(A) (1) The Lake County Council establishes the following fee schedule for services for internet access to Lake County Court records:
Description | Cost |
Description | Cost |
Public access, including name search, case number search, view chronological case summary, and view court calendar | No charge |
Public access to print name search, case number search, view chronological case summary, and view court calendar | $.25 per page, subject to $1 minimum charge |
Attorney subscription/registration fee to enhanced access | $200 per year, plus the credit card company service fee and $3.99 credit card user fee, if paid by credit card |
News media reporter subscription/registration fee to enhanced access | $200 per year, plus the credit card company service fee and $3.99 credit card user fee, if paid by credit card |
Child support records/history for each calendar year of support records/history requests | $1, plus the credit card company service fee and $1.49 credit card user fee, if paid by credit card |
Title companies, credit agencies and other commercial users: | |
Annual subscription fee (per location) | $200 |
File opening, review and print | $1.50 per file |
On line alerts | $.10 per alert |
Lake County public agency access, for agency cases only | No charge |
Any records requested via the Lake County Recorder’s Website ($1 paid to specified vendor; $2 will be deposited in the Lake County Recorder’s Enhanced Access Fund created by Lake County Ordinance No. 1336E). | $3 |
Printing fee per page for requested documents (mailed, digital copy, or facsimile) | $1 |
Credit card fees | To be set by credit card company and payday requesting entity |
E-recording | $3 |
(2) The Lake County Council establishes the following new fees for electronic filing in MF, CC, PL, Ct, and MI cases:
Description | Fee |
Electronic Systems Fee - MF Cases MF - Mortgage Foreclosure cases CC - Civil Collection cases PL - Plenary cases CT - Civil Tort cases | $17.50 per appearance by an attorney in a case |
$17.50 per pro se litigant who elects to file his or her own case | |
$1 per page for each page of pleading, paper, summons or other process to be served by Sheriff or the Clerk |
(3) The Lake County Council establishes a new fee for electronic exemption filing:
Description
| Fee
|
Electronic Exemption Filing Fee | Total of $5 |
To be distributed as followed: | |
Lake County Auditor Web Maintenance Fund | $4 |
Lake County Data Processing Web Maintenance Fund | $1 |
(B) The Lake County Council establishes the following fee schedule for payment of traffic citation charges paid through the Lake County Clerk's electronic system, to be deposited in the Lake County Web Maintenance Fund:
Description | Cost |
Description | Cost |
Traffic citation fine, court costs and related charges (charges) payment schedule: | |
Payment of traffic citation charges that total over $25 | $5 per traffic citation |
Payment of traffic citation charges $25 or less | $2 per traffic citation |
Credit card user fees payment schedule when credit card is used to pay traffic citation charges: | |
Payment of traffic citation charges by credit card that total over $25 | The credit card company service fee and 2.75% of the total charges |
Payment of traffic citation charges by credit card that total over $25, but less than $250 | The credit card company service fee and $3.99 credit card user fee |
Payment of traffic citation charges by credit card that $25 or less | The credit card company service fee and a credit card user fee of $1.49 |
(C) The fees collected for internet access shall be deposited in the Website Maintenance Fund (fund), a non-reverting fund being used only for maintenance of the website, upgrades to the website for hardware, or uses related to the website, operating expenses incurred in providing enhanced access to public information, including salaries of the employees of the Lake Circuit Court, Lake Superior Courts, and Lake County Courts.
(D) All credit card company service fees shall be collected by Link-2-GOV and shall be kept separate from all other fees and will not be processed through Lake County.
(E) Appropriation from the Website Maintenance Fund (Fund) shall be made by the Lake County Council, subject to state and federal law, and that monies remaining in the Fund at the end of the calendar year shall not revert to the General Fund, but remain in the Website Maintenance Fund for use consistent with this subchapter.
(F) All requests for appropriations shall be made by both the official department head, or Chief Judge of the office or court, and the Director of Data Processing.
(Ord. 1258H, passed 12-14-2004; Ord. 1258H-1, passed 12-13-2005; Ord. 1258H-2, passed 1-10-2006; Ord. 1258H-3, passed 1-12-2010; Ord. 1258H-4, passed 2-23-2010; Ord. 1258H-5, passed 4-10-2012; Ord. 1258H-7, passed 12-11- 2012; Ord. 1258H-8, passed 2-12-2013; Ord. 1258H-9, passed 6-10-2014; Ord. 1258H-10, passed 12-9-2014; Ord. 1379B, passed 12-9- 2014; Ord. 1258H-11, passed 1-13-2015; Ord. 1379B-1, passed 6-9-2015; Ord. 1379B-2, passed 11-10-2015)