A routine audit of Utah’s Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has found some weaknesses in internal controls involving the collection of surcharges and the operation of an online repository of court records.
In a report released Wednesday, the Office of the State Auditor noted that justice courts are required to remit to the State Treasurer surcharges imposed for violations of state law. However, neither the AOC nor the State Treasurer’s Office has established a control to ensure that the surcharges are properly calculated and remitted, the report says.
In addition, the AOC’s XChange program, a subscription-based clearinghouse of court information, has multiple weaknesses, the report says.