§ 16-68-504. Collection of fee bill
When any fee bill shall come to the hands of any sheriff or other officer to be collected, and the person against whom the fee bill is issued refuses or fails to pay the amount of the fee bill within twenty (20) days after the fee bill shall be presented, the sheriff or other officer […]
§ 16-68-505. Failure of sheriff to collect — Judgment against sheriff
If any sheriff neglects or refuses to levy and collect the fees and pay over the money, when collected, to the person entitled thereto, the court shall upon motion enter up judgment for the amount of the fee bill against him or her and cause execution to issue thereon.
§ 16-68-506. Pro rata division of fees when entire costs not collected
In case the clerk, or, if the costs in any action are collected on execution by the sheriff, then the sheriff, is unable to collect the entire amount of costs due, the clerk or sheriff shall not first retain from the amount the fees due himself or herself, but shall account for and pay the […]
§ 16-68-507. Suits by state — Payment of officer’s fees
Whenever any civil suit is or has been prosecuted by the state and for the state’s own benefit, the clerks, sheriffs, and other officers shall be entitled to the same fees as in other civil cases between private persons. Whenever the state becomes liable to pay any such costs, it shall be the duty of […]
§ 16-68-508. Suits by state — Payment of costs and fees in frivolous civil actions
(a) The defendant in any civil action brought in any court of this state by any state agency, board, or commission shall be entitled to recover from the state entity the court costs, witness fees, and reasonable attorneys’ fees if the court determines that the action was brought without reasonable basis or was frivolous. (b) […]
§ 16-68-601. Amount of fees and costs
(a) If an incarcerated person, defined for purposes of this subchapter as a person who has been convicted of a crime and is imprisoned for that crime or is being held in custody for trial or sentencing, files a civil action, the court shall order the incarcerated person to pay, as a partial payment of […]
§ 16-68-403. Tender of full payment by defendant — Costs
In all actions where tender is made and full payment offered, by discount or otherwise, in such specie as the party by contract or agreement ought to take, and the party to whom the tender is made refuses it and afterwards sues for the debt or goods so tendered, the plaintiff shall not recover costs […]
§ 16-68-404. Costs when action unsuccessful against part of several defendants
When several persons are made defendants to any action of trespass, assault and battery, false imprisonment, detinue, replevin, trover, or ejectment, and one (1) or more of them is acquitted, every person so acquitted shall recover his or her costs in the same manner as if the verdict of acquittal had been in favor of […]
§ 16-68-405. Suits for use of another — Liability to plaintiff for costs
When a suit is commenced in the name of one person to the use of another, the person for whose use the action is brought shall be liable for the payment of all costs which the plaintiff may be adjudged to pay, and execution may be issued therefor.
§ 16-68-201. Surety bond required in suits against Treasurer of State or Auditor of State
In any suit brought against the Treasurer of State and Auditor of State prohibiting them from disbursing certain moneys due cities, counties, improvement districts, etc., the plaintiff or his or her attorneys shall be required to file surety bond with the Auditor of State in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the moneys involved […]