Receipt and care of deposits for costs, and fees; payment of fines, costs, etc., to clerk; deposit; accounting

§ 11–984. Receipt and care of deposits for costs, and fees; payment of fines, costs, etc., to clerk; deposit; accounting (a) The clerk of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall receive and care for all deposits for costs made and fees exacted under the rules governing the fee charges in the civil division of the court, and shall make a weekly deposit with the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative of all fees earned during the preceding week. The money so collected shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. (b) The clerk shall return to parties making the deposits specified by subsection (a) of this section any part of a deposit that remains in his hands over and above the earned fees in completed cases, and shall render an itemized statement to the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative of every fee earned, on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Board or its authorized representative. Any part of a deposit remaining in the clerk’s hands for a period of three years, for which claim has not been made by the party entitled to receive it, shall revert to the District of Columbia, and shall be paid forthwith by the clerk to the Board or its authorized representative as part of the revenues of the District. (c) Fines, penalties, costs, and forfeitures imposed or taxed in the criminal division of the Court of General Sessions shall be paid to the clerk, either with or without process or on process ordered by the court. On the first secular day of each week, the clerk shall deposit with the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative the total 77 Stat. 492amount thereof collected by him during the week next preceding the date of the deposit, to be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia. The clerk shall render an itemized statement of each deposit upon forms and in the manner prescribed by the Board or its authorized representative. (d) Moneys collected in the criminal division of the Court of General Sessions remaining in the hands of the clerk for a period of two years or more, for which claim has not been made by the parties entitled thereto, shall revert to the District of Columbia, and shall be paid by the clerk to the Board of Commissioners or its authorized representative. to be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.