24A.180 Disposition of District Court fees and costs.

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(1)Except as provided in subsection

(2)of this section all fees and costs collected

pursuant to KRS 24A.170(1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the State

Treasury.

(2)Fees consisting of reimbursement for incidental direct outlays, including but not

limited to postage and legal advertising, may be retained by the clerk and expended

for these purposes in accordance with relevant directives of the Administrative

Office of the Courts.

(3)Additional costs in District Court civil cases authorized by subsection

(2)of KRS

24A.170 shall be paid to the sheriff or other officer serving the process.

(4)Filing fees in civil actions shall be recoverable as costs.

(5)No later than the seventh working day of each month the circuit clerk shall pay the

funds from each court cost collected under KRS 24A.175 to the court cost

distribution fund established in KRS 42.320 and report to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet and the Administrative Office of the Courts the amounts

deposited into the court cost distribution fund.