Arkansas § 12-41-505 - Expenses and support.

§ 12-41-505. Expenses and support.

Every person who is committed to the common jail of the county by lawful authority for any criminal offense or misdemeanor, if he or she is convicted, shall pay the expenses in carrying him or her to jail and also for his or her support from the day of his or her initial incarceration for the whole time he or she remains there. The expenses which accrue shall be paid as directed in the act regulating criminal proceedings. A person convicted of a felony or a Class A misdemeanor shall be assessed a booking and administration fee of forty dollars ($40.00). The booking and administration fee described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be assessed upon the conviction of a defendant and included in the judgment of conviction entered by the court. If a court suspends imposition of sentence on a defendant or places him or her on probation and does not enter a judgment of conviction, the court shall impose the booking and administration fee as a cost. The booking and administration fee assessed under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be deposited into the county treasury by the collecting officer to be credited and used in the following manner: Ten percent (10%) of each booking and administration fee collected shall be deposited into or credited to the county sheriff's office fund described in § 12-41-105 by the county treasurer, and then transferred by check on a monthly basis using a uniform remittance form provided by the Treasurer of State, to the Treasurer of State for the Law Enforcement Training Fund; and The remaining funds shall be deposited into or credited to a special revenue fund and used for the maintenance, operation, and capital expenditures of a county jail or regional detention facility and for certificate pay for law enforcement and jailer personnel. The property of the person shall be subject to the payment of the expenses and the booking and administration fee.