What are court administrative fees?

Administrative fees are money you pay to the courts, county, and other agencies to cover the day-to-day costs of running the courts and criminal justice system. Administrative fees are used to pay for things like court security, probation supervision, public defender fees, jail time, and debt collection.[2162] Some fees are imposed by the court; other fees are imposed by the county or by other agencies.

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    See Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 27712 (public defender fees), 29550, 29550.1, 29550.2 (jail booking fees); Cal. Penal Code §§ 987.5; 987.8 (presentence investigation costs and attorney fees), 1463.07 (administrative screening fee), 1465.8 (court security fee), 2085.5(e), (f), (i) (administrative fee for collection of restitution payments by CDCR and/or county jail). ↑