In every criminal case or proceeding instituted in the Municipal Court of the city, wherein there is a conviction upon the plea of guilty, nolo contendere or upon a finding of guilty by the court, there is hereby imposed and, where possible, there shall be collected, the following items of costs, to wit:
(A) The Municipal Judge shall charge a fee in an amount set by Council from time to time in each criminal case or proceeding had before him or her, in which the defendant is found guilty in any of the ways aforesaid, which shall be in full for the following services rendered in any case; including affidavit for warrant, search and seizure warrant, warrant for arrest, trial examination, issuing subpoenas and copies thereof, swearing witnesses and certifying their attendance, entering judgment and taxing costs, and all other acts in connection therewith; except that, he or she shall charge, and where possible, collect an additional fee in an amount set by Council from time to time for making and certifying a transcript of his or her docket in any particular case and transmitting the same to the Clerk of the Criminal Court, the state’s Road Commission or any other office to which he or she may be by law required to certify any transcript of his or her docket; and the additional sum in an amount set by Council from time to time for bond recognizance, in an amount set by Council from time to time for issuing an execution or capias pro fine; and
(B) In every criminal case or proceeding had before the Municipal Judge aforesaid, the following additional items shall be charged as costs:
(1) For an arrest in case of a felony: in an amount set by Council from time to time;
(2) For an arrest in a case other than a felony: in an amount set by Council from time to time;
(3) For serving a subpoena: in an amount set by Council from time to time;
(4) For executing a search warrant: in an amount set by Council from time to time; and
(5) For levying an execution or making an arrest under capias pro fine: An amount set by Council from time to time per mile for each mile of necessary travel of the police officer in the performance of his or her duties in any case under this subchapter and an amount set by Council from time to time per mile for transporting prisoners.
(C) (1) Beginning on the effective date of this subchapter, a fee in an amount set by Council from time to time per citation shall be charged by the Municipal Judge in all criminal court proceedings involving the violation of any criminal law of the municipality, excluding violations of municipal parking ordinances.
(2) All fees collected pursuant to division (C)(1) above shall be collected by the Municipal Court and remitted within ten days to the City Clerk for deposit into an escrow account for the funding of maintenance and repair of police equipment.
(Prior Code, § 173.10) (Ord. passed 9-14-1964; Ord. passed 1-13-2000)