (4) or 778.30 (1) to be paid to the clerk of
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circuit court.
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Wisconsin Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(a); Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(am) Access to records; fees
(1) RIGHT TO INSPECTION. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any requester has a right to inspect any record. Substantive common law principles construing the right to inspect, copy
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or receive copies of records shall remain in effect. The exemptions to the requirement of a governmental body to meet in open session under s. 19.85 are indicative of public policy, but may be used as grounds for denying public access to a record only if the authority or legal custodian under s. 19.33 makes a specific demonstration that there is a need to restrict public access at the time that the request to inspect or copy the record is made. (am) In addition to any right under par. (a), any requester who is an individual or person authorized by the individual has a right to inspect any personally identifiable information pertaining to the individual in a record containing personally identifiable information that is maintained by an authority and to make or receive a copy of any such information. The right to inspect or copy information in a record under this paragraph does not apply to any of the following: 1. Any record containing personally identifiable information that is collected or maintained in connection with a complaint, investigation or other circumstances that may lead to an enforcement action, administrative proceeding, arbitration proceeding or court proceeding, or any such record that is collected or maintained in connection with such an action or proceeding. 2. Any record containing personally identifiable information that, if disclosed, would do any of the following: a. Endanger an individual’s life or safety. b. Identify a confidential informant. c. Endanger the security, including the security of the population or staff, of any state prison under s. 302.01, jail, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (bg), juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s. 938.02 (15g), mental health institute, as defined in s. 51.01 (12), center for the developmentally disabled, as defined in s. 51.01 (3), or facility, specified under s. 980.065, for the institutional care of sexually violent persons. d. Compromise the rehabilitation of a person in the custody of the department of corrections or detained in a jail or facility identified in subd. 2. c. 2m. The actual address, as defined in s. 165.68 (1) (b), of a participant in the program established in s. 165.68.
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Alaska Alaska Stat. Ann. § 12.55.035(g) Fines

Fines imposed and collected under this section shall be separately accounted for under AS 37.05.142.

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Alaska Alaska Stat. Ann. § 28.15.191(f) Court and Parole Board Reports to Department; Surrender of License or Identification Card

A municipality that accepts a fine payment after a plea of no contest to a charge of a violation of a municipal ordinance for which a scheduled fine has been

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established shall forward a record of the payment to the department; however, a conviction for a standing or parking offense need not be reported.

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Alabama Ala.Code 1975 § 12-1-19 Courts: Reports

The clerks of the circuit courts and the clerks of the district and municipal courts in this state shall each prepare a monthly report on a form to be approved

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by the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts showing by totals the amount of fines, trial tax, district attorney fees and other fees that accrue to benefit of the state, county or municipality that were collected the preceding month. The report forms shall be prepared in triplicate. The original copy shall be furnished the State Comptroller, the duplicate copy shall be furnished the county commission, and the triplicate copy shall be retained in the office of the clerk.

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Alabama Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-180(c) Criminal history processing fees; use

All data collected and maintained in the State Judicial Information System from the automated management systems operated by the Administrative Office of Courts and all manuals, forms, brochures, and publications

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developed by the Administrative Office of Courts shall be used to assist with the administrative and management needs of court officials and employees within the Unified Judicial System. The authority for control and dissemination of data from the system or distribution of judicial forms, manuals, and publications to any individuals, corporations, partnerships, or governmental associations outside the Unified Judicial System is vested in the Administrative Director of Courts.

Obligation to report/conduct analysis State courts
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Alabama Ala.Code 1975 § 12-19-180(f) Criminal history processing fees; use

(f) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent, prohibit, or otherwise limit or restrict public access to individual court records from the official custodians thereof, if the

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records are otherwise subject to public disclosure by law or court rule, nor shall anything in this section be construed to allow access to any court records which are not otherwise subject to public disclosure by law or court rule.

Obligation to respond to public records requests State courts
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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

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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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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.

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