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

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition for leave to sue or defend as a poor person

An inmate's petition must include a remittance to the Clerk capped at 50% of the inmate's average monthly income for the preceding six months and no more than the full statutory fee; payment of the balance is postponed until final judgment as provided by law.

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.

CRITICAL

Fee

$10

Applies to

Marriage solemnization and civil union certification

The Clerk must collect a $10 fee for each marriage solemnization and civil union certification performed.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the Clerk of the Court shall collect a fee of $10 for each marriage solemnization and civil union certification performed.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Fee

10

Applies to

Probation operations fee

A defendant in the specified cases must pay a $10.00 probation and court services operations fee upon a guilty judgment or grant of supervision, except in qualifying Supreme Court Rule 529 cases with bail of $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;

WARNINGCriminal cases

The counties in the Seventh Judicial Circuit must continue implementing an Interstate/Intrastate Transfer of Supervision of Probation Fee.

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the Chief Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit has ordered that all counties (Sangamon, Morgan, Macoupin, Greene, Scott and Jersey) within the Seventh Judicial Circuit continue to implement an Interstate/Intrastate Transfer of Supervision of Probation Fee.

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.

INFO

Applies to

Petition for leave to sue or defend as a poor person

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

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.