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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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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 757.05(1)(b) | Penalty surcharge |
(b) If a fine or forfeiture is imposed by a court of record, after a determination by the court of the amount due, the clerk of the court shall collect + See moreand transmit the amount to the county treasurer as provided in s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then make payment to the secretary of administration as provided in s.59.25 (3) (f) 2.
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Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 755.21 | Collection |
The governing body or court may contractwith a collection agency for the collection of unpaid forfeitures, assessments, and surcharges under s. 66.0114 (1) (a). Collection under this section may not + See morebegin until the court refers the case to the collection agency. The contract shall provide that the collection agency shall be paid from the proceeds recovered by the collection agency. For each violation for which a forfeiture, assessment, or surcharge is imposed, the municipal court shall determine the amount to be distributed to each entity under s. 66.0114 (1) (bm) and (3) (b) and (c) as follows:
(1) Calculate the percentage of the total violation amount to which the entity is entitled before the collection agency is paid.
(2) Subtract from the amount collected for the violation the amount paid to the collection agency to collect the violation amount.
(3) Multiply the remainder under sub. (2) by the percentage under sub. (1).
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