16-2-39. Court automation surcharge--Amount in civil action--Collection. In each civil action, proceeding for judicial remedy, and probate proceeding, the clerk of courts shall collect the sum of forty dollars as a unified judicial system court automation surcharge. The forty-dollar surcharge does not apply to a small claims action. In each small claims action, the clerk of courts shall collect as a unified judicial system court automation surcharge the sum of twelve dollars if the amount in controversy is less than four thousand dollars and sixteen dollars if the amount in controversy is four thousand dollars or more. The surcharge shall be collected from the plaintiff or person instituting the action or proceeding at the time of filing the first paper. The surcharge shall be collected by the clerk in the manner in which other fees are collected. However, no surcharge may be collected for any petition or motion to modify final orders for child support, child custody, child visitation, or spousal support or in any civil action or proceeding for judicial remedy commenced by the state, a county, a municipality, or a school district.
Source: SL 1990, ch 151, § 2; SL 1991, ch 170, § 1; SL 1999, ch 104, § 1; SL 2004, ch 141, § 1; SL 2009, ch 102, § 2; SL 2010, ch 107, § 1, eff. Feb. 25, 2010.
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