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AN ORDINANCE related to department of judicial administration fees; and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4.83.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance adds a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.83.
B. Section 2 of this ordinance indicates that the department of judicial administration may charge a disposal fee for court exhibits not withdrawn by the parties following case completion. Before the commencement of trial, parties sign a stipulation that between forty-five and ninety days following case completion, exhibits will be withdrawn. Case completion is identified as meeting one of the following four conditions: the judgment of acquittal is filed; the final judgment is filed; the judgment, decree or order becomes final after appeal; or a dismissal is filed. The stipulation indicates that exhibits not withdrawn during this timeframe will be destroyed.
C. This fee is assessed pursuant to RCW 36.18.016(10).
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4.83 a new section to read as follows:
Fee - destruction of exhibits.
A. The department of judicial administration is hereby authorized to assess a fee for the disposal of court exhibits not withdrawn by the parties forty-five to ninety days following case completion. This fee is assessed pursuant to RCW 36.18.016(10).
B. The fee assessed shall be twenty dollars.
C. The department of judicial administration shall establish a procedure for the collection of the fee.
SECTION 3. A. Section 4 of this ordinance adds a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.83.
B. Section 4 of this ordinance indicates that the department of judicial administration may charge a fee for the conversion of items that cannot realistically be stored within the court file. Items subject to section 4 of this ordinance will be converted as file exhibits. Items are converted to file exhibits when the item either cannot be scanned elect...

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