Section 23A.215 - Disposition of Circuit Court fees and costs(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fees and costs collected pursuant to KRS 23A.200(1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the State Treasury.(2) Fees consisting of reimbursement for incidental direct outlays, including but not limited to postage and legal advertising, may be retained by the clerk and expended for these purposes in accordance with relevant directives of the Administrative Office of the Courts.(3) Additional costs in Circuit Court civil cases authorized by subsection (2) of KRS 23A.200 shall be paid to the sheriff or other officer serving the process.(4) Filing fees in civil actions shall be recoverable as costs.(5) No later than the seventh working day of each month the circuit clerk shall pay the funds collected from each court cost collected under KRS 23A.205 to the court cost distribution fund established in KRS 42.320 and report to the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Administrative Office of the Courts the amounts deposited into the court cost distribution fund.Effective:8/1/2002
Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 183, sec. 3, effective8/1/2002. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 4, effective 7/1/1994. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 321, sec. 3, effective 7/13/1984. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 7, effective 6/17/1978. -- Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 62, effective 1/2/1978.