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North Dakota courts collected about $6.9 million in fees; $31.5 million remains outstanding, court official says
Summary
Finance director for the North Dakota Court System told the Interim Judiciary Committee the court system collected roughly $6.9 million in court fees during the 2023–25 biennium but has an accounts-receivable balance of about $31.55 million, much of it older than two years.
Don Wolf, finance director for the North Dakota Court System, told the Interim Judiciary Committee in August 2025 the courts collected about $6,900,000 in court fees during the 2023–25 biennium and are carrying an outstanding accounts‑receivable balance of roughly $31,550,000. “Most of this is made up of the criminal fees,” Wolf said, adding the majority of that balance is more than two years old. The discrepancy stems from statutory court administration and related fees that courts assess at sentencing and from long-running collection challenges, Wolf said. State law sets the criminal court administration fee at a dollar amount that ranges by offense class — Wolf recited the schedule as $125 for a class B misdemeanor or class B felony level, rising to $900 for…
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