(a) Court costs to be assessed. In all Municipal Court cases where the accused pleads guilty, nolo contendere, or is adjudged guilty or enters into a diversion agreement or other dispositional agreement, such person shall be assessed costs for the administration of justice in the Municipal Court, in the amount set forth in subsection (b) below, or as may be amended by city ordinance.
(b) Amount of court costs. In addition to any other assessments mandated by K.S.A. 12-4112, court costs shall be assessed in the sum of $47.
(c) Other costs and assessments. In addition to the above court costs, the following costs may be assessed by the Municipal Court Judge:
(1) Attorney’s fees. As part of the court costs, the Municipal Court may also assess to the defendant, if convicted, the amount of attorney’s fees and costs expended by the city if the defendant was represented by court-appointed counsel. In determining the amount and method of payment of such sum, the court may take into account the financial resources of the defendant and the nature of the burden that payment of such sum will impose.
(2) Incarceration fees. As part of the court costs, a fee in the amount of $20 per day may be assessed against the defendant in each case in which the defendant is incarcerated pursuant to an order of the Municipal Court Judge.
(3) Expungement fee. As part of the court cost, the Municipal Court may assess the sum of up to $250 for each expungement ordered by the Court.
(4) Warrant fees. The Municipal Court may assess as court costs the sum of $25 against each person named or described in an arrest warrant issued by the Municipal Court Judge directed to any law enforcement officer commanding the officer to arrest the person named or described.
(Ord. 1502, passed 8-8-2016)