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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-65 | Collection of fines and penalties |
The clerk of the circuit court shall, immediately after the adjournment of every term, issue execution according to the nature of the case, for all fines, penalties and forfeitures assessed + See moreby the court, or which shall have accrued to the state or to the county, and remaining due and unpaid. Said clerk shall, within thirty days after such adjournment, transmit a list of said executions to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county, noting the names of the defendants, the amounts, and the sheriff or other officer to whom the same was delivered; and, at the same time he shall transmit to said clerk a statement of the returns made by the sheriff or other officer on execution for fines, penalties, and forfeitures returnable to the last term of the court. Any circuit court clerk who shall fail to issue such executions, or to transmit the lists thereof as required, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars for every such offense, to be recovered by the state or county, on motion against him and his sureties by the district attorney, before the circuit court. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall notify the district attorney of such default.
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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-53 | Collection of board imposed fines |
When a fine shall be imposed upon any person by the board of supervisors, by virtue of any provision of law, the board shall cause the person to be summoned + See moreto appear at a succeeding meeting to show cause why the judgment for such fine shall not be made final. If sufficient cause be not shown at the return-day of the summons, the judgment shall be made final, with costs, and the clerk shall issue a capias pro finem therefor, as for fines in the circuit court, which shall be made returnable at the next regular meeting of the board. If good cause be shown, the board may set aside the fine, upon payment of costs. The clerk and sheriff shall be entitled to like fees, for services, as upon similar proceedings in the circuit court.
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Mississippi | Miss. Code Ann. § 19-3-41(2) | Jurisdiction and authority generally |
The board of supervisors of any county, in its discretion, may contract with a private attorney or private collection agent or agency to collect any type of delinquent payment owed + See moreto the county including, but not limited to, past-due fees, fines and assessments, delinquent ad valorem taxes on personal property and delinquent ad valorem taxes on mobile homes that are entered as personal property on the mobile home rolls, or with the district attorney of the circuit court district in which the county is located to collect any delinquent fees, fines and other assessments. Any such contract may provide for payment contingent upon successful collection efforts or payment based upon a percentage of the delinquent amount collected; however, the entire amount of all delinquent payments collected shall be remitted to the county and shall not be reduced by any collection costs or fees. There shall be due to the county from any person whose delinquent payment is collected pursuant to a contract executed under this subsection an amount, in addition to the delinquent payment, of not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the delinquent payment for collections made within this state and not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the delinquent payment for collections made outside of this state.
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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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North Carolina | N.C. Gen. Stat. Ann § 7A-321(b)(2) | Collection of offender fines and fees assessed by the court; collection assistance fee |
(b) In attempting to collect the fines, fees, costs, and restitution owed by offenders not sentenced to supervised probation or active time, the Administrative Office of the Courts may do the following: . . . (2) Enter into contracts with a collection agency, agencies, or municipal or county government agencies to collect unpaid amounts owed. The Administrative Office of the Courts may provide by such contract for the collection assistance fee to be retained by the agency or agencies that collect the amounts owed.
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