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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §20 Provide for collection of overdue fines and fees from money collected

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shall plan and implement arrangements for the collection of overdue fines and fees due the state courts, the costs of which may

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be paid from money collected. These arrangements may include but are not limited to: Employing special project clerks, assistants and other staff; contracting with state agencies; contracting for special or private debt collection services; purchasing necessary equipment; and compensating state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies for services provided.

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §27(1) Funds collected by Bureau of Revenue Services

The State Court Administrator shall enter into an agreement with the State Tax Assessor by which the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services may collect on

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the Judicial Department's behalf fees, fines, costs and penalties, the imposition of which is provided for by this Title. Any such agreement must specify which categories of fees, fines, forfeitures, costs and penalties are to be collected by the Bureau of Revenue Services.

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 § 555 Fee Schedule

The Supreme Judicial Court shall have the authority to prescribe rules establishing the fees of clerks of the judicial courts.

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 § 175 Fees of the district court

The Supreme Judicial Court shall have the authority to prescribe rules establishing the fees of the District Courts.

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §557 Receipt and discharge of fines and costs voluntarily paid

The clerk shall receive all fines, forfeitures and bills of costs imposed or accruing to the use of the State when paid or tendered to him before a precept is

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issued to enforce collection, give discharges therefor and enter them of record.

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §554 Accounting by clerks

Clerks of judicial courts shall account monthly for all fees received by them or payable to them by virtue of their office, except those portions of fees collected for passports

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and naturalization proceedings that are payable to the Federal Government, specify the items and pay the whole amount of the same to the Treasurer of State at such times and in such manner as the Chief Justice of the Superior Court or the Chief Justice’s designee from time to time specifies.

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 §168(1) District Court: Funds

1. District Court funds. Except as otherwise provided by law, all fines, forfeitures, surcharges, assessments and fees collected in any division of the District Court or by the violations bureau

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must be paid to the clerk of that District Court, who shall deposit them in a special account in a timely manner. Once each month, the clerk shall remit the sums to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit them to the General Fund. 

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §1943 Fines, costs and forfeitures in Superior Court

Every clerk of a Superior Court shall render under oath a detailed account of all fines, costs and forfeitures upon convictions and sentences before the court and shall pay them

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into the State Treasury on or before the 15th day of the month following the collection of such fines, costs and forfeitures. 

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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-302(1) Execution of judgment The judgment must be executed by the sheriff, constable, marshal, or police officer of the jurisdiction in which the offender was convicted.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-303(2) Deposit of fines--collection
(a) The court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the court. (b) In the event that a
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private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name. (c) The court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment. The fee incurred by the court must be added to the judgment amount.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-17-402(2) Fees and fines--collection The municipal court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the municipal court.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 3-10-601(4) Collection and disposition of fines, penalties, forfeitures, and fees
(a) The justice's court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any final judgment that requires a payment to the justice's court. (b) In the event
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that a private person or entity is retained to collect a judgment, the justice's court may assign the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute a suit or other lawful collection procedure and other postjudgment remedies in its own name. (c) The justice's court may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the judgment. The fee incurred by the justice's court must be added to the judgment amount.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-19-102(3) Execution of judgment
(a) The court may contract with a private person or entity for the collection of any fine portion of a judgment. (b) In the event that a private person or entity
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is retained to collect the fine portion of a judgment, the court may assign the fine portion of the judgment to the private person or entity and the private person or entity may, as an assignee, institute suit or other lawful collection procedures and postjudgment remedies in the private person's or entity's own name. (c) The court, after deducting the charges provided for in 46-18-236, may pay the private person or entity a reasonable fee for collecting the fine portion of a judgment. The fee incurred by the court must be added to the fine portion of the judgment amount.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 17-4-103 Collection of claims by department
The department [of revenue] may examine the collection of money due an agency and institute suits: (i) in its name for official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and
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payment of the revenue; (ii) against persons who possess public money or property and fail to pay over or deliver the money or property; and (iii) against debtors of the agencies. The courts of the county where the seat of government is located have jurisdiction, without regard to the residence of the defendants, over the collection suits authorized by this section.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-241 Condition of restitution
The department may contract with a government agency or private entity for the collection of the payments for restitution and the cost of collecting the payments for restitution during the
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period following state supervision or state custody of the offender.
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Montana Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-241 Condition of restitution
The department may contract with a government agency or private entity for the collection of the payments for restitution and the cost of collecting the payments for restitution during the
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period following state supervision or state custody of the offender.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-105(d)(2) Collection; fines, costs and litigation taxes; license revocation
Any fine, costs, or litigation taxes remaining in default after the entry of the order assessing the fine, costs, or litigation taxes may be collected by the district attorney general
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or the criminal or general sessions court clerk in the manner authorized by this section and otherwise by the trial court by contempt upon a finding by the court that the defendant has the present ability to pay the fine and willfully refuses to pay.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-105(d)(1) Collection Agency
After a fine, costs, or litigation taxes have been in default for at least six (6) months, the district attorney general or criminal or general sessions court clerk may retain
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an agent to collect, or institute proceedings to collect, or establish an in-house collection procedure to collect, fines, costs and litigation taxes. If an agent is used, the district attorney general or the criminal or general sessions court clerk shall request the county purchasing agent to utilize normal competitive bidding procedures applicable to the county to select and retain the agent. If the district attorney general and the criminal or general sessions court clerk cannot agree upon who collects the fines, costs and litigation taxes, the presiding judge of the judicial district or a general sessions judge shall make the decision. The district attorney general or criminal or general sessions court clerk may retain up to fifty percent (50%) of the fines, costs and litigation taxes collected pursuant to this subsection (d) in accordance with any in-house collection procedure or, if an agent is used, for the collection agent. The proceeds from any in-house collection shall be treated as other fees of the office. When moneys are paid into court, the allocation formula outlined in subsection (a) shall be followed, except up to fifty percent (50%) may be withheld for in-house collection or, if an agent is used, for the collection agent, with the remainder being allocated according to the formula.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-105(d)(1) In-House State Collection Agency
After a fine, costs, or litigation taxes have been in default for at least six (6) months, the district attorney general or criminal or general sessions court clerk may retain
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an agent to collect, or institute proceedings to collect, or establish an in-house collection procedure to collect, fines, costs and litigation taxes. If an agent is used, the district attorney general or the criminal or general sessions court clerk shall request the county purchasing agent to utilize normal competitive bidding procedures applicable to the county to select and retain the agent. If the district attorney general and the criminal or general sessions court clerk cannot agree upon who collects the fines, costs and litigation taxes, the presiding judge of the judicial district or a general sessions judge shall make the decision. The district attorney general or criminal or general sessions court clerk may retain up to fifty percent (50%) of the fines, costs and litigation taxes collected pursuant to this subsection (d) in accordance with any in-house collection procedure or, if an agent is used, for the collection agent. The proceeds from any in-house collection shall be treated as other fees of the office. When moneys are paid into court, the allocation formula outlined in subsection (a) shall be followed, except up to fifty percent (50%) may be withheld for in-house collection or, if an agent is used, for the collection agent, with the remainder being allocated according to the formula.
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Tennessee Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-24-105(e)(1) Collection; fines, costs and litigation taxes; license revocation
The governing body of any municipality may by ordinance authorize the employment of a collection agency to collect fines and costs assessed by the municipal court where the fines and
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costs have not been collected within sixty (60) days after they were due. The authorizing ordinance shall include the requirement that the contract between the municipality and the collection agency be in writing.