§ 23-13. Court costs.

(a)

There is established the following schedule of court costs in the municipal court:

(1)

Except as provided in subsection (a)(3) of this section, a cost of $30.00 shall be assessed against each accused person who enters a plea of guilty or no contest in court to any violation of any ordinance without causing a case to be placed on the court trial docket, except where the accused person enters a plea of guilty or no contest to an offense, listed on a schedule of fines adopted by the municipal court and pays the fine without a court appearance.

(2)

A cost of $40.00 shall be assessed against each accused person whose case is docketed for trial and who thereafter is found guilty.

(3)

In a case where a person is charged with a violation of an ordinance or regulation concerning parking, the following costs shall be assessed against each accused person who enters a plea of guilty or no contest, whether by mail or in person, without causing the case to be placed on the trial court docket:

a.

Five dollars for each violation which remains unpaid or undisposed of ten days after the date of the violation; and

b.

In addition to the amount assessed pursuant to subsection (a)(3)a of this section, an additional $5.00 for each violation that remains unpaid or undisposed of 30 days after the date of the violation.

(4)

If an accused person fails to appear at a scheduled court appearance:

a.

A mandatory fee of $5.00 shall be assessed for each separate failure to appear at a scheduled court date. If multiple charges are included on one citation, each charge will be assessed a $5.00 fee.

b.

A mandatory fee of $50.00 shall be assessed when a person is arrested or issued a citation pursuant to a warrant for failure to appear or any other order of the court or condition of release.

(5)

Additional court costs may be assessed by the municipal court judge and may include but are not limited to fees for service of process, witness fees, fees for transcripts and depositions, fees for examination and evaluation, probation fees, incarceration costs, community service fees, costs of court appointed counsel, expungement fees, and fees for expenses incurred in serving a warrant.

(6)

In addition to all other amounts assessed as costs or fines, in each case filed in municipal court charging a crime other than a nonmoving traffic violation, where there is a finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, a plea of no contest, forfeiture of bond or a diversion, a sum shall be assessed in the amount required to be remitted to the State of Kansas pursuant to K.S.A. 12-4117 and amendments thereto. For the purpose of determining the amount to be assessed according to this subsection, if more than one complaint is filed in the municipal court against one individual arising out of the same incident, all such complaints shall be considered as one case.

(b)

Such costs shall be assessed as part of the judgment and shall be collected by the administrator of the municipal court.

(c)

In no case shall the unified government be liable for any costs assessed in the municipal court.

(d)

The costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the fine itself.

(Code 1988, § 23-10; Ord. No. O-23-98, §§ 1, 2, 5-21-1998; Ord. No. O-2-00, § 1, 1-6-2000; Ord. No. O-26-01, §§ 1, 2, 4-5-2001; Ord. No. O-57-02, § 1, 8-1-2002; Ord. No. O-104-06, § 1, 10-5-2006; Ord. No. O-11-18 , § 1, 3-22-2018)

Cross reference

Penalties for violation of animal regulations, § 7-2.