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Louisiana | Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-183 (June 17, 1983) | Court's authority to impose costs | Other applicable opinions |
It is well settled that the recovery and allowance of costs in criminal prosecutions is dependent entirely on statutory provisions. Absent statutory authority, a court has no power to award + See morecosts against a defendant on conviction. See C. J. S. Costs Section 435, 437.
Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-183 (June 17, 1983)
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Virginia | 2000 Va. Op. Att'y. Gen. (2000) | Costs and fines dischargeable in bankruptcy | Other applicable opinions |
"Criminal costs, which may or may not be contingent upon sentence but are associated with conviction, and traffic fines are nondischargeable in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. Debt for restitution or + See morecriminal fine included in criminal sentence is nondischargeable in Chapter 13 bankruptcy; criminal fines not contingent upon sentence, traffic fines arising from traffic infractions, and civil traffic fines are dischargeable in Chapter 13 bankruptcies."
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