§ 14-40 — Docket fees and other costs

Sec. 14-40. - Docket fees and other costs.

(a) Upon a defendant's conviction of any Charter, ordinance or regulation provision of the city, the county court shall assess and collect a docket fee for court costs in the amount of twenty-six dollars ($26.00). The word "conviction" as used in this section shall mean a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, a finding of guilty, a default judgment, or a deferred judgment and sentence. This docket fee shall be in addition to any jury fee, witness fee, and any other costs which may be assessed by the court. However, a fifteen-dollar court cost shall be assessed in those cases in which the defendant does not schedule an appearance in court but pays a court scheduled fine or penalty directly to or through the county court traffic violations bureau or the county court general sessions violations bureau. (b) A docket fee for court costs shall not be assessed in the event the defendant pays a court scheduled fine or penalty directly to or through the county court parking violations bureau or in the event the defendant requests an informal appearance before a magistrate or a court-appointed administrative hearing officer for the purpose of disposition only of parking violations, pedestrian violations, or any other violation to be designated by the presiding judge of the county court. (c) The court shall impose the cost of service of any summons and complaint issued for traffic infractions or criminal violations detected by the use of an automated vehicle identification system. No other court costs shall be assessed on traffic infractions detected by the use of an automated vehicle identification system. (d) The fees collected are to be reported and deposited as provided in section 14-11.

(Code 1950, § 152.21; Ord. No. 30-81, § 1, 1-26-81; Ord. No. 413-85, 7-29-85; Ord. No. 115-88, § 1, 3-7-88; Ord. No. 515-91, § 1, 7-8-91; Ord. No. 650-94, § 1, 8-22-94; Ord. No. 902-98, § 6, 12-14-98; Ord. No. 446-99, § 6, 6-7-99; Ord. No. 573-02, § 1, 7-15-02; Ord. No. 585-03, § 6, 7-14-03; Ord. No. 66-09, § 3, 1-26-09; Ord. No. 649-09, § 2, 11-9-09; Ord. No. 350-12, § 1, 7-9-12)