Recovery by poor person shall be paid to the clerk of court where ______ was entered to await distribution pursuant to court order.

• A. the order was entered
• B. the filing fee order was entered
• C. the court order was entered
• D. the poor person order was entered

Answer: (D)

The situation is governed by how funds are handled when a person is declared poor for court proceedings. When someone has a pauper (poor person) status, any recovery is paid to the clerk of the court where that pauper order was entered. The pauper order is the instrument that authorizes the court to take custody of the funds and to hold them for distribution under the court’s directions. By design, the clerk at that specific court oversees the funds and ensures they’re distributed only as the court orders.

That’s why identifying where the pauper order was entered is essential: it designates the correct clerk to receive and hold the recovery for eventual distribution. The other options refer to generic or unrelated orders and do not establish the proper channel for handling a pauper’s recovery.