2001 Minnesota Statutes

     487.33 Disposition of fines, fees and other money; 
  accounts. 

    Subdivision 1.    Disposition.  Except as otherwise 
 provided by sections 487.01 to 487.38 or 574.34, the court 
 administrator shall pay to the county treasurer all fines, 
 penalties and fees collected by the court administrator, all 
 sums forfeited to the court and all other money received by the 
 court administrator no later than the tenth day of the month 
 following the month of collection. 

    Subd. 2.  In the event the court takes jurisdiction of a 
 prosecution for the violation of a statute or ordinance by the 
 state or a governmental subdivision other than a home rule 
 charter or statutory city or town within the county court 
 district, all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected must 
 be paid over to the treasurer of the governmental subdivision 
 which submitted the case for prosecution except where a 
 different disposition is provided by law.  If a different 
 disposition is provided by law, payment must be made to the 
 public official entitled to it. 

    Subd. 3.  Amounts represented by checks issued by the court 
 administrator or received by the court administrator which have 
 not cleared by the end of the month may be shown on the monthly 
 account as having been paid or received, subject to adjustment 
 on later monthly accounts.  

    Subd. 4.  The court administrator may receive checks in 
 payment of fines, penalties, fees or other obligations as 
 conditional payments, and is not held accountable therefor until 
 collection in cash is made and then only to the extent of the 
 net collection after deduction of the necessary expense of 
 collection.  

    Subd. 5.    Allocation.  The court administrator shall 
 provide the county treasurer with the name of the municipality 
 or other subdivision of government where the offense was 
 committed which employed or provided by contract the arresting 
 or apprehending officer and the name of the municipality or 
 other subdivision of government which employed the prosecuting 
 attorney or otherwise provided for prosecution of the offense 
 for each fine or penalty and the total amount of fines or 
 penalties collected for each municipality or other subdivision 
 of government.  On or before the last day of each month, the 
 county treasurer shall pay over to the treasurer of each 
 municipality or subdivision of government within the county all 
 fines or penalties for parking violations for which complaints 
 and warrants have not been issued and one-third of all fines or 
 penalties collected during the previous month for offenses 
 committed within the municipality or subdivision of government 
 from persons arrested or issued citations by officers employed 
 by the municipality or subdivision or provided by the 
 municipality or subdivision by contract.  An additional 
 one-third of all fines or penalties shall be paid to the 
 municipality or subdivision of government providing prosecution 
 of offenses of the type for which the fine or penalty is 
 collected occurring within the municipality or subdivision, 
 imposed for violations of state statute or of an ordinance, 
 charter provision, rule or regulation of a city whether or not a 
 guilty plea is entered or bail is forfeited.  Except as provided 
 in section 299D.03, subdivision 5, or as otherwise provided by 
 law, all other fines and forfeitures and all fees and statutory 
 court costs collected by the court administrator shall be paid 
 to the county treasurer of the county in which the funds were 
 collected who shall dispense them as provided by law.  In a 
 county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 
 1, paragraph (b), all other fines, forfeitures, fees, and 
 statutory court costs must be paid to the state treasurer for 
 deposit in the state treasury and credited to the general fund. 

    Subd. 6.  All fines, fees and penalties for parking 
 violations collected prior to August 1, 1975 shall be retained 
 as property of the governmental subdivision in possession on 
 that date, if collected pursuant to agreement with the county or 
 on the basis of a municipal ordinance establishing a parking use 
 or other fee except that the governmental subdivision may not 
 retain any moneys for any parking violations where the county 
 court has taken action or incurred expense.  

    HIST: 1971 c 951 s 33; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 679 s 33; 
 1975 c 137 s 1,2; 1983 c 177 s 10,11; 1986 c 442 s 5,6; 1986 c 
 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 346 s 13; 1999 c 243 art 11 
 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 17 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to subdivision 5 by Laws 2001, First 
*Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 17, is effective 
*July 1, 2003, in the second and fourth districts; July 1, 2004, 
*in the first and third districts; and July 1, 2005, in the sixth 
*and tenth districts.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 
*5, article 5, section 17, the effective date.