Chapter 8. Fees of California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 8.

Each salaried officer of a county shall charge and collect for the use of his or her county and pay into the county treasury on or before the fifth day of each month the fees allowed by law in all cases, except those or a percentage of them allowed him or her, and those which are a charge against the county. No salaried officer who collects fees pursuant to this section shall be required to accept coin in payment of those fees.

Unless otherwise specifically provided for by law, each officer of a county shall on the certificate of the auditor immediately deposit in the county treasury all trust money coming into the officer's possession officially. Trust money so deposited shall be withdrawn only on a warrant issued by the county auditor drawn upon requisition of the officer depositing the money.

Upon implementation of the State Disbursement Unit pursuant to Section 17309 of the Family Code, and notwithstanding Section 24351, the local child support agency shall deposit support payments paid to that office to an account in a manner as specified by the Department of Child Support Services to permit the processing of child support payments within the timeframes set forth in federal law.

Each officer authorized to receive fees pursuant to this title shall keep, in accordance with the guidelines of the Controller, a monthly record of all fees or compensation and fines of whatever nature, kind, or description, collected or chargeable. The record shall be open to public inspection during office hours.

Each officer of a county authorized to collect money shall pay into the county treasury all money collected by him or her, or under his or her control, that is payable into the treasury in a timely manner, and shall remit fee, fine, and forfeiture data within 35 days after the end of the month in which they are collected to the county auditor and treasurer in the form they require. No officer who collects money as described in this section shall be required to accept payment in coin. If the county auditor finds that an officer of the county has failed to comply with the requirements for payment of moneys pursuant to this section or Section 68101, which directly results in the assessment of a financial penalty pursuant to Section 68085, the county department that failed to comply shall reimburse the county general fund in an amount equal to the actual penalty. With the approval of the treasurer as provided in Section 27080.1, each depositing officer may deposit directly into the treasurer's active account all money payable into the county treasury.

In counties using a mechanized management reporting system in reporting information for a uniform four-week period, the board of supervisors by ordinance may provide for the totaling of fees as required by Section 24352.

The auditor shall file in his or her office the forms required by this chapter, and may dispose of them after five years in accordance with Section 26907.