court fees

The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1425, authored by Rep. McMillin and Rep. Steuerwald, on court fees. The automated record keeping fee is currently $7, but will  decrease to $5 on July 1, 2015. This bill increases the automated record keeping fee collected after June 30, 2015 to $9. This bill also provides that 100% of the automated record keeping fee is … [Read more...] about Court fees

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Grooms’ SB 422 on court security fees and funds. This bill requires the clerk of a circuit court and the clerk of a city or town court to collect a court security fee of $2 in each action in which a person is required to pay a criminal costs fee or a civil costs fee. The bill also requires the clerks to distribute the court security fees c … [Read more...] about Court security fees and funds