46-17-402. Fees and fines. (1) The fees and fines in municipal court must be the same as the fees and fines provided by law or ordinance, and except as provided in subsection (2), all fees and fines collected by the court must be paid into the city treasury.
     (2) (a) If a final judgment is entered for a fine and the fine is immediately due, the municipal court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of the fine.
     (b) In the event that a private person or entity is retained to collect a fine, the municipal court is authorized to assign the judgment for the fine to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure in its own name.
     (c) The municipal court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, is authorized to pay to the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the fine.

     History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.18, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 429, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1718; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 63, L. 1999.