If another law enforcement agency executes the warrant, the court is required to send the $50 warrant fee to the other law enforcement agency even if the defendant is found not guilty.

• A. False
• B. True
• C. The fee is sent only if the defendant is convicted.
• D. The court may forward the fee but is not required to.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is who pays and to whom the warrant fee belongs. The $50 warrant fee is a court cost assessed by the issuing court to cover its own administrative expenses in issuing and processing a warrant. It is not a payment that automatically goes to the agency that later executes the warrant. The outcome of the case—whether the defendant is convicted or found not guilty—does not require the court to forward that fee to another agency. In short, the fee is not mandatorily sent to the executing agency, and it isn’t dependent on a conviction.