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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Level of offense | Definition of ability to pay | Timeline | Burden of proof | Method of determination | Mandatory | Remedies if unable to pay | |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-111 | Presentence investigation--when required |
The psychosexual evaluation must be made available to the county attorney's office, the defense attorney, the probation and parole officer, and the sentencing judge. All costs related to the evaluation + See moremust be paid by the defendant. If the defendant is determined by the district court to be indigent, all costs related to the evaluation are the responsibility of the district court and must be paid by the county or the state, or both, under Title 3, chapter 5, part 9. The district court may order subsequent psychosexual evaluations at the request of the county attorney. The requestor of any subsequent psychosexual evaluations is responsible for the cost of the evaluation.
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Indigency |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waive or reduce fee |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-111 | Presentence investigation--when required |
The mental health evaluation must be made available to the county attorney's office, the defense attorney, the probation and parole officer, and the sentencing judge. All costs related to the + See moreevaluation must be paid by the defendant. If the defendant is determined by the district court to be indigent, all costs related to the evaluation are the responsibility of the district court and must be paid by the county or the state, or both, under Title 3, chapter 5, part 9.
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Indigency |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waive or reduce fee |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-236(2) | Imposition of charge upon conviction or forfeiture--administration |
If a convicting court determines under 46-18-231 and 46-18-232 that the person is not able to pay the fine and costs or that the person is unable to pay within + See morea reasonable time, the court shall waive payment of the charge imposed by this section.
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As determined under Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-231 and Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-232 |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waive surcharge |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-241(3) | Condition of Restitution |
If at any time the court finds that, because of circumstances beyond the offender's control, the offender is not able to pay any restitution, the court may order the offender + See moreto perform community service during the time that the offender is unable to pay. The offender must be given a credit against restitution due at the rate of the hours of community service times the state minimum wage in effect at the time that the community service is performed.
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Not able to pay any restitution because of circumstances beyond the offender's control |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Community service payable against restitution owed in amount equal to the minimum wage for each hour worked. |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-23-1005(3) | Misdemeanor probation offices--officers--costs | The actual cost of probation supervision over the offender's sentence must be paid by the offender unless the offender can show that the offender is unable to pay those costs. | Misdemeanor | Not provided for | Not provided for | Burden on defendant to show inability to pay | Not provided for | Yes |
Waive or reduce fee |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-23-1022 | Parole services |
The department may purchase necessary services for a parolee if they are otherwise unavailable and the parolee is unable to pay for them. It may assess all or part of + See morethe costs of such services to a parolee in accordance with the parolee's ability to pay for them.
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All | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-23-1031(c) | Supervisory fees |
The court, department, or board may reduce or waive a fee required by subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) or suspend the monthly payment of the supervisory fee if it determines that + See morethe payment would cause the person a significant financial hardship.
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All | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waive or reduce fee |
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New York | N.Y. Penal Law § 80.00 | Fine for felony |
When imposing a fine pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the court shall consider the profit gained by defendant's conduct, whether the amount of the fine is disproportionate to + See morethe conduct in which defendant engaged, its impact on any victims, and defendant's economic circumstances, including the defendant's ability to pay, the effect of the fine upon his or her immediate family or any other persons to whom the defendant owes an obligation of support.
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Felony | Not provided for | Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Not specified |
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New York | N.Y. Correct. Law § 201(9) | Authority and responsibility for community supervision |
The department shall waive all or part of such fee where, because of the indigence of the offender, the payment of said fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the + See moreperson convicted, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such person for financial support.
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payment of said fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the person convicted, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such person for financial support.
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Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waiver of fee |
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New York | N.Y. Exec. Law § 257-c | Probation administrative fee |
The department shall waive all or part of such fee where, because of the indigence of the offender, the payment of said surcharge would work an unreasonable hardship on the + See moreperson convicted, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such person for financial support.
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payment of said surcharge would work an unreasonable hardship on the person convicted, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such person for financial support.
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Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waiver of fee |
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New York | N.Y. Correct. Law § 189(2) | Disposition of moneys paid to prisoner for his labor |
The commissioner shall waive the collection of such fee where it is determined that the payment of the fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the prisoner or his or + See moreher immediate family.
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payment of the fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the prisoner or his or her immediate family. |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waiver of fee |
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New York | N.Y. Veh. & Traf. Law § 1198(5) | Installation and operation of ignition interlock devices |
The cost of installing and maintaining the ignition interlock device shall be borne by the person subject to such condition unless the court determines such person is financially unable to + See moreafford such cost whereupon such cost may be imposed pursuant to a payment plan or waived
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the court determines such person is financially unable to afford such cost |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Waiver or payment plan |
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New York | N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 420.30 | Remission of fines, restitution or reparation |
a court may waive the crime victim assistance fee if such defendant is an eligible youth as defined in subdivision two of section 720.10 of this chapter, and the imposition of such + See morefee would work an unreasonable hardship on the defendant, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such defendant for financial support.
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imposition of such fee would work an unreasonable hardship on the defendant, his or her immediate family, or any other person who is dependent on such defendant for financial support. |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Waiver of fee |
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New York | N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 420.35 | Mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee; applicability to sentences mandating payment of fines |
When the court directs that the defendant be imprisoned until the mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee is satisfied, it must specify a maximum period of + See moreimprisonment not to exceed fifteen days; provided, however, a court may not direct that a defendant be imprisoned until the mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee, or DNA databank fee is satisfied or otherwise for failure to pay the mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee unless the court makes a contemporaneous finding on the record, after according defendant notice and an opportunity to be heard, that the payment of the mandatory surcharge, sex offender registration fee or DNA databank fee upon defendant will not work an unreasonable hardship upon him or her or his or her immediate family.
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unreasonable hardship upon defendant or defendant's immediate family |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Waiver of fee |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 988.9 | Fees and costs |
In hardship cases the supervising agency may expressly waive all or part of the fee. No supervising agency participating in a local community sentencing system shall deny any offender supervision + See moreservices for the sole reason that the offender is indigent.
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All | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Administrative decision | No |
Waiver of fee |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 991a(A)(4) | Sentencing powers of court--Alcohol and drug assessment and evaluation--Restitution, fines, or incarceration--Victim impact statements--Probation and monitoring--DNA samples |
if, in the opinion of the court, the defendant is able to pay without imposing manifest hardship on the defendant, and if the costs incurred by the Bureau during the + See moreinvestigation of the defendant's case may be determined with reasonable certainty;
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All | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Other | Yes |
None specified |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 471.6H | Final eligibility hearing--Acceptance into program--Duration of participation--Costs and fees--Driving privileges |
Court orders for costs and fees shall remain an obligation of the offender until fully paid; provided, however, once the offender has successfully completed the drug court program, the drug + See morecourt judge shall have the discretion to expressly waive all or part of the costs and fees provided for in this subsection if, in the opinion of the drug court judge, continued payment of the costs and fees by the offender would create a financial hardship for the offender. Offenders who have not fully paid all costs and fees pursuant to court order but who have otherwise successfully completed the drug court program shall not be counted as an active drug court participant for purposes of drug court contracts or program participant numbers.
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No financial hardship |
At enforcement of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Waiver of fee |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 60.2C | Protective order--Petition--Complaint requirement for certain stalking victims--Fees | the court shall have authority to waive the costs and fees if the court finds that the party does not have the ability to pay the costs and fees. | All | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Waiver of costs |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 1355.14E | Payment of costs of representation--Fee schedule |
The fees shall be assessed unless ordered waived upon good cause shown by the indigent person, or unless another amount is specifically requested by counsel for the indigent person and + See moreis approved by the court.
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Not indigent |
At defendant's request before imposition of fine or fee | Burden on defendant to show inability to pay | Not provided for | No |
Waiver of fee |
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Oklahoma | Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 1-4-701A | Reimbursements and costs by parents able to pay | Upon notice to the parent or other person legally obligated to support the child and upon an opportunity to be heard and a finding of financial ability to pay | All | Not provided for | Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge after hearing | Yes |
None specified |
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