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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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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 5.125 | Collection by state courts |
In the county court there shall be charged and collected in advance by the county clerk as clerk of the court, for the benefit of the county, the following fees, and no more, for the following purposes and services . . .
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.450 | Enforcement of money judgment in criminal action |
A judgment against the defendant or complainant in a criminal action, so far as it requires the payment of a fine, fee, assessment, costs and disbursements of the action or restitution, may be enforced as a judgment in a civil action.
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 137.118(1)-(2) | Assignment of judgments for collection of monetary obligation; costs of collection. [Effective January 1, 2020] |
(1) Judgments in criminal actions that impose monetary obligations, including judgments requiring the payment of fines, costs, assessments, compensatory fines, attorney fees, forfeitures or restitution, may be assigned by the state, by a municipal court or by a justice court for collection.
(2) (a) The state may assign a judgment to the Department of Revenue or a private collection agency. (b) A justice court may assign a judgment to a private collection agency or, in a criminal action, to the Department of Revenue for the purposes described in ORS 156.315. (c) A municipal court may assign a judgment to: (A) A private collection agency; or (B) The Department of Revenue for the purposes described in subsections (6) to (8) of this section, if the judgment was entered in a criminal action and part of the judgment is payable to the State of Oregon. (d) Nothing in this subsection limits the right of a municipal court or a justice court to assign for collection judgments in matters other than criminal actions. |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 1.202 | Fee for establishing and administering account for judgment that includes monetary obligation; fee for judgment referred for collection. |
(1) All circuit courts and appellate courts of this state, and all commissions, departments and divisions in the judicial branch of state government, shall add a fee of not less than $ 50 and not more than $ 200 to any judgment that includes a monetary obligation that the court or judicial branch is charged with collecting. The fee shall cover the cost of establishing and administering an account for the debtor and shall be added without further notice to the debtor or further order of the court. The fee shall be added only if the court gives the defendant a period of time in which to pay the obligation after the financial obligation is imposed. Fees under this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund.
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 305.830 | Collection of fines, penalties and forfeitures; disbursement; cost of collection |
(1) Amounts transferred to the Department of Revenue by justice and municipal courts under ORS 153.633, 153.645, 153.650 and 153.657 shall be deposited in a suspense account established under ORS 293.445 for the purpose of receiving criminal fines and assessments.
(2) In carrying out its duties under this section, the Department of Revenue shall have access to the records and dockets of those courts charged with the duty to transfer moneys to the department under ORS 153.633, 153.645, 153.650 and 153.657. (3) The Department of Revenue may retain from the funds transferred under ORS 153.633, 153.645, 153.650 and 153.657 an amount not to exceed two percent annually for its actual costs of collection and disbursement of funds under this section, including the cost of all examinations, investigations and searches, and of all traveling and other expenses in connection therewith. The department shall deposit the net amount of moneys in the suspense account described in subsection (1) of this section into the Criminal Fine Account. (4) All judicial, municipal and county officers shall cooperate with the Department of Revenue with respect to the collections, searches and investigations and shall furnish the Department of Revenue with any information contained in any of the records under their respective custodies relating thereto. (5) The Department of State Police shall cooperate in the investigation of fines, penalties and forfeitures. |
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Oregon | Or. Rev. Stat. § 156.310 | Payment of fines and costs |
If the fine and costs, or any part thereof, are paid before commitment, they shall be paid to the justice. Thereafter they shall be paid to the officer in whose custody the defendant is at the time of the payment, which officer shall immediately pay the same to the justice.
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