KRS 23A.215: Disposition of Circuit Court fees and costs.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fees and costs collected

pursuant to KRS 23A.200(1) shall be deposited in the general fund of the State

Treasury.

(2) Fees consisting of reimbursement for incidental direct outlays, including but no t

limited to postage and legal advertising, may be retained by the clerk and expended

for these purposes in accordance with relevant directives of the Administrative

Office of the Courts.

(3) Additional costs in Circuit Court civil cases authorized by subs ection (2) of KRS

23A.200 shall be paid to the sheriff or other officer serving the process.

(4) Filing fees in civil actions shall be recoverable as costs.

(5) No later than the seventh working day of each month the circuit clerk shall pay the

funds collected from each court cost collected under KRS 23A.205 to the court cost

distribution fund established in KRS 42.320 and report to the Finance and

Administration Cabinet and the Administrative Office of the Courts the amounts

deposited into the court cost distribution fund.