7th Judicial Circuit Court, Greene County, Illinois Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

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WHEREAS, pursuant to 705 ILCS 105/27.3a(1.1), the Chief Judge of the circuit has ordered that the clerk of the circuit court shall impose a fee pursuant to subsection 1 and shall charge and collect an additional $10.00 operations fee for probation and court services department operations; and WHEREAS, this additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, except such $10.00 operations fee shall not be charged and collected in cases governed by Supreme Court Rule 529 in which the bail amount is $120.00 or less;

WHEREAS, pursuant to 705 ILCS 105/27.3a(1.1), the Chief Judge of the circuit has ordered that the clerk of the circuit court shall impose a fee pursuant to subsection 1 and shall charge and collect an additional $10.00 operations fee for probation and court services department operations; and WHEREAS, this additional fee shall be paid by the defendant in any felony, traffic, misdemeanor, local ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision, except such $10.00 operations fee shall not be charged and collected in cases governed by Supreme Court Rule 529 in which the bail amount is $120.00 or less;

CRITICAL

Applies to

Poor person petition

An inmate's petition must include a remittance capped at 50% of the inmate's average monthly income for the preceding six months and at the full statutory fee; payment of the remaining fee is postponed until final judgment.

The petition shall be accompanied by a remittance payable to the Clerk of the Circuit Court in an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the inmate's average monthly income for six months immediately preceding the filing of the petition, but in no event to exceed the full statutory fee required of all other parties in civil cases. Payment of the balance of the statutory fee shall be postponed pending the entry of a final judgment in such causes as provided by law.

WARNING

Applies to

Poor person petition

An inmate unable to make the partial payment for good cause may petition for review of the complaint, and the court may excuse all prepayment upon good cause and exigent circumstances.

If an inmate shows good cause why he or she cannot make the partial payment required by this rule, he or she may petition the court to review his or her complaint for the existence of a colorable question of law or fact and the court may for good cause shown, and the establishment of exigent circumstances, excuse pre-payment of fees in their entirety.

INFO

Applies to

Judicial mediation

Judicial mediation is provided without charge.

ix. Judicial mediation is free of charge.

INFO

Applies to

Request for extended media coverage or objection

No filing fee is charged for a request for or objection to extended media coverage.

There shall be no filing fees associated with filing a request for extended media coverage or an objection to extended media coverage.