7-6-110. Use of state or private facilities.
(a) The public defender or an appointed defending attorney is entitled to use the same state facilities for the evaluation of evidence as are available to the prosecuting attorney. If it appears the use of state facilities is unavailable or inappropriate, the court may authorize the use of private facilities to be paid for by the state public defender.
(b) When the public defender or an appointed defending attorney requests service of process from the sheriff, no fees shall be charged for such service.