The court may impose interlocutory costs on the parties and monetary sanctions in every case and in any stage on one of the parties or its legal representatives for delay, inaction, abandonment, obstruction, or lack of diligence in prejudice of the sound administration of justice. The payment of such fees shall be made electronically or by any other means or instrument adopted by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury. The amounts collected on account of monetary sanctions imposed on the parties or their attorneys shall be deposited in the Special Fund of the Judicial Branch created under § 1482e of this title, to be used in the manner and for the purposes established therein. History —July 30, 2009, No. 47, § 13, eff. July 1, 2010.
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