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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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Alabama | Ala. Code 1975 §15-27-12 | Expungement of records: Payment in full required |
No order of expungement shall be granted unless all terms and conditions, including court ordered restitution, are satisfied and paid in full, including interest, to any victim, or the Alabama Crime Victim’s Compensation Commission, as well as court costs, fines, or statutory fees ordered by the sentencing court to have been paid, absent a finding of indigency by the court.
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Not provided for | Not provided for | Administrative decision | No |
Not provided for |
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Alabama | Ala. Code 1975 §15-27-4(a)-(b) | Expungement of records: Administrative filling fee. |
(a) In addition to any cost of court or docket fee for filing the petition in circuit court, an administrative filing fee of three hundred dollars ($300) shall be paid at the time the petition is filed and is a condition precedent to any ruling of the court pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person seeking relief under this chapter may apply for indigent status by completing an Affidavit of Substantial Hardship and Order which shall be submitted with the petition. If the court finds the petitioner is indigent, the court may set forth a payment plan for the petitioner to satisfy the filing fee over a period of time, which shall be paid in full, prior to any order granting an expungement. |
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Indigent |
At defendant's request before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Administrative decision | No |
Payment plan |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.38(A) | Establishment of policy requiring payment of reception fee, fee for medical or dental treatment, or fee for random drug test |
. . . The fee for the medical treatment or service shall not exceed the actual cost of the treatment or service provided. No prisoner confined in the local detention facility shall be denied any necessary medical care because of inability to pay the fees.
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All | Not provided for | At enforcement of fine or fee | Not provided for | Administrative decision | No |
Cannot be denied medicare care. |
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