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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-204 | Collection After Default |
(a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine or costs defaults in the payment of the fine or costs or of any installment, the fine or costs may be collected by any means authorized for the enforcement of a money judgment in a civil action. (b) A judgment that the defendant pay a fine or costs constitutes a lien on the real property and personal property of the defendant in the same manner and to the same extent as a money judgment in a civil action.
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(1)(A) | Responsibility for Collection |
(i) The quorum court of each county of the state shall designate a county official, agency, or department which shall be primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the circuit courts of this state.(ii) All fines collected each month in circuit court by the designated county official, agency, or department shall be disbursed by the fifth working day of the following month to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state entity, or state agency as provided by law.
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(1)(A)(iii) | Responsibility for Collection |
The sheriff shall remain responsible for collecting bail or money deposited in lieu of bail on behalf of defendants discharged from incarceration pursuant to law in circuit court. |
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(1)(B)-(C) | Responsibility for Collection |
(B)(i) The quorum court may delegate the responsibility for the collection of delinquent fines assessed in circuit court to a private contractor.(ii) The contractor may receive, under a written contract, a commission on delinquent fines collected for circuit court. (C)(i) The commission agreed to be received by the private contractor shall be a portion of the total fine owed by a defendant. (ii) The court shall credit the defendant with the gross amount remitted to the private contractor. (iii) The private contractor shall remit the gross amounts collected to the county official, agency, or department designated under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section on at least a monthly basis.
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(2)(A) | Responsibility for Collection |
(i) The governing body or, if applicable, each governing body of a political subdivision which contributes to the expenses of a district court shall designate a county, town, or city official, agency, or department who shall be primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the district courts of this state.(ii) All fines collected each month in district court or a department of district court by the designated county, town, or city official, agency, or department shall be disbursed by the tenth working day of the following month pursuant to § 16-17-707.
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(2)(B) | Responsibility for Collection |
The chief of police of the town or city in which a district court is located shall remain responsible for collecting bail or money deposited in lieu of bail on behalf of defendants discharged from incarceration pursuant to law in district court.
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Arkansas | Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-709(a)(2)(C) | Responsibility for Collection |
(i) The governing body or, if applicable, each governing body of a political subdivision which contributes to the expenses of a district court may delegate the responsibility for the collection of delinquent fines assessed in district court to a private contractor.(ii) The contractor may receive under a written contract a commission on delinquent fines collected for district court. (iii) The commission agreed to be received by the private contractor shall be a portion of the total fine owed by a defendant. (iv) The court shall credit the defendant with the gross amount remitted to the private contractor. (v) The private contractor shall remit the gross amount collected to the county, town, or city official, agency, or department designated under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section on a monthly basis. (vi) The commission expense shall be apportioned among each governing body of a political subdivision which contributes to the expenses of a district court in proportion to the gross amount of fines collected for that political subdivision. (vii) Payment of the commission shall be according to accounting procedures prescribed by law. (viii) The remainder of fines received shall be disbursed pro rata under this section and §§ 16-10-209, 16-10-308, and 16-17-707.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:158A-19 | Collection by public defenders |
The Public Defender in the name of the State shall do all things necessary and proper to collect all moneys due to the State by way of reimbursement for services + See morerendered pursuant to this act. He may enter into arrangements with one or more agencies of the State, including the comprehensive enforcement program established pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c. 9 (C.2B:19-1 et seq.) or of the counties to handle said collections on a cost basis to the extent that such arrangements are calculated to simplify collection procedures. He shall have all the remedies and may take all of the proceedings for the collection thereof which may be had or taken for or upon the recovery of a judgment in a civil action and may institute and maintain any action or proceeding in the courts necessary therefor. In any such proceedings or action, the defendant may contest the value of the service rendered by the Public Defender.
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:46-4 | Collection by supervision agency |
All fines, assessments imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c. 396 (C.2C:43-3.1), all penalties imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c. 295 (C.2C:43-3.5), all penalties imposed pursuant to section 11 + See moreof P.L.2001, c. 81 (C.2C:43-3.6), all penalties imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2005, c. 73 (C.2C:14-10), all penalties imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2009, c. 143 (C.2C:43-3.8), all penalties imposed pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2013, c. 214 (C.30:4-123.97) and restitution imposed by the Superior Court or otherwise imposed at the county level, shall be collected by the county probation division except when such fine, assessment or restitution is imposed in conjunction with a custodial sentence to a State correctional facility or in conjunction with a term of incarceration imposed pursuant to section 25 of P.L.1982, c. 77 (C.2A:4A-44) in which event such fine, assessment or restitution shall be collected by the Department of Corrections or the Juvenile Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c. 284 (C.52:17B-170).
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New Jersey | N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:46-4 | Collection by municipal court |
All fines, assessments imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c. 396 (C.2C:43-3.1), any penalty imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1999, c. 295 (C.2C:43-3.5) and restitution imposed by a + See moremunicipal court shall be collected by the municipal court administrator except if such fine, assessments imposed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c. 396 (C.2C:43-3.1), or restitution is ordered as a condition of probation in which event it shall be collected by the county probation division.
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