Collection and disposition of court costs and fees.

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A. To establish and maintain an alternative dispute resolution system, court costs in the amount of Seven Dollars ($7.00) shall be taxed, collected, and paid as other court costs in all civil cases.

The fee of an initiating or responding party shall be waived by the center upon receipt of an affidavit in forma pauperis executed under oath by such party.

B. The court costs and fees provided for in subsection A of this section, once collected, shall be transferred by the court clerk to the Director who shall deposit them in the Dispute Resolution System Revolving Fund referenced in Section 2 of this act.

Added by Laws 1985, c. 260, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1985. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 286, § 13, emerg. eff. May 29, 1991; Laws 1994, c. 225, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 2004, c. 443, § 1, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2016, c. 362, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2019, c. 354, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.


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