§59-2-17. Fees of Prosecuting Attorney
The clerk shall include in the costs, for fees of the prosecuting attorney, the following: (a) In cases of misdemeanor, or an action upon a bond for a violation of the license laws, $15, of which $5 of that amount shall be deposited in the courthouse facilities improvement fund created by section six, article twenty-six, […]
§59-2-18. Judgment or Decree on Behalf of State for Costs
In a case wherein there is judgment or decree on behalf of the state for costs, there shall be taxed in the costs the charge actually incurred to give any notice, although it be more than 50¢ and mileage, and the fees of attorneys and other officers for services, and allowances for attendance, as if […]
§59-2-19. Premiums on Surety Company Bonds
The clerk or justice shall include in the costs of all actions, suits or proceedings, and the party entitled to recover costs may recover as part thereof, such sum as may have been paid by such party to a company, authorized under the laws of this state so to do, for executing or guaranteeing any […]
§59-2-7. Judgment Where Recovery Is Fifty Dollars or Less in Action Ex Contractu
In any personal action on contract instituted in a court of record, wherein it is ascertained that not more is due the plaintiff than $50, exclusive of interest, judgment shall be given for the defendant, unless the court enter of record that the matter in controversy was of greater value than fifty dollars, exclusive of […]
§59-2-8. Costs on Final Judgment; Judgment For, or Discontinuance as To, Some of Defendants
Except where it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given in any action, or in a motion for judgment for money, whether he be plaintiff or defendant, shall recover his costs against the opposite party; and when the action is against two or more, and there is judgment for or discontinuance […]
§59-2-9. Costs When Original Papers or Record Replaced
For replacing the original papers in any cause, or the record in an appellate court, or supplying papers lost in cases decided, the costs and expenses shall be ascertained under the direction of the court, and adjudged against any party or parties in the cause, or divided among them as the court may, in its […]
§59-2-10. Suit by One Person for Benefit of Another
When a suit is in the name of one person for the benefit of any other, if there be a judgment for the defendant's costs, it shall be against such other.
§59-2-11. Laws as to Costs Not Deemed Penal; Discretion of Court of Equity as to Costs; Costs in Appellate Courts
The laws of costs shall not be interpreted as penal laws; nor shall anything in this article take away or abridge the discretion of a court of equity over the subject of costs, except that in every case in an appellate court costs shall be recovered in such court by the party substantially prevailing.
§59-2-12. Costs When Case Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
In any instance where a case, an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas shall be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the court shall render judgment against the party who improperly invoked the jurisdiction of the court for all costs, whether accruing in the trial court or in any appellate court, which result from such wrongful […]
§59-2-13. Who Is to Tax Costs
The clerk of a court wherein a party recovers costs shall tax the same.