12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants. (2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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12-19-154
Section 12-19-154 Distribution of docket fees, fines, etc., collected in municipal ordinance cases in district and circuit courts; payment of municipal share of docket fee. (a) Docket fees, fines and forfeitures collected in municipal ordinance cases in district court and in circuit court shall be distributed as follows: (1) Ninety percent of the docket fee to the State General Fund and 10 percent to the municipality; and (2) Ninety percent of the fines and forfeitures to the municipality and 10 percent to the State General Fund. (b) The municipal share of the docket fee is payable from that portion of the docket fee allocated to the county general fund, which allocation shall be reduced accordingly in all municipal ordinance cases. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-123.)...
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12-19-25
Section 12-19-25 Applicability. (a) The increase in fees provided in this act shall in no instance operate to increase the municipal share of the docket fees collected in municipal ordinance cases in the district and circuit courts; any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Except for law library fees, the fees and costs prescribed in this act for circuit and district courts shall be exclusive of all other fees and costs that are prescribed by general law for such courts. (c) The fees and costs provided herein shall be assessed and collected in all civil cases or proceedings filed on or after August 5, 1983 and in all criminal cases wherein the defendant is adjudicated guilty or pleads guilty or where a bond is forfeited and the result of the forfeiture is a final disposition case on or after August 5, 1983. (Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §§19-21.)...
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36-18-33
Section 36-18-33 Municipal share of docket fees not increased. The increase in fees provided in this article shall in no instance operate to increase the municipal share of the docket fees collected in municipal ordinance cases in the district and circuit courts or any cost imposed by local act, any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §14.)...
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12-19-150
Section 12-19-150 Legislative intent; assessment of fees in criminal cases; submission of cost bill by municipal or district court clerk and making of final assessment of costs in circuit court upon appeals from municipal or district courts to circuit courts. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall generally be assessed only upon conviction. It is further declared to be the policy of the state that a creditor shall not use the criminal process in order to collect civil debts. The state does recognize that situations will arise from time to time wherein justice may best be served by allowing a judge to enter an order dismissing a case upon the payment of costs by the defendant or by the complainant where the judge has determined that the criminal process has been abused. (b) Docket fees and other court costs in criminal cases shall be assessed upon conviction; provided that, in the interest of justice,...
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45-45-82.52
Section 45-45-82.52 Additional court costs and fees. In addition to any court costs and fees authorized in the district and circuit courts of Madison County, there shall be assessed and collected the following additional court costs and fees: (1) In district court cases, as follows: a. Civil, excluding small claims, twenty-five dollars ($25). b. Criminal, excluding traffic and juvenile cases, seventy-five dollars ($75). (2) In circuit court cases, as follows: a. Civil, one hundred fifty dollars ($150). b. Domestic relations, excludes protection from abuse act cases and child support cases, one hundred dollars ($100). c. Criminal, two hundred dollars ($200). (Act 2004-262, p. 362, § 3.)...
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45-5-80.40
Section 45-5-80.40 Additional fee; municipal courts. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Blount County, the Blount County Commission may impose by resolution of the commission an additional fee in an amount not to exceed forty dollars ($40) to be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and on each criminal case, including traffic cases. These fees shall not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived. (b) The municipal courts of Blount County that have opted not to be included in the District Court of Blount County shall collect costs, fees, fines, and charges from cases that originate and are executed in the municipal courts from violations within the municipalities. The municipality shall retain 50 percent of the costs, fees, fines, and charges collected and 50 percent shall be remitted by the clerk to the General Fund of Blount County. (c) The additional fees...
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45-39-81.04
Section 45-39-81.04 Additional court costs - Certain circuit, district, and municipal court cases. (a) In addition to any court costs or fees now or hereafter authorized in Lauderdale County, additional court costs shall be charged and collected in each case as provided below by the clerk of the circuit court and district court of the county or by the clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Florence according to one of the following amounts as appropriate: (1) In all misdemeanor drug or drug paraphernalia cases ...$25 (2) In all felony drug cases ...$50 (3) In all other criminal cases not to include traffic cases ......$25 (b) All amounts collected, including the amounts collected by the clerk of a court, shall be remitted monthly to the Chief Accountant of the City of Florence General Fund Accounting Office to be deposited into the general operating fund of the Lauderdale County Drug Task Force to be used solely to support drug...
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45-31-80
Section 45-31-80 Additional fee; supervision fee; disposition of funds. (a) In addition to all other costs and charges in circuit, district, and juvenile court cases, not including traffic, in Geneva County, a fee of five dollars ($5) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the courts, three dollars ($3) shall be remitted monthly to the Juvenile Court Services Fund, and two dollars ($2) shall be remitted monthly to the Judicial Administration Fund. (b) Further, a monthly supervision fee not to exceed twenty dollars ($20) per month shall be assessed in juvenile cases at the discretion of the juvenile court judge. The supervision fee shall be collected by the juvenile court office and deposited in the Juvenile Court Services Fund. (c) There is established a Juvenile Court Services Fund for the deposit of the above described court cost monies and supervision fees. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account in a bank of known responsibility under the supervision of...
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45-29-81
Section 45-29-81 Public defender fund. (a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance with Article 1, commencing with Section 15-12-1, of Title 15. Upon May 4, 1982, the governing body of each county composing the circuit may establish a public defender fund to be administered by the clerk of the county commission of that respective county to receive and disburse funds paid therein in accordance with this section. (b) In order to provide funds for the indigent defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, the following docket fees shall be collected by the circuit court clerk in each county in addition to the docket fees that are presently provided by law and when collected by the clerk of the court shall be paid into the public defender fund. The additional docket fees shall be...
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