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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1 | Suspended Sentences — Imprisonment. |
The fine shall be paid in one payment, or in part payments, to the probation officer, and when fully paid the order of commitment shall be void. The probation officer shall give a receipt for every payment so made, shall keep a record of the same, shall pay the fine, or all sums received in part payment thereof, to the sheriff if such fine is imposed in the superior court, or to the clerk of the court if such fine is imposed in the district court, at the end of the period of probation or any extension thereof, and shall keep on file the sheriff’s or clerk’s receipt therefor.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1A | Suspended Sentences — Fines and Imprisonment. |
When a person convicted before a court is sentenced to fine and imprisonment, the court may direct that the execution of the sentence, or any part thereof, be suspended, and that he be placed on probation for such time and on such terms and conditions as it shall fix. The court may direct, as one of such terms and conditions, that payment of the fine may be made to the probation officer in one payment, or in part payments, during the period of probation or any extension thereof, and when such fine shall have been fully paid the order of commitment as to the fine shall be void, but the order of commitment as to imprisonment shall not be affected by such payment.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1B | Funds collection and disbursement; single point for clerk-magistrate and probation offices |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the administrative justice of a department of the trial court may direct that both the clerk–magistrate’s office and the probation office of one or more court divisions are to utilize a single funds collection and disbursement point within the courthouse.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 14 | Commitment of Debtor — Payments. |
A person committed to a jail or house of correction in default of payment of a fine may pay it to the keeper of the jail or superintendent of the house of correction, and the warrant for his commitment shall designate the town where the offence for which the fine was imposed was committed and the uses to which such fine is payable by the officer receiving it.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 1B | Single Funds Collection and Disbursement Point Within Courthouse. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the administrative justice of a department of the trial court may direct that both the clerk-magistrate's office and the probation office of one or more court divisions are to utilize a single funds collection and disbursement point within the courthouse.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 2 | Clerks — Duties. |
He shall annually, before the last Wednesday of December, account with and pay over to the state treasurer all fees received by him. |
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 7 | Certificates of Fines Imposed. |
At the end of every sitting of the superior court for the transaction of criminal business, the clerk shall make and deliver to the state treasurer certificates of all fines imposed by the court, to the use of the commonwealth or to the treasurer of a city or town under the provisions of section two of this chapter.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 9 | Fines paid; transfer to state treasurer by clerks of courts in Suffolk county |
The clerks of all courts in Suffolk county, except those named in the preceding section, who are required to account to the commonwealth shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, pay over to the state treasurer and account, on oath, for all fines, fees and other money received by them in any criminal proceedings during the preceding calendar month remaining after the payments therefrom allowed by law.
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Massachusetts | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258B, § 8 | Assessments Against Persons Convicted — Imposed. |
All such assessments made shall be collected by the court or by the registrar, as the case may be, and shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer. If the person convicted is sentenced to a correctional facility in the commonwealth, the superintendent or sheriff of the facility shall deduct any part or all of the monies earned or received by any inmate and held by the correctional facility, to satisfy the victim and witness assessment, and shall transmit such monies to the court monthly. The assessment from any conviction or adjudication of delinquency which is subsequently overturned on appeal shall be refunded by the court to the person whose conviction or adjudication of delinquency is overturned. Said court shall deduct such funds from the assessments transmitted to the state treasurer.
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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 + See moreprivate 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 + See morethat 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 + See moreis 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 + See morepayment 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 + See moreperiod 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 + See moreperiod following state supervision or state custody of the offender.
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