File #: 2021-0373    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/12/2021 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/14/2021
Enactment date: 12/27/2021 Enactment #: 19373
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to fees charged by the department of judicial administration; and amending Ordinance 19194, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.630.095
Sponsors: Jeanne Kohl-Welles
Indexes: Fees, Judicial Administration
Code sections: 4A.630.095 - .
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19373, 2. 2021-0373 Transmittal Letter, 3. 2021-0373 Fiscal Note, 4. 2021-0373 Legislative Review Form, 5. 2021-0373 Invoice & Affidavit.pdf, 6. 2021-0373_SR_DJAProbateFee
Related files: 2020-0309, 2021-0372
Staff: Porter, Samantha
Drafter
Clerk 09/30/2021
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to fees charged by the department of judicial administration; and amending Ordinance 19194, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.630.095
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this ordinance authorizes the department of judicial administration to assess a subscription fee for providing access to probate case indexes.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 19194, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.630.095 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The department of judicial administration is hereby authorized to assess a subscription fee for providing access to civil and criminal case index data.
B. The criminal case data index consists of an index of names of defendants and their associated criminal cases and charges in superior court, updated on a regular basis. The annual subscription fee for the criminal case data index shall be three thousand six hundred dollars. The semiannual subscription fee for the criminal case data index shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars. The fee for a single criminal case index report shall be one thousand five hundred dollars.
C. The general case data index consists of an index of names of litigants and their associated cases in superior court, updated on a regular basis. The annual subscription fee for the general case data index shall be one thousand eight hundred dollars. The semiannual subscription fee for the general case data index shall be nine hundred dollars. The fee for a single general case index report shall be seven hundred fifty dollars.
D. The probate case data index consists of an index of the prior week's probate filings in superior court, updated on a regular basis. The annual subscription fee for the probate case data index shall be one thousand two hundred dollars. The semiannual subscription fee for the probate case data index shall be six hundred dollars.
E. The department of judicial administration shall establish a procedure for...

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