§607-4 District court costs. (a) The fees prescribed by subsection (b) shall be paid to the clerk of the district court as costs of court by the person instituting the action or proceeding, or offering the paper for filing, or causing the document to be issued or the services to be performed in the district court; provided that nothing in subsection (b) shall apply to cases of adults charged with commission of a crime, or minors referred to the district court by the family court; provided further that for the purposes of subsection (b), "judgment" includes an order from which an appeal lies; and provided further that the fees prescribed by subsection (b)(10) shall be deposited by the clerk of the district court into the judiciary computer system special fund pursuant to section 601-3.7. One-half of the fees collected pursuant to paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) of subsection (b) also shall be deposited into the fund.
(b) The fees referred to in subsection (a) are:
(c) The court, in taxing costs, may assess not only the costs of court, but also all reasonable disbursements as provided by section 607-9.
(d) Fees of sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or independent civil process server from the department of law enforcement's list under section 353C-11 shall be as provided under section 607-8(a).
(e) Anything in this section or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, when any process or subpoena is served by a subordinate of the sheriff or chief of police, it shall be illegal for the sheriff or chief of police, (1) if and so long as the sheriff or chief of police is being paid a salary by the State or the county to receive or collect from such subordinate any portion of the fees, mileage, or other expenses collected by such subordinate, or (2) if and so long as the sheriff or chief of police is not being paid any such salary, to collect or receive from such subordinate more than ten per cent of the fees accruing from such service, or any portion of the mileage or other expenses collected by such subordinate. Where a subpoena is served in behalf of the State or any county by a nonsalaried subordinate of the sheriff or chief of police, the regular fee for such service shall be payable to such subordinate. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the police commission of any county from requiring all such fees, mileage, and expenses to be paid into a police benefit fund. [CC 1859, §1278; am imp L 1903, c 63, §1; am L 1919, c 58, §1; am L 1923, c 229, §1; RL 1925, §2541; am L 1933, c 47, §1; RL 1935, §3790; am L 1935, c 177, §1; RL 1945, §9744; am L 1945, c 55, §1; am L 1949, c 387, §1; RL 1955, §219-4; am L 1957, c 235, §1; am L 1963, c 85, §3; HRS §607-4; am L 1968, c 61, §2; am L 1969, c 23, §1; am L 1970, c 188, §39; am L 1972, c 88, §5(d), (e), (f); am L 1973, c 55, §1; am L 1974, c 145, §6 and c 149, §1; am L 1975, c 112, §1; am L 1978, c 127, §1; am L 1979, c 111, §24; am L 1980, c 96, §1; am L 1984, c 52, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 211, §10; am L 1990, c 10, §1, c 58, §1, and c 281, §11; am L 1991, c 140, §2; am L 1998, c 128, §1; am L 1999, c 92, §1; am L 2001, c 214, §2; am L 2003, c 216, §2; am L 2004, c 202, §61 and c 231, §2; am L 2005, c 22, §42; am L 2006, c 94, §1; am L 2010, c 109, §1; am L 2012, c 142, §3; am L 2013, c 116, §§5, 25(4); am L 2015, c 101, §4 and c 125, §1; am L 2021, c 41, §5; am L 2022, c 91, §2 and c 278, §17]