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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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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-205(e)(2);(f)(3) | Restitution |
(e)(2)In determining the method of payment, the court shall take into account: (A) The financial resources of the defendant and the burden that payment of restitution will impose with regard to another obligation of the defendant; (B) The ability of the defendant to pay restitution on an installment basis or on another condition to be fixed by the court; and (C) The rehabilitative effect on the defendant of the payment of restitution and the method of payment....(f) (3) In determining whether to revoke probation or conditional release, the court or releasing authority shall consider: (A) The defendant's employment status; (B) The defendant's earning ability; (C) The defendant's financial resources; (D) The willfulness of the defendant's failure to pay; and (E) Any other special circumstances that may have a bearing on the defendant's ability to pay.
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"The financial resources of the defendant and the burden that payment of restitution will impose with regard to another obligation of the defendant; The ability of the defendant to pay restitution on an installment basis or on another condition to be fixed by the court."
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Not provided for | Not provided for | Determined by judge after hearing | Yes | Not provided for |
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Arkansas | Ark. Const. Art. 2, § 9 | Excessive Bail or Punishment Prohibited -- Witness -- Detention |
Excessive bail shall not be required; nor shall excessive fines be imposed; nor shall cruel or unusual punishments be inflicted; nor witnesses be unreasonably detained. |
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Fines cannot be "excessive". |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes | Not provided for |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-303(f) | Conditions of Suspension or Probation |
(1) If the court suspends imposition of sentence on a defendant or places him or her on probation conditioned upon his or her making restitution under subdivision (c)(6) of this section, the court, by concurrence of the victim, defendant, and the prosecuting authority, shall determine the amount to be paid as restitution. (2) After considering the assets, financial condition, and occupation of the defendant, the court shall further determine: (A) Whether restitution shall be total or partial; (B) The amounts to be paid if by periodic payments; and (C) If a personal service is contemplated, the reasonable value and rate of compensation for the personal service rendered to the victim.
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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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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-104(b)-(d) | Supervision Fee -- Direct Payment by Offender -- Failure to Pay |
(b) (1) When an offender on probation defaults in the payment of supervision fees or any installment thereof, the court may require the offender to show cause why he or she would not be imprisoned for nonpayment. (2) The offender shall not be imprisoned if the offender is financially unable to make the payments and states so to the court in writing, under oath, and the court so finds. (3) Unless the offender shows that his or her default was not attributable to a purposeful refusal to obey the sentence of the court or to a failure on his or her part to make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for payment, the court may order the defendant imprisoned until the payments are made. (4) If the court determines that the default in payment is not attributable to the causes specified in subdivision (b)(3) of this section, the court may enter an order allowing the offender additional time for payment, reducing the amount of each installment, or revoking the fees or the unpaid portion thereof in whole or in part. (c) (1) The offender on parole may be imprisoned for violation of parole if the offender is financially able to make the payments and if the payments are not made and the Parole Board so finds, subject to the limitations set out in this subsection. (2) The offender shall not be imprisoned if the offender is financially unable to make the payments and states so under oath to the Parole Board in writing, and the Parole Board so finds. (d) Court costs under § 16-10-305 shall be collected in full before any fees are collected under this section.
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"The offender is financially unable to make the payments." |
Not provided for | Burden on defendant to show inability to pay | Determined by judge without hearing | Yes |
Additional Time, Reduced Payments, Revoke Fees. |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 5-65-114 | Inability to Pay -- Alternative Public Service Work |
If a court finds that a person against whom fines, fees, or court costs are levied for violating this chapter is financially unable to pay the fines, fees, or costs, the court shall order the person to perform public service work as the court determines is appropriate.
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"Financially unable to pay the fines, fees, or costs." |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | Yes |
Community Service. |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-303(g)(2)(B) | Conditions of Suspension or Probation |
The amount of the assessed attorney's fee shall be commensurate with the defendant's ability to pay. |
All | Not provided for | Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | Yes |
Waiver/Reduction of Fee. |
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Arkansas | A.C.A. § 5-2-331 | Cost of Mental Health Services, Examination, and Treatment of Defendant |
Rules establishing reasonable charges for the cost of treatment or other mental health services under this section shall provide for waiving or postponing the collection of the charges based on: (A) Clinical considerations; (B) The defendant's inability to pay; or (C) A court determination that the defendant is wholly or partly indigent and qualifies for the appointment of an attorney under § 16-87-213.
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All | Not provided for | At enforcement of fine or fee | Not provided for | Administrative decision | No | Not provided for |
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Arkansas | A.C.A. § 16-13-704 | Installment Payments -- Definition |
(a) (1) If the court concludes that the defendant has the ability to pay the fine, but that requiring the defendant to make immediate payment in full would cause a severe and undue hardship for the defendant and the defendant's dependents, the court may authorize payment of the fine by means of installment payments in accordance with this subchapter; (d) "Ability to pay" means that the resources of the defendant, including all available income and resources, are sufficient to pay the fine and provide the defendant and his or her dependents with a reasonable subsistence compatible with health and decency.
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"The resources of the defendant, including all available income and resources, are sufficient to pay the fine and provide the defendant and his or her dependents with a reasonable subsistence compatible with health and decency."
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Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | No | Not provided for |
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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 § 2949.092 | Condition for waiver of specified additional court costs |
If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense and the court specifically is required, pursuant to section 2743.70, 2949.091,2949.093, or 2949.094 of the Revised Code or pursuant to any other section of the Revised Code to impose a specified sum of money as costs in the case in addition to any other costs that the court is required or permitted by law to impose in the case, the court shall not waive the payment of the specified additional court costs that the section of the Revised Code specifically requires the court to impose unless the court determines that the offender is indigent and the court waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the offender.
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Indigent |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Fee waiver |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2743.70(1) | Additional court costs and bail to be charged |
(1) The court, in which any person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, shall impose the following sum as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon the offender:
(a) Thirty dollars, if the offense is a felony; (b) Nine dollars, if the offense is a misdemeanor. The court shall not waive the payment of the thirty or nine dollars court costs, unless the court determines that the offender is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the indigent offender. All such moneys shall be transmitted on the first business day of each month by the clerk of the court to the treasurer of state and deposited by the treasurer in the reparations fund. |
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Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | No |
Fee waiver |
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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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Felony |
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 § 2743.70(A)(2) | Additional costs in criminal cases in all courts to fund reparations payments |
(2) The juvenile court in which a child is found to be a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender for an act which, if committed by an adult, would be an offense other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, shall impose the following sum as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required or permitted by law to impose upon the delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender:
(a) Thirty dollars, if the act, if committed by an adult, would be a felony; (b) Nine dollars, if the act, if committed by an adult, would be a misdemeanor. The thirty or nine dollars court costs shall be collected in all cases unless the court determines the juvenile is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs, or enters an order on its journal stating that it has determined that the juvenile is indigent, that no other court costs are to be taxed in the case, and that the payment of the thirty or nine dollars court costs is waived. All such moneys collected during a month shall be transmitted on or before the twentieth day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the treasurer of state and deposited by the treasurer in the reparations fund. |
Traffic |
Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | No |
Likely no requirement to pay financial sanction |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.091(A)(1)(b) | Fees and costs |
The court shall not waive the payment of the additional thirty-, twenty-, or ten-dollar court costs, unless the court determines that the offender is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the indigent offender.
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Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | No |
Fee waiver |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.091(A)(1) | Additional court costs or bail |
(a) The court in which any person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense shall impose one of the following sums as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon the offender:
(i) Thirty dollars if the offense is a felony; (ii) Twenty dollars if the offense is a misdemeanor other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation; (iii) Ten dollars if the offense is a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, excluding parking violations. (b) All moneys collected pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section during a month shall be transmitted on or before the twentieth day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the treasurer of state and deposited by the treasurer of state to the credit of the indigent defense support fund established under section 120.08 of the Revised Code. The court shall not waive the payment of the additional thirty-, twenty-, or ten-dollar court costs, unless the court determines that the offender is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the indigent offender. |
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Indigent |
Not provided for | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | No |
Fee waiver |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2301.14 | Taxing costs |
The clerk of the court of common pleas in which the service of a court interpreter is rendered shall tax in the cost bill in such case, to be collected as other costs, the sum of three dollars for each day of service of such interpreter, which fees shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county fund. If the party taxed with costs is indigent, the clerk shall not tax the interpreter’s fees as costs, and the county shall pay the interpreter’s fees.
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Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
County pays for the interpreter. |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2151.54 | Fees and costs |
If a child is adjudicated to be a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender and the juvenile court specifically is required, by section 2743.70 or 2949.091 of the Revised Code or any other section of the Revised Code, to impose a specified sum of money as court costs in addition to any other court costs that the court is required or permitted by law to impose, the court shall not waive the payment of the specified additional court costs that the section of the Revised Code specifically requires the court to impose unless the court determines that the child is indigent and the court either waives the payment of all court costs or enters an order in its journal stating that no court costs are to be taxed in the case.
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Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge without hearing | No |
Waives the payment of all court costs or enters an order in its journal stating that no court costs are to be taxed in the case |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.28(B) | Financial Sanctions - misdemeanor |
If the court determines a hearing is necessary, the court may hold a hearing to determine whether the offender is able to pay the financial sanction imposed pursuant to this section or court costs or is likely in the future to be able to pay the sanction or costs. If the court determines that the offender is indigent and unable to pay the financial sanction or court costs, the court shall consider imposing and may impose a term of community service under division (A) of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code in lieu of imposing a financial sanction or court costs. If the court does not determine that the offender is indigent, the court may impose a term of community service under division (A) of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code in lieu of or in addition to imposing a financial sanction under this section and in addition to imposing court costs. The court may order community service for a minor misdemeanor pursuant to division (D) of section 2929.27 of the Revised Code in lieu of or in addition to imposing a financial sanction under this section and in addition to imposing court costs. If a person fails to pay a financial sanction or court costs, the court may order community service in lieu of the financial sanction or court costs.
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Misdemeanor |
Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Determined by judge after hearing | No |
Community service in lieu of restitution. |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2953.32(C)(3) | Sealing of record of conviction or bail forfeiture |
An applicant may request the sealing of the records of more than one case in a single application under this section. Upon the filing of an application under this section, the applicant, unless indigent, shall pay a fee of fifty dollars, regardless of the number of records the application requests to have sealed.
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All |
Indigent |
Before imposition of fine or fee | Not provided for | Not provided for | No |
Likely no requirement to pay fee |
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