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IN HB1251

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2018

Primary Sponsor

Kathy Richardson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

House Bill 1251 Summary

  • Increases the fee for certificates under seal authenticating copies of court records from $1 to $5, with fees deposited into the clerk's record perpetuation fund.

  • Requires clerks to distribute 50% of monthly certificate fees to the county auditor on the fifth day of each month for deposit into the county general fund.

  • Transfers collection of the $60 out-of-state service fee from the clerk to the sheriff, with restrictions limiting collection to one time per case and prohibiting additional fees for postjudgment services.

  • Changes probation user's fee collection from optional to mandatory, requiring clerks to keep 3% of collected fees (previously optional) to defray administrative costs.

  • Authorizes clerks to collect home detention fees, retain not more than 3% for administrative costs, and establishes a distribution process for the remaining fees to probation services funds.

  • Effective July 1, 2018.

Legislative Description

Court fees. Provides that the clerk of a court shall collect a $5 fee for a certificate under seal attached in authentication of a copy of any record, paper, or transcript. (Under current law, the fee is $1.) Specifies that fees collected for a certificate under seal attached in authentication of a copy of any record, paper, or transcript are deposited into the clerk's record perpetuation fund (fund). Provides that a clerk shall, on the fifth day of each month, distribute 50% of the fee collected for a certificate under seal attached in authentication of a copy of any record,

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means

1/16/2018

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means1/16/2018

Full Bill Text

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