There is hereby levied a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) upon each civil action filed in the district court or in the magistrates' division of the district court including matters involving decedents' estates, whether testate or intestate, and including proceedings involving adoption and the appointment of a guardian of the person or of the estate or both. There is also hereby levied a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) upon each party, except the plaintiff, making an appearance in any civil action in the district court or in the magistrates' division of the district court, except that no fee shall be levied or collected for an appearance in the small claims departments or for a proceeding under the summary administration of small estates act.
The clerks of the district courts and persons authorized by rule or administrative order of the supreme court are directed and required to remit all additional charges and fees authorized by this section and collected during a calendar month, to the state treasurer on or before the fifth day of the month following the calendar month of collection. The state treasurer shall place all such sums in the code fund for the following purposes:
Idaho Code § 73-213