488.012. Clerk to collect--supreme court to set amount--amount prior to adjustment. - Missouri Statutes

Clerk to collect--supreme court to set amount--amount prior toadjustment.

488.012. 1. Beginning July 1, 1997, the clerk of each court of thisstate responsible for collecting court costs shall collect the court costsauthorized by statute, in such amounts as are authorized by supreme court ruleadopted pursuant to sections 488.010 to 488.020*. Court costs due and payableprior to July 1, 1997, shall not be affected by the adoption of this rule.

2. The supreme court shall set the amount of court costs authorized bystatute, at levels to produce revenue which shall not substantially exceed thetotal of the proportion of the costs associated with administration of thejudicial system defrayed by fees, miscellaneous charges and surcharges.

3. Prior to adjustment by the supreme court, the following fees, costsand charges shall be collected:

(1) Five dollars for the filing of a lien, pursuant to section 429.090,RSMo;

(2) Ten dollars for maintaining child support enforcement records,pursuant to section 452.345, RSMo;

(3) Ten dollars for a notice to a judgment creditor of a distributee,pursuant to section 473.618, RSMo;

(4) Three dollars for receiving and keeping a will, pursuant to section474.510, RSMo;

(5) Seven dollars for the statewide court automation fund, pursuant tosection 476.053**, RSMo;

(6) Twelve dollars for municipal court costs, fifteen dollars formunicipal ordinance violations filed before an associate circuit judge andthirty dollars for applications for a trial de novo of a municipal ordinanceviolation, pursuant to section 479.260, RSMo;

(7) Five dollars for small claims court cases where less than onehundred dollars is in dispute, and ten dollars in all other small claims courtcases, pursuant to section 482.345, RSMo;

(8) Fifty dollars for appeals, pursuant to section 483.500, RSMo;

(9) Fifteen dollars in misdemeanor cases where there is no applicationfor trial de novo, pursuant to section 483.530, RSMo;

(10) Forty-five dollars for applications for a trial de novo formisdemeanor cases, pursuant to section 483.530, RSMo;

(11) Fifteen dollars for each preliminary hearing in felony cases,pursuant to section 483.530, RSMo;

(12) Thirty dollars for each information or indictment filed in felonycases, pursuant to section 483.530, RSMo;

(13) Fifteen dollars for each associate circuit court case filed, andone dollar for each additional summons issued in such cases, pursuant tosection 483.530, RSMo;

(14) Forty-five dollars for applications for trial de novo from smallclaims court and associate circuit court and forty-five dollars for filing ofother cases, pursuant to section 483.530, RSMo;

(15) One dollar and fifty cents for a certificate of naturalization,pursuant to section 483.535, RSMo;

(16) When letters are applied for in probate proceedings, pursuant tosection 483.580, RSMo, when the value of the estate is:

(a) Less than $10,000........................................ $75.00

(b) From $10,000 to $25,000.................................. 115.00

(c) From $25,000 to $50,000 ................................ 155.00

(d) From $50,000 to $100,000................................. 245.00

(e) From $100,000 to $500,000................................ 305.00

(f) More than $500,000...................................... 365.00;

(17) Thirty dollars for each additional twelve months a decedent'sestate remains open, pursuant to section 483.580, RSMo;

(18) In proceedings regarding guardianships and conservatorships,pursuant to section 483.580, RSMo:

(a) Twenty-five dollars for each grant of letters for guardianship of aminor;

(b) Fifty dollars for each grant of letters for guardianship of anincapacitated person;

(c) Sixty dollars for each grant of letters for guardianship of theperson and conservatorship of the estate of a minor;

(d) Twenty-five dollars for each additional twelve months aconservatorship of a minor's estate case remains open;

(e) Seventy-five dollars for each grant of letters in guardianship andconservatorship of incapacitated persons and their estates;

(f) Thirty dollars for each additional twelve months an incapacitatedperson's case remains open;

(19) Fifteen dollars for issuing orders refusing to grant letters to aspouse or an unmarried minor child and thirty dollars for a certified copy ofsuch orders, pursuant to section 483.580, RSMo;

(20) In probate proceedings, pursuant to section 483.580, RSMo:

(a) Thirty-five dollars for the collection of small estates;

(b) Thirty-five dollars for involuntary hospitalization proceedings;

(c) Thirty dollars for proceedings to determine heirship;

(d) Fifteen dollars for assessment of estate taxes where no letters aregranted;

(e) Fifty dollars for proceedings for the sale of real estate by anonresident conservator;

(f) Forty dollars for proceedings to dispense with administration;

(g) Twenty dollars for proceedings to dispense with conservatorship;

(h) Twenty-five dollars for admitting a will to probate;

(i) One dollar per copied page and one dollar and fifty cents percertificate;

(21) One dollar and fifty cents per page for testimony transcription,pursuant to section 485.100**, RSMo;

(22) Fifteen dollars for court reporters, pursuant to section 485.120**,RSMo;

(23) Three dollars for witness fees per day, and four dollars when thewitness must travel to another county, pursuant to section 491.280, RSMo.

(L. 1996 S.B. 869 § 514.015 subsecs. 2, 3, 4)

*Original rolls contain "section 514.015" which was changed to effectuate the court cost bill.

**Transferred 2000; 476.053 now 488.027 485.100 now 488.2250 485.120 now 488.2253