Notification of Court Fees (H 6026, S 0792)

The ACLU testified before the House and Senate Judiciary committees in opposition to legislation eliminating the notice requirement before an individual’s name can be included on a list of persons owing overdue court fees.

The ACLU testified before the House and Senate Judiciary committees in opposition to legislation eliminating the notice requirement before an individual’s name can be included on a list of persons owing overdue court fees. Under current law, the director of finance is required to notify a person in writing at least thirty days before including their name on this publicly-posted list. This legislation would have stricken that requirement, ensuring that persons owning court fees would not be notified of their debts until their name was posted publicly. The legislation was approved by the House in June, but never received a Senate vote.