Every person indicted or presented in any court or tried on state warrants charging driving while intoxicated, or carrying a deadly weapon with the intent to be armed, tried in a court of general sessions, for a misdemeanor, except when acquitted, before the person is discharged, shall be required by the judgment of the court to pay or secure or work out in the workhouse, in addition to all other costs, a county expense fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each defendant. The county expense fee shall be included and recovered as part of the costs of the case, and collected and paid over as costs. The county expense fee shall be paid to the county.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 40-25-101. Application of General Provisions as to Fees
§ 40-25-102. Express Authorization Required
§ 40-25-103. Fees to Officers Acting in Lieu of Named Officers
§ 40-25-105. Prosecutor Not Entitled to Fees
§ 40-25-106. Witnesses Living Near Court
§ 40-25-107. State and County Expense Fees for Misdemeanors
§ 40-25-108. Loss of Fees by Clerk's Neglect
§ 40-25-109. Fees on Unserved Process
§ 40-25-110. Fees Lost by Escape of Prisoner — Exception
§ 40-25-111. Payment for Transporting Prisoners — Limitation on Charges
§ 40-25-112. Limitation on Sheriff's Fees
§ 40-25-113. Certification of Items in Bill of Costs
§ 40-25-114. Discretion of Court
§ 40-25-116. Certificate Required for Payment
§ 40-25-117. Refund of Expenses Collected From Defendant
§ 40-25-118. Certification of Fees for Boarding Juries and Prisoners Under Indictment
§ 40-25-119. Contents of Bill of Fees
§ 40-25-120. Taxation of Final Costs to State
§ 40-25-121. Collection and Refund of Costs for Which State Not Liable
§ 40-25-122. Seal Not Required on Certificates
§ 40-25-124. Costs Where Several Defendants
§ 40-25-125. Costs on Peace Warrant
§ 40-25-126. Taxing of Costs of Malicious or Frivolous Prosecution
§ 40-25-127. Taxing of Costs on Abandonment of Prosecution
§ 40-25-128. Taxing Prosecutor Where Defendant Has Made Settlement
§ 40-25-130. Circumstances When State or County Liable
§ 40-25-134. Judgment for Costs
§ 40-25-136. Certification of Bills of Costs Against State or County
§ 40-25-137. Audit and Payment of Bills of Costs
§ 40-25-138. Warrants Payable to Person Entitled to Fees