Here are just a few of the fees the city court in Ferguson, Mo., can bill you for: Theres a fee to plead guilty. Thats $12. You even pay for your own arrest warrant. .... Theres a $2 fee for every court visit. That money goes into a pot for the police department, to pay for police training. Theres a charge to ask for a court appearance to be delayed because of work or family obligations, Harris notes. So there are just layers and layers of local fines and user fees that are charged to people using the court system. ... Ferguson collected $2.6 million in court fines and fees last year. That was the citys second-largest source of income — or about 21 percent of its total budget.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:38:36 +0000
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