Greene County Courts, Indiana Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Fee

100

Each Problem-Solving Court participant must pay a $100 initial administrative fee.

A. All individuals participating in a Greene County Court Problem-Solving Court shall pay an initial one-hundred dollar ($100.00) administrative fee and a Problem-Solving Court Services fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per month of participation per referral to a Problem-Solving Court.

CRITICAL

Fee

25

Applies to

Late payment

The Clerk must collect a $25 late payment fee from a non-indigent defendant who meets the stated case and payment conditions and fails to pay by the applicable deadline.

A. This Rule 15 applies in each case in which a Defendant is found to have 1. commited a crime; violated a statute defining an infraction; violated an ordinance of a municipal corporation; or committed a delinquent act; 2. is required to pay court costs, including fees; a fine; or a civil penalty; 3. is not determined by the Court imposing the Court costs, fine, or civil penalty to be indigent; and 4. fails to pay to the Clerk the costs, fine, or civil penalty in full before the later of the following: a. the end of the business day on which the Court enters the conviction or judgment; b. the end of the business day on which the Court has set the deadline in the sentencing order for the payment of costs, fines, and civil penalties. B. The Clerk shall collect a late payment fee of twenty-five dollars from a Defendant described in subsection A of this Rule 15.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript index and table of contents

Index and Table of Contents pages are charged at the same per-page rate as the rest of the transcript.

The fee for the preparation of the Index and Table of Contents pages shall be at the same rate charged per page for the remainder of the transcript.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

Private transcript

A private transcript may be charged at no more than $4.50 per page, subject to the stated expedited-preparation surcharge.

The maximum per page fee a Court Reporter may charge for the preparation of a private transcript shall be $4.50.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript supplies

A reporter may charge for required purchased supplies used to bind and electronically transmit transcripts, with costs set by an annually published schedule.

The Court Reporter may charge for the required office supplies purchased by the Court Reporter and used for the binding and the electronic transmission of the transcript pursuant to the Indiana Rules of Appellate procedure 28 and 29. The costs of these supplies shall be determined pursuant to a Schedule of Transcript Supplies that will be established and published annually by the Judges of the Greene Circuit and Superior Courts.

WARNING

Fee

1

Applies to

Transcript copy

A copy of any listed transcript may be charged at no more than $1.00 per page.

The maximum per page fee a Court Reporter may charge for a copy of a county indigent transcript, state indigent transcript, or private transcript shall be $1.00.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

State indigent transcript

A state indigent transcript may be charged at no more than $4.50 per page.

The maximum per page fee a Court Reporter may charge for the preparation of a state indigent transcript shall be $4.50.

WARNING

Fee

35

Applies to

Transcript

The minimum fee for each transcript is $35.00.

The minimum fee per transcript shall be $35.00.

WARNING

Fee

4

Applies to

Fax transmission

The Clerk assesses a $4.00 fee for each fax transmission per case, subject to the stated approval of the Board of County Commissioners.

The Clerk shall assess a fee of $4.00 per transmission per case, which fee has been approved by the Courts as the appropriate fee, and which fee is subject to the approval of the Board of County Commissioners as provided by Indiana Supreme Court Administrative Rule 12.

WARNING

Fee

4.5

Applies to

County indigent transcript

A county indigent transcript may be charged at no more than $4.50 per page, and the reporter must submit the claim directly to the county.

The maximum per page fee a Court Reporter may charge for the preparation of a county indigent transcript shall be $4.50; the Court Reporter shall submit a claim directly to the county for the preparation of any county indigent transcripts.

WARNING

Fee

$400

Individuals ordered to enroll in the program may be charged no more than $400 for program services.

All individuals ordered to enroll in the Greene County Court Alcohol and Drug Program may be charged up to a maximum of $400.00 for program services, pursuant to Indiana Code 12-23-14-16.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript and exhibit binding

A reporter may charge labor for binding transcripts and exhibit binders at the specified salary-based hourly rate, or $15.00 per hour if the reporter is not salaried.

The Court Reporter may charge an additional labor charge for the time spent binding the transcript and the exhibit binders. The additional labor charge shall be the hourly rate paid to the Court Reporter (as computed by dividing the annual salary paid by Greene County to the Court Reporter by 35 hours). If the Reporter preparing the transcript is not a salaried employee, the charge shall be $15.00 per hour for the time expended to bind the transcript and exhibits.

WARNING

Fee

1.5

Applies to

Private transcript

For a private transcript requested in less than 30 days, the reporter may charge an additional $1.50 per page only if the presiding Judge approves the surcharge.

Notwithstanding the above, if a private party requests a transcript to be prepared in less than 30 days, a Court Reporter may charge an additional $1.50 per page as a surcharge if the surcharge is approved by the presiding Judge of the Court.