Schedule and Distribution of Fees - Juvenile and Criminal Cases in District and Circuit Courts

(a) The following docket fees shall be collected for juvenile and criminal cases in the district court and the circuit court: (1) District Court: (2) Circuit Court: (3) Docket fees for cases in the juvenile division of the district court or circuit court shall be assessed at eighty-five dollars ($85) and shall be distributed as follows: a. Sixteen dollars ($16) to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. b. Forty-nine dollars ($49) to the State General Fund. c. Ten dollars ($10) to the county general fund. d. Five dollars ($5) to the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Fund. e. Five dollars ($5) to the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund. (4) Uncollected court costs in juvenile cases may not be assessed as charges against the county. (b) A fee of eight dollars ($8) shall be collected for the issuance of each witness subpoena. Witness subpoena fees shall be in addition to docket fees. The subpoena fee shall be distributed as follows: (1) Five dollars ($5) to the county general fund. (2) Three dollars ($3) to the State General Fund. (c) Effective October 1, 2000, the docket fees in criminal and juvenile cases shall be increased by five dollars ($5) and the additional fee shall be deposited into the Fair Trial Tax Fund. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §16-120; Acts 1980, No. 80-634, p. 1198, §1; Acts 1983, No. 83-744, p. 1225, §6; Acts 1987, No. 87-405, p. 575, §6; Acts 1991, No. 91-438, §1; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-824, p. 224, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-227, p. 562, §1; Act 99-427, p. 759, §1.)