Chart 3 does not include fees paid by defendants directly to the counties. Cash fees is money paid by the public for services rendered by the court. Restitution is the amount of money which the court requires an offender to pay to the victim of their crime. The collection, accounting, and disbursement of restitution is the joint responsibility of the court services officer and the clerk of court. It is one of the ways in which the court system assists victims of crime in recovering financial losses.
Restitution is ordered in addition to fines or incarceration.
In addition to direct repayment received from a defendant, a percentage of costs collected on all criminal convictions is set aside and returned to the counties to reimburse them in part for the cost of court-appointed attorneys. State fines are fines assessed for violations of state laws. They go to the school district of the county in which the violation occurred. The court occasionally waives all or part of the liquidated cost assessment if a defendant's financial hardship is evident. During the past five years city fine receipts have shown a steady increase.