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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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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. § 622:31-a Medical Care; Inmate Copayment Required

An inmate shall not be refused medical treatment for financial reasons.

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At enforcement of fine or fee Not provided for Not provided for Yes Not provided for
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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 504-A:13(I) Supervision and Service Charges

The court shall establish a supervision fee for probationers, and the parole board shall establish a supervision fee for parolees. The fee shall not be less than $40 a month,

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unless waived in whole or in part by the court, board or commissioner, and may be any greater amount as established by the court or board. This fee shall be considered a condition of release, and failure to satisfy this obligation shall be grounds for a violation hearing, unless the probationer or parolee has been found to be indigent and, for that reason, unable to pay the fee. 

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At enforcement of fine or fee Not provided for Not provided for No

Parole/probation not revoked for nonpayment.

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New Hampshire N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651:66 Revocation of Restitution

The supervising agency, or the offender who has been sentenced to pay restitution and has not inexcusably defaulted in payment thereof, may at any time petition the court which sentenced

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him for a revocation of any unpaid portion of the restitution. If the court finds that the circumstances which warranted the imposition of the restitution have changed, or that it would otherwise be unjust to require payment, the court may revoke the unpaid portion of the restitution in whole or in part, or modify the time and method of payment.

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Circumstances which warranted the imposition of the restitution have changed, or that it would otherwise be unjust to require payment.

At enforcement of fine or fee Not provided for Determined by judge without hearing No

Revoke the unpaid portion of the restitution in whole or in part, or modify the time and method of payment.

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Virginia Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-358(C) Show cause hearing on default
B. Following the order to show cause or following a capias issued for a defendant's failure to comply with a court order to appear issued pursuant to subsection A of
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§ 19.2-354, unless the defendant shows that his default was not attributable to an intentional refusal to obey the sentence of the court, or not attributable to a failure on his part to make a good faith effort to obtain the necessary funds for payment, or unless the defendant shows that any failure to appear was not attributable to an intentional refusal to obey the order of the court, the court may order the defendant confined as for a contempt for a term not to exceed sixty days or impose a fine not to exceed $500. The court may provide in its order that payment or satisfaction of the amounts in default at any time will entitle the defendant to his release from such confinement or, after entering the order, may at any time reduce the sentence for good cause shown, including payment or satisfaction of such amounts. C. If it appears that the default is excusable under the standards set forth in subsection B hereof, the court may enter an order allowing the defendant additional time for payment, reducing the amount due or of each installment, or remitting the unpaid portion in whole or in part.
All Not provided for At enforcement of fine or fee Burden on defendant to show inability to pay Determined by judge after hearing No

additional time for payment, reducing the amount due or of each installment, or remitting the unpaid portion in whole or in part