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Below are the ability to pay laws that meet your search criteria. Many include a See related provisions prompt which searches our database for laws that may pertain to your result.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2907.27(2) | Examination and treatment for venereal diseases and HIV | If the accused is indigent, the court shall order the accused to report to a facility operated by a city health district or a general health district for treatment. | All | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Use of a city facility for examination and testing |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.19(B)(5) | Sentencing hearing |
Before imposing a financial sanction under section 2929.18 of the Revised Code or a fine under section 2929.32 of the Revised Code, the court shall consider the offender's present and future ability to pay the amount of the sanction or fine.
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Not provided for |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | Yes |
Likely no requirement to pay financial sanction |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.37(A) | Policy requiring prisoner to pay costs of confinement |
The amount assessed under this section shall not exceed the total amount that the prisoner is able to pay. |
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Not provided for |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Likely no requirement to pay costs of confinement |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2947.14 | Satisfaction of fine |
(A) If a fine is imposed as a sentence or a part of a sentence, the court or magistrate that imposed the fine may order that the offender be committed to the jail or workhouse until the fine is paid or secured to be paid, or the offender is otherwise legally discharged, if the court or magistrate determines at a hearing that the offender is able, at that time, to pay the fine but refuses to do so. The hearing required by this section shall be conducted at the time of sentencing.
(B) At the hearing, the offender has the right to be represented by counsel and to testify and present evidence as to the offender’s ability to pay the fine. If a court or magistrate determines after considering the evidence presented by an offender, that the offender is able to pay a fine, the determination shall be supported by findings of fact set forth in a judgment entry that indicate the offender’s income, assets, and debts, as presented by the offender, and the offender’s ability to pay. (C) If the court or magistrate has found the offender able to pay a fine at a hearing conducted in compliance with divisions (A) and (B) of this section, and the offender fails to pay the fine, a warrant may be issued for the arrest of the offender. Any offender held in custody pursuant to such an arrest shall be entitled to a hearing on the first regularly scheduled court day following the date of arrest in order to inform the court or magistrate of any change of circumstances that has occurred since the time of sentencing and that affects the offender’s ability to pay the fine. The right to the hearing on any change of circumstances may be waived by the offender. At the hearing to determine any change of circumstances, the offender has the right to testify and present evidence as to any portion of the offender’s income, assets, or debts that has changed in such a manner as to affect the offender’s ability to pay the fine. If a court or magistrate determines, after considering any evidence presented by the offender, that the offender remains able to pay the fine, that determination shall be supported by a judgment entry that includes findings of fact upon which such a determination is based. (D) No person shall be ordered to be committed to a jail or workhouse or otherwise be held in custody in satisfaction of a fine imposed as the whole or a part of a sentence except as provided in this section. Any person imprisoned pursuant to this section shall receive credit upon the fine at the rate of fifty dollars per day or fraction of a day. If the unpaid fine is less than fifty dollars, the person shall be imprisoned one day. (E) No commitment pursuant to this section shall exceed six months. |
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Case-by-case analysis. Determined based upon income, assets, and debts. |
At enforcement of fine or fee | Burden on defendant to show inability to pay | Determined by judge after hearing | Yes |
Not imprisoned for nonpayment. |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2941.51(D) | Person represented shall pay for part of costs if able |
The fees and expenses approved by the court under this section shall not be taxed as part of the costs and shall be paid by the county. However, if the person represented has, or reasonably may be expected to have, the means to meet some part of the cost of the services rendered to the person, the person shall pay the county an amount that the person reasonably can be expected to pay.
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All |
Not provided for. |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
County will pay representation fees in-full or in part. |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-502 | Request for testing--Mandatory testing--Liability for costs | the alleged offender who is tested is responsible upon conviction for the costs of testing, unless the alleged offender is indigent. | All |
indigent |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
costs covered by state |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 77-32a-3 | Ability to pay |
The court shall not include in the judgment a sentence that a defendant pay costs unless the defendant is or will be able to pay them. In determining the amount + See moreand method of payment of costs, the court shall take account of the financial resources of the defendant and the nature of the burden that payment of costs will impose and that restitution be the first priority
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All | Not provided for | Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes | Not provided for |
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