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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-101.6(3) | Collection of Fines and Fees - Methods - Charges - Judicial Collection Enhancement Fund |
To collect on past due orders of fines or fees, the state may employ any method available to collect state receivables, including assigning such accounts to private counsel or private collection agencies under section 24-30-202.4(2), C.R.S.
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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-30-202.4(1) | Collection of Debts Due the State - Controller's Duties - Creation of Debt Collection Fund - Reciprocal Debt Collection Agreements - Definitions |
The state controller shall advise and assist the various state agencies concerning the collection of debts due the state through such agencies, in accordance with rules promulgated by the executive director of the department of personnel, to achieve the prompt collection of debts due such agencies. The controller may delegate the responsibility for the collection of debts to the central collection services section of the division of finance and procurement, or any successor section, in the department.
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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-30-202.4(2) | Collection of Debts Due the State - Controller's Duties - Creation of Debt Collection Fund - Reciprocal Debt Collection Agreements - Definitions |
All state agencies shall refer to the state controller debts due the state that the agency has been unable to collect within thirty days after such debts have become past due
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New Mexico | N.M. Stat. Ann. § 35-15-12 | Fines and forfeitures in justice court [magistrate court]; collections go to municipal treasury |
Justices of the peace [magistrates] in municipalities of the state of New Mexico, when sitting as municipal judges, shall turn into [in to] the municipality all fines collected for the violation of such municipal ordinances and all moneys collected from forfeited bonds or recognizances in such justice of the peace courts [magistrate courts] when being held as municipal courts shall be turned into [in to] the municipality.
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New Mexico | N.M. Stat. Ann. § 31-16-7 | Recovery from defendant |
A. The district attorney may, on behalf of the state, recover payment or reimbursement, as the case may be, from each person who has received legal assistance or another benefit under the Indigent Defense Act:(1) to which he was not entitled; (2) with respect to which he was not a needy person when he received it; or (3) with respect to which he has failed to make the certificate required by Section 62 B of the Indigent Defense Act and for which he refuses to pay. Suit must be brought within six years after the date on which the aid was received.
B. The district attorney may, on behalf of the state, recover payment or reimbursement, as the case may be, from each person other than a person covered by Subsection A who has received legal assistance under the Indigent Defense Act and who, on the date on which suit is brought, is financially able to pay or reimburse the state for it according to the standards of ability to pay applicable under the Indigent Defense Act but refuses to do so. Suit must be brought within three years after the date on which the benefit was received. C. Amounts recovered under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer for credit to the state general fund. |
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New Mexico | N.M. Stat. Ann.§ 34-8A-13 | Collection of fines, fees or costs |
A judgment and sentence issued by the Bernalillo county metropolitan court that includes an assessment of fines, fees or costs shall constitute a money judgment that may be enforced in the same manner as a civil judgment in the district court. The money judgment may be assigned by the court to a public or private agency or business for collection purposes, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a written agreement entered into by the court and the agency or business.
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New Mexico | N.M. Stat. Ann.§ 35-6-6 | Collection of fines, fees or costs |
A judgment and sentence issued by a magistrate court that includes an assessment of fines, fees or costs shall constitute a money judgment that may be enforced in the same manner as a civil judgment in the district court. The money judgment may be assigned by the court to a public or private agency or business for collection purposes, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a written agreement entered into by the court and the agency or business.
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-02.2(1) | Repayment of rewards paid by crimestoppers programs--Duties of attorney general--Qualified local programs--Disbursement of moneys collected |
The clerk of court may establish an account within which to deposit repayments of rewards and at least quarterly shall pay over to each qualified local program the sums that + See morehave been collected for the benefit of that program.
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-08(2) | Hearing prior to ordering restitution, reparation, or reimbursement of indigent defense costs and expenses--Conditions--Collection of restitution for insufficient funds checks--Continuing appropriation |
The state-employed clerks of district court shall remit the funds collected as costs under this subsection to the state treasurer for deposit in the restitution collection assistance fund. The funds + See moredeposited into the restitution collection assistance fund are appropriated to the judicial branch on a continuing basis for the purpose of defraying expenses incident to the collection of restitution, including operating expenses and the compensation of additional necessary personnel. The state's attorneys and county-employed clerks of district court shall remit the funds collected as costs under this subsection to the county treasurer to be deposited in the county general fund
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 27-01-10(3) | Fee assessments for funding crime victim and witness programs |
All fees paid to a district or municipal court under this section must be deposited monthly in the county or city treasury for allocation by the governing body of the + See morecounty or city to one or more of the following programs as determined by the governing body: a. A private, nonprofit domestic violence or sexual assault program. b. A victim and witness advocacy program of which the primary function is to provide direct services to victims of and witnesses to crime.
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 54-23.3-04 | Director--Powers and duties |
The director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation has the following powers and duties: . . . 15. To collect costs and fees from persons on correctional supervision for + See morethe supervision services, control devices, and programs as implemented by the department to assist in making community corrections an effective alternative to incarceration. A person on active supervision is presumed able to pay assessed fees unless the director, giving due consideration to the fiscal obligations and resources of the probationer, determines otherwise. A person with the ability to pay assessed fees who refuses to pay must be returned to the court for a judicial determination. In addition to any other remedies allowed by law, the department may enforce and collect any unpaid supervision costs and fees imposed as a condition of parole, probation, or under a program implemented under this section in a civil judgment entered by a district court of this state and may employ licensed collection agencies to enforce and collect any unpaid supervision costs and fees. 16. To collect the costs of any presentence investigation and report incurred under subsection 11 of section 12.1-32-02, giving due consideration to the financial obligations and resources of the defendant.
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