Section 12-20-1, 12-20-2. – Repealed.
§ 12-20-1, 12-20-2. Repealed.
Section 12-20-10. – Remission of costs — Indigency — Limited ability to pay — Inherent power — Prohibition against remitting order of restitution.
§ 12-20-10. Remission of costs — Indigency — Limited ability to pay — Inherent power — Prohibition against remitting order of restitution. (a) The payment of court costs, assessments, and fees in criminal cases shall, upon application or sworn testimony, presented during sentencing or any time thereafter, be remitted in whole based on a determination […]
Section 12-20-11. – Apportionment of costs among defendants.
§ 12-20-11. Apportionment of costs among defendants. Whenever more than one defendant in the same process shall be convicted and sentenced to fine or imprisonment in jail, the court pronouncing sentence may apportion the costs of prosecution between and among the defendants as, in its discretion, shall appear to be just and proper. History of […]
Section 12-20-12. – Technology surcharge.
§ 12-20-12. Technology surcharge. A technology surcharge shall be assessed as a cost against the defendant in accordance with § 8-15-11. History of Section.P.L. 2014, ch. 34, § 7; P.L. 2014, ch. 42, § 7.
Section 12-20-3. – Sheriff’s fees on commitments and habeas corpus.
§ 12-20-3. Sheriff’s fees on commitments and habeas corpus. All commitments upon process issued in criminal cases by the supreme court, the superior court within and for the counties of Providence and Newport, and the district court for the second and sixth divisions shall be made by deputy sheriffs attending upon the courts respectively, and […]
Section 12-20-4. – Sheriff’s fees on scire facias.
§ 12-20-4. Sheriff’s fees on scire facias. The fees chargeable by deputy sheriffs for serving writs and executions in scire facias against bail in criminal cases shall be the same as provided for similar service of writs and executions in civil cases. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 12; P.L. 1897, ch. 444, § […]
Section 12-20-5. – Allowance for service of precept.
§ 12-20-5. Allowance for service of precept. Any officer charged with the service of any precept in any criminal case, either original, intermediate, or final, shall be allowed by the court out of which the precept is issued, in a sum that the court may deem just and reasonable for the actual and necessary expense […]
Section 12-20-6. – Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies.
§ 12-20-6. Fees of city and town police departments and state agencies. For each criminal complaint filed in the district court by a city or town police department, the state police, or a state agency, the clerk of the district court shall assess against the defendant and remit to the city or town or the […]
Section 12-20-7. – Witness fees.
§ 12-20-7. Witness fees. (a) The fees of witnesses shall be: (1) For every day’s attendance before the supreme or superior court, or before any other tribunal or magistrate, including attendance in giving depositions, except that no officer or other employee of the state or of any city or town shall be entitled to receive […]
Section 12-20-8. – Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions.
§ 12-20-8. Payment of costs where defendant committed to correctional institutions. The costs of prosecution and conviction of persons imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions shall be paid by the state, and the payment of those costs shall form no part of the sentence of convicts. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as […]
Section 12-20-9. – Costs as to other defendants.
§ 12-20-9. Costs as to other defendants. The payment of costs shall, in all other cases, be a part of the sentence of a convict who shall be sentenced to be imprisoned until the costs are paid or remitted. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 59; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 59; G.L. 1909, […]