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134A.10 LIBRARY FEES COLLECTED IN ALL OTHER COUNTIES.
    Subdivision 1. Civil fee assessment. In counties other than Hennepin and Ramsey, the court
administrator shall collect in each civil suit, action or proceeding filed in the district, county or
county municipal and conciliation courts of the county, in the manner in which other fees are
collected, a law library fee from:
(a) The plaintiff, petitioner or other person instituting the suit, action or proceeding, at
the time of the filing of the first paper; and
(b) Each defendant, respondent, intervenor or other party who appears, either separately or
jointly, to be collected at the time of the filing of the first paper by the defendant, respondent,
intervenor or other party, or at the time when the party's appearance is entered in the case.
    Subd. 2. Probate proceedings. The judge of the district court or the registrar of probate or
the court administrator shall collect a law library fee from the petitioner instituting proceedings for
supervised and unsupervised guardianship, conservatorship, descent, formal and informal probate,
trusts and summary assignments at the time of the filing of the petition. The disbursement shall be
an item of administration of the estate, entitling the petitioner to reimbursement out of the estate.
    Subd. 3. Petty misdemeanor cases and criminal convictions; fee assessment. The judge
of district court may, upon the recommendation of the board of trustees and by standing order,
include in the costs or disbursements assessed against a defendant convicted in the district court
of the violation of any statute or municipal ordinance, in all petty misdemeanor cases and criminal
prosecutions in which, upon conviction, the defendant may be subject to the payment of the costs
or disbursements in addition to a fine or other penalty a county law library fee. The item of costs
or disbursements may not be assessed for any offense committed prior to the establishment
of the county law library.
    Subd. 4. Setting fees. The law library board of trustees shall, with the approval of the board
of commissioners, set the amount of the law library fee for civil and criminal matters, including
petty misdemeanor cases, in the district and conciliation courts of the county. The fee shall be set
on July 1 each year and remain in effect until changed. All law library fees shall be published
in the State Register.
History: 1982 c 576 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 4 s 1; 1993 c 29 s
2,3; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1

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