Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration › Division 03 - Administrative Services › Rule 006.03.09-001 - Rule 2009-2: State Administration of Justice Fund

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
This rule is promulgated pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. §
								25-15-204,
				to administer the provisions of Ark. Code Ann. §
								16-10-301 et
				seq., specifically Ark. Code Ann. §
								16-10-306
				and
				16-10-309,
				pertaining to the duties of the Administration of Justice Fund Section of the
				Department of Finance and Administration (AOJF Section) to collect and
				administer the fees, fines, and court costs that are required to be remitted by
				towns, cities, or counties to the AOJF Section and deposited to the State
				Administration of Justice Fund and various state agencies. This rule also
				applies to those payments required by Ark. Code Ann. §
								16-17-1106
				to be submitted to the AOJF Section by those towns, cities and counties
				participating in the Pilot State District Court Judges' Program.
A. FILING FEES AND COURT COSTS
1. Filing fees and court costs for each type
			 of case filed in general and limited jurisdiction courts in Arkansas are
			 uniform and are assessed according to law.
2. All court costs and filing fees for
			 initiation or reopening a cause of action in the circuit courts or transferring
			 a case from any district or circuit court to a circuit court (Ark. Code Ann.
			 §
									21-6-403
			 ); initiating a cause of action in district court (Ark. Code Ann. §
									16-17-705
			 ); initiating a civil cause of action in city court (Ark. Code Ann. §
									16-10-303
			 ); and court costs (Ark. Code Ann. §
									16-10-305
			 ) that are assessed and collected in the city courts, district courts, and
			 circuit courts in Arkansas are required to be remitted to the AOJF Section
			 after deduction of an amount that is allowed by law to be retained to defray
			 costs of administration of justice.
3. Each county treasurer maintains the county
			 administration of justice fund. Each county is required to remit all sums
			 received from initiating or reopening a cause of action in the circuit courts
			 or transferring a case from any district or circuit court to a circuit court,
			 and court costs that were collected during the previous month less the amounts
			 the county is allowed by law to retain to defray a part of the county
			 administration of justice expenses. The net amount (amount collected minus
			 amount retained) shall be remitted to the AOJF Section on or before the
			 fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the
			 month in which the fees were collected. This remittance amount will be
			 supported by the Uniform Filing Fees Collection Remittance Form and Fine Report
			 provided by the AOJF Section.
4.
			 The city treasurer of each municipality that operates a city or district court
			 maintains the city administration of justice fund. Each city is required to
			 remit all sums received from initiating a cause of action in district court,
			 initiating a cause of action in city court, and court costs that were collected
			 during the previous month less the amounts the city is allowed by law to retain
			 to defray a part of the city administration of justice expenses. The net amount
			 (amount collected minus amount retained) shall be remitted to the AOJF Section
			 on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month
			 following the month in which the fees were collected. This remittance amount
			 will be supported by the Uniform Filing Fees Collection Remittance Form and
			 Fine Report provided by the AOJF Section.