Arkansas § 16-10-603 Procedure - County administration of justice funds

Arkansas Statutes

§ 16-10-603 — Procedure - County administration of justice funds

Arkansas § 16-10-603

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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-603 (2026).

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(a)(1) Pursuant to § 16-10-307 , each county is to create a county administration of justice fund.

(2)Each county treasurer should deposit into the fund:

(A)All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 21-6-403 which are collected by the circuit clerk, county clerk, or other official and remitted to the county treasurer;

(B)All receipts from the collection of uniform court costs established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the county official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in circuit court and remitted to the county treasurer;

(C)All receipts of the county's share of uniform filing fees established by § 16-17-705 which are collected by the district courts within th

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(a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-307 , each county is to create a county administration of justice fund. (2) Each county treasurer should deposit into the fund: (A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 21-6-403 which are collected by the circuit clerk, county clerk, or other official and remitted to the county treasurer; (B) All receipts from the collection of uniform court costs established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the county official, agency, or department designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in circuit court and remitted to the county treasurer; (C) All receipts of the county's share of uniform filing fees established by § 16-17-705 which are collected by the district courts within the county and remitted to the county treasurer; and (D) All receipts of the county's share of uniform court costs established by § 16-10-305 which are collected by the official, agency, or department of the county, town, or city designated pursuant to § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in district courts within the county and remitted to the county treasurer. (b) From the county administration of justice fund, the county treasurer is to make, on a monthly basis, the following fund transfers or disbursements: (1) (A) Pursuant to § 16-10-307(c) , the Department of Finance and Administration will certify for each county the county's monthly share of uniform court costs and filing fees to be retained by the county. (B) (i) Each year the quorum court shall establish the amount of uniform filing fees and court costs to be appropriated to each of the county programs or agencies enumerated in § 16-10-307(b) from the county's share of uniform court costs and filing fees. (ii) Each program or agency shall receive, as a minimum, the amount established by § 16-10-307(b) ; and (2) The excess of the monthly receipts into the fund from subdivisions (a)(2)(A) and (B) of this section, less the county's certified monthly share and the county treasurer's commission, if any, as authorized by § 21-6-302 , shall be remitted to the Department of Finance and Administration, pursuant to § 16-10-307(e) .