Funding Sources for Law Libraries Serving Local Jurisdictions
State
Income Type (Source)
Alabama
Filing Fees
General Fund
Alaska
Arizona
State Appropriation to
Admin. Office of Alaska
Court System
Civil Filing Fees
Co. General Fund
State Statutory
Authority
Ala. Code § 1125-9.
Ala. Code §1125-4
None
Ariz. Rev. Stat.
Ann § 12-284.03;
12-284; 12284.02
Ariz. Rev. Stat.
Ann. 12-305
Ark. Code Ann.
§16-10-307
Cal. Bus. & Prof.
Code, §
6320-6326
Arkansas
Filing Fees
California
Civil Filing fees
Colorado
State Appropriation
Connecticut
State Appropriation
Delaware
State Appropriation
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Criminal Fees
County General Fund
Filing Fees
State Appropriation
Fla. Stat. Ann.
§939.185
O.C.G.A.§36-15-9
HRS 601-3.5
(misc. funding
only)
Idaho
County Fund
Idaho Code § 31825
Illinois
Indiana
Civil Filing Fee
Other Misc. Rev.
County General Fund
55 ILCS 5/539001
None
Iowa
County General Fund
Kansas
Annual registration fees
for attorneys and tax on
filing fees
Filing Fees
Iowa Code
§331.382(7)
K.S.A. 20-3126 –
20.3132
Kentucky
Louisiana
Col. Rev. Stat.
§24-90-104
CGS § 11-10b,
11-19a, 11-19b
De. Code Ann.
Tit. 10, §1941
Ky. Rev. Stat.
Ann. §172.130
Courts costs at termination Ky. Rev. Stat.
of case
Ann. §453.060
Legislative Appropriation
La. Rev. Stat.
Date: 3/6/2016
Comments
Allows municipalities to
appropriate funds or property.
Alaska State Court Law Library
is statewide system with 16
branches.
County Law Libraries
County Law Libraries
Individual County table
www.cccll.org/totalfees.htm
State Library funding. No
county law libraries.
15 Public law libraries
governed by Judicial Branch
Libraries are considered part of
the courts and administered by
county judges.
County Law Libraries
County Law Libraries
State Library System with
Supreme Ct. Library in Honolulu
and branches on neighbor
islands
Law library for the use of county
officials, district court and the
county bar.
County Law Libraries
Marion County Law Library –
library considered part of courts
County provides & maintains
space for law library.
County funds are used for legal
textbooks and reporters.
State and parish law libraries.
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Funding Sources for Law Libraries Serving Local Jurisdictions
State
Income Type (Source)
for State Library
Filing fees for law libraries
in many parishes
Maine
State Budget
Maryland
Portion of fines, forfeitures
and appearance fees.
Massachusetts
Legislative appropriation
through Admin. Office of
the Trial Court
Michigan
Fines
Minnesota
Filing fees, fee
assessment on criminal
offenses, county funds,
and misc. funds.
Mississippi
Filing Fees.
Missouri
Filing Fees.
Montana
State General Fund
Nebraska
County General Fund
Nevada
County civil filing fees;
county general fund;
charge for book circulation
State appropriation to
judicial branch
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Funded and run by NJ
Superior Court- funding
decision made at vicinage
level
Date: 3/6/2016
State Statutory
Comments
Authority
25:95
La. Rev. Stat.
13:991 to 996.57;
13.997;15:571.11;
25L261-262;
25:271 to
25:296.3;
Me. Rev. Stat.
County will provide the room for
Ann. Tit. 4 §193.
the library.
Me. Rev. Stat.
Ann. Tit. 4 §197
Nonstate and private funds may
be used for the library.
Anno. Code of
MD, Art. 38, § 5
and Courts & Jud.
Proceedings Art.,
§ 2-501
M. G. L. ch. 78, §
2-4 and
M.G. L. ch. 211B,
sec. 9
Mich. Comp. Law
§600.8827;
§600.4851
Minn. Stat.
134A.05;
134A.09;
134A.10;
134A.11;
134A.15
Miss. Code. Ann.
§19-7-31.
Mo. Rev. Stat.
§488.426
County Circuit Court Law
Libraries
R.R.S. 1998 §51220
N.R.S. 380.110,
NRS 380.160
N. H. Rev. Stat.
Ann. § 490:25
(Powers & duties
not strictly
funding)
NJSA 2B:10-5
17 public law libraries make up
the Mass. Trial Court Law
Libraries
There is no filing fee revenue.
County Law Libraries
List of filing fees currently
charged:
http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/cllpfees.pdf
State Law Library serves entire
state.
County Law Libraries
County Law Libraries
State Law Library only
Vicinage law libraries (Vicinage
is a county or group of counties)
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Funding Sources for Law Libraries Serving Local Jurisdictions
State
Income Type (Source)
New Mexico
State Appropriation to
District Courts
Court libraries at all levels
funded by State Judiciary
Budget
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
State Statutory
Authority
29 McKinney’s
secs. 810-814
None
County Budget
N.D. Cent. Code
§27-01-01.1
% of Municipal Court and
O.R.C. 3375.50 –
Ct. of Common Pleas fines 3375.54
related to traffic and liquor
law violations
Filing Fees
Okla. Stat. Tit. 19,
§§ 771 & 961.
Civil filing fees
ORS 21.350
Comments
District Court System not county
Counties provide space only
Court libraries
No statutory authority for county
law libraries
District court libraries instead of
county law libraries.
County Law Libraries
County Law Libraries
42 Pa C.S. A.
§ 1725
County Law Libraries
R. I. General
Laws, Chapter 3
Four county law libraries operate
under State Law Library
South Carolina
Fees vary and range from
tax of 20% of filing fee to
$1 for probate of will
State appropriation
through Supreme Ct. for
State Law Library
State General Fund
South Dakota
Filing Fees
S.D. Codified
Laws §14-6-1
through §14-6-5.
Tennessee
State Budget
Texas
Civil filing fees
Utah
State Budget
Vermont
Dept. of Libraries
Virginia
Civil filing fees
Rhode Island
Date: 3/6/2016
State Law Library serves the
state.
Tex. Loc. Gov’t
Code, Sections
323.021 –
323.025
Three State Law Libraries in
Nashville, Knoxville and
Jackson. No county law
libraries.
County Law Libraries
State law library serves the
state. Former county law
libraries now serve county
attorney’s office
Vt. Stat. Ann.
Tit.22, §605.
42.1-70 Code of
Virginia
No organized system of county
law libraries although there are
some with a variety of governing
structures
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Funding Sources for Law Libraries Serving Local Jurisdictions
State
Income Type (Source)
State Statutory
Authority
Comments
Washington
Civil Filing Fees
County General Fund
State Appropriations
through the county
budget.
State Appropriation plus
county general funds
RCW 27.24.070
County Law Libraries
Wisc. Stat.
758.01; 757.40;
757.41
State Law Library system – two
county libraries contract with
state to run libraries
County Funds
Wyoming §5-3111
No county libraries exist. State
Law Library and the University
serves population.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Date: 3/6/2016
W. Va. Code §518-8.
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