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California Cal. Pen. Code § 1205(e) Judgment imposing fine; Imprisonment pending payment; Default; Fee for processing accounts receivable; Limitation

The defendant shall pay to the clerk of the court or the collecting agency a fee for the processing of installment accounts.  This fee shall equal the administrative and clerical

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costs, as determined by the board of supervisors, or by the court, depending on which entity administers the account.  The defendant shall pay to the clerk of the court or the collecting agency the fee established for the processing of the accounts receivable that are not to be paid in installments.  The fee shall equal the administrative and clerical costs, as determined by the board of supervisors, or by the court, depending on which entity administers the account, except that the fee shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30).

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California Cal. Pen. Code § 1214.1(a) Civil assessment for failure to appear; Collection

In addition to any other penalty in infraction, misdemeanor, or felony cases, the court may impose a civil assessment of up to three hundred dollars ($300) against a defendant who

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fails, after notice and without good cause, to appear in court for a proceeding authorized by law or who fails to pay all or any portion of a fine ordered by the court or to pay an installment of bail as agreed to under Section 40510.5 of the Vehicle Code.

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California Cal. Pen. Code § 1205 Judgment imposing fine; Imprisonment pending payment; Default; Fee for processing accounts receivable; Limitation

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the clerk of the court, or the judge if there is no clerk, from turning these accounts over to another

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county department or a collecting agency for processing and collection.(e) The defendant shall pay to the clerk of the court or the collecting agency a fee for the processing of installment accounts. This fee shall equal the administrative and clerical costs, as determined by the board of supervisors, or by the court, depending on which entity administers the account. The defendant shall pay to the clerk of the court or the collecting agency the fee established for the processing of the accounts receivable that are not to be paid in installments. The fee shall equal the administrative and clerical costs, as determined by the board of supervisors, or by the court, depending on which entity administers the account, except that the fee shall not exceed thirty dollars ($30).

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California Cal. Pen. Code § 1463.007(b)-(c) Proceedings in Misdemeanor and Infraction Cases: Deduction and deposit of cost of comprehensive collection program; Minimum amount for inclusion; When debt is delinquent and subject to collection; Conditions

(b) Once debt becomes delinquent, it continues to be delinquent and may be subject to collection by a comprehensive collection program . . . .

(c) For the purposes of this

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section, a “comprehensive collection program” is a separate and distinct revenue collection activity that meets each of the following criteria: ... (4) The program engages in at least five of the following activities: ... (D) Contracts with one or more private debt collectors to collect delinquent debt.

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California Cal. Pen. Code § 1205(b), (d) Judgment imposing fine; Imprisonment pending payment; Default; Fee for processing accounts receivable; Limitation

(b) Except as otherwise provided in case of fines imposed, as a condition of probation, the defendant shall pay the fine to the clerk of the court, or to the

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judge if there is no clerk, unless the defendant is taken into custody for nonpayment of the fine, in which event payments made while he or she is in custody shall be made to the officer who holds the defendant in custody, and all amounts paid shall be paid over by the officer to the court that rendered the judgment. The clerk shall report to the court every default in payment of a fine or any part of that fine, or if there is no clerk, the court shall take notice of the default . . . . 

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the clerk of the court, or the judge if there is no clerk, from turning these accounts over to another county department or a collecting agency for processing and collection.

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California Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 19280 Referral of certain fines, penalties, bail, forfeitures, and restitution orders to Franchise Tax Board for collection; Interest; Applicability of specified provisions

Fines, state or local penalties, bail, forfeitures, restitution fines, restitution orders, or any other amounts imposed by a juvenile or superior court of the State of California upon a person

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or any other entity that are due and payable in an amount totaling no less than one hundred dollars ($100), in the aggregate, for criminal offenses, including all offenses involving a violation of the Vehicle Code, and any amounts due pursuant to Section 903.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code may, no sooner than 90 days after payment of that amount becomes delinquent, be referred by the juvenile or superior court, the county, or the state to the Franchise Tax Board for collection under guidelines prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.

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California Cal. Gov. Code § 27752 Authority of officer; Collection of moneys

A county financial evaluation officer is authorized to make financial evaluations and collect moneys pursuant to Section 3112 of the Family Code; Sections 987.4, 987.8, 1203, 1203.1, 1203.1b, 1203.1c, 1203.1e,

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1205, and 1209 of the Penal Code; and Sections 353, 353.5, 376, 700, 727, 751, 903, 903.1, 903.2, 903.3, and 903.45 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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California Cal. Pen. Code § 1463.007 Deduction and deposit of cost of comprehensive collection program; Minimum amount for inclusion; When debt is delinquent and subject to collection; Conditions

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a county or court that operates a comprehensive collection program may deduct the costs of operating that program, excluding capital expenditures, from any revenues collected

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under that program. The costs shall be deducted before any distribution of revenues to other governmental entities required by any other law. A county or court operating a comprehensive collection program may establish a minimum base fee, fine, forfeiture, penalty, or assessment amount for inclusion in the program.

(b) Once debt becomes delinquent, it continues to be delinquent and may be subject to collection by a comprehensive collection program. Debt is delinquent and subject to collection by a comprehensive collection program if any of the following conditions is met: (1) A defendant does not post bail or appear on or before the date on which he or she promised to appear, or any lawful continuance of that date, if that defendant was eligible to post and forfeit bail. (2) A defendant does not pay the amount imposed by the court on or before the date ordered by the court, or any lawful continuance of that date. (3) A defendant has failed to make an installment payment on the date specified by the court.

(c) For the purposes of this section, a “comprehensive collection program” is a separate and distinct revenue collection activity that meets each of the following criteria: (1) The program identifies and collects amounts arising from delinquent court-ordered debt, whether or not a warrant has been issued against the alleged violator. (2) The program complies with the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 1463.010. (3) The program engages in each of the following activities: (A) Attempts telephone contact with delinquent debtors for whom the program has a telephone number to inform them of their delinquent status and payment options. (B) Notifies delinquent debtors for whom the program has an address in writing of their outstanding obligation within 95 days of delinquency. (C) Generates internal monthly reports to track collections data, such as age of debt and delinquent amounts outstanding. (D) Uses Department of Motor Vehicles information to locate delinquent debtors. (E) Accepts payment of delinquent debt by credit card. (4) The program engages in at least five of the following activities: (A) Sends delinquent debt to the Franchise Tax Board’s Court-Ordered Debt Collections Program. (B) Sends delinquent debt to the Franchise Tax Board’s Interagency Intercept Collections Program. (C) Initiates driver’s license suspension or hold actions when appropriate for a failure to appear in court. (D) Contracts with one or more private debt collectors to collect delinquent debt. (E) Sends monthly bills or account statements to all delinquent debtors. (F) Contracts with local, regional, state, or national skip tracing or locator resources or services to locate delinquent debtors. (G) Coordinates with the probation department to locate debtors who may be on formal or informal probation. (H) Uses Employment Development Department employment and wage information to collect delinquent debt. (I) Establishes wage and bank account garnishments where appropriate. (J) Places liens on real property owned by delinquent debtors when appropriate. (K) Uses an automated dialer or automatic call distribution system to manage telephone calls.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 3.66.120 Court-ordered restitution--Enforcement

All court-ordered restitution obligations that are ordered as a result of a conviction for a criminal offense in a court of limited jurisdiction may be enforced in the same manner

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as a judgment in a civil action by the party or entity to whom the legal financial obligation is owed. The judgment and sentence must identify the party or entity to whom restitution is owed so that the state, party, or entity may enforce the judgment. All court-ordered restitution obligations may be enforced at any time during the ten-year period following the offender's release from total confinement or within ten years of entry of the judgment and sentence, whichever period is longer. Prior to the expiration of the initial ten-year period, the court may extend the criminal judgment an additional ten years for payment of court-ordered restitution only if the court finds that the offender has not made a good faith attempt to pay. The party or entity to whom the court-ordered restitution obligation is owed may utilize any other remedies available to the party or entity to collect the court-ordered financial obligation.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 3.66.130 Court-ordered restitution--Payment

If the party or entity for whom a court-ordered restitution obligation has been entered pursuant to this title seeks to enforce the judgment as a lien on real estate, he

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or she shall commence a lien of judgment upon the real estate of the judgment debtor/obligor as provided in RCW 4.56.200.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 6.17.120 Sheriff's duty on receiving writ--Order of executing writs

The sheriff or other officer shall indorse upon the writ of execution in ink, the day, hour, and minute when the writ first came into his or her hands, and

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the execution shall be returned with a report of proceedings under the writ within sixty days after its date to the clerk who issued it. When there are several writs of execution or of execution and attachment against the same debtor, they shall be executed in the order in which they were received by the sheriff.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.94A.775  Legal financial obligations--Termination of supervision--Monitoring of payments

If an offender with an unsatisfied legal financial obligation is not subject to supervision by the department for a term of community custody, or has not completed payment of all

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legal financial obligations included in the sentence at the expiration of his or her term of community custody, the department shall notify the administrative office of the courts of the termination of the offender’s supervision and provide information to the administrative office of the courts to enable the county clerk to monitor payment of the remaining obligations. The county clerk is authorized to monitor payment after such notification. The secretary of corrections and the administrator for the courts shall enter into an interagency agreement to facilitate the electronic transfer of information about offenders, unpaid obligations, and payees to carry out the purposes of this section.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.94A.760(5),(9)-(10),(13) Legal financial obligations

(5) Independent of the department or the county clerk, the party or entity to whom the legal financial obligation is owed shall have the authority to use any other remedies

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available to the party or entity to collect the legal financial obligation. These remedies include enforcement in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action by the party or entity to whom the legal financial obligation is owed. Restitution collected through civil enforcement must be paid through the registry of the court and must be distributed proportionately according to each victim’s loss when there is more than one victim. The judgment and sentence shall identify the party or entity to whom restitution is owed so that the state, party, or entity may enforce the judgment.
(9) After the judgment and sentence or payment order is entered, the department is authorized, for any period of supervision, to collect the legal financial obligation from the offender. Subsequent to any period of supervision or, if the department is not authorized to supervise the offender in the community, the county clerk is authorized to collect unpaid legal financial obligations from the offender. Any amount collected by the department shall be remitted daily to the county clerk for the purpose of disbursements. The department and the county clerks are authorized, but not required, to accept credit cards as payment for a legal financial obligation, and any costs incurred related to accepting credit card payments shall be the responsibility of the offender.
(10) The department or any obligee of the legal financial obligation may seek a mandatory wage assignment for the purposes of obtaining satisfaction for the legal financial obligation pursuant to RCW 9.94A.7701. Any party obtaining a wage assignment shall notify the county clerk. The county clerks shall notify the department, or the administrative office of the courts, whichever is providing the monthly billing for the offender.
(13) The department shall arrange for the collection of unpaid legal financial obligations during any period of supervision in the community through the county clerk. The department shall either collect unpaid legal financial obligations or arrange for collections through another entity if the clerk does not assume responsibility or is unable to continue to assume responsibility for collection pursuant to subsection (5) of this section. The costs for collection services shall be paid by the offender.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.94A.780(5) Offender supervision intake fees

(5) All amounts required to be paid under this section shall be collected by the department of corrections and deposited by the department in the dedicated fund established pursuant to

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RCW 72.11.040.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.01.180(6) Fine or costs — Default in payment — Contempt of court — Enforcement, collection procedures.

(6) A default in the payment of any fine, penalty, assessment, fee, or costs or any installment thereof may be collected by any means authorized by law for the enforcement

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of a judgment. The levy of execution for the collection of any fine, penalty, assessment, fee, or costs shall not discharge a defendant committed to imprisonment for contempt until the amount has actually been collected.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.94A.760(5) Legal financial obligations

(5) Independent of the department or the county clerk, the party or entity to whom the legal financial obligation is owed shall have the authority to use any other remedies

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available to the party or entity to collect the legal financial obligation. These remedies include enforcement in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action by the party or entity to whom the legal financial obligation is owed. Restitution collected through civil enforcement must be paid through the registry of the court and must be distributed proportionately according to each victim’s loss when there is more than one victim. The judgment and sentence shall identify the party or entity to whom restitution is owed so that the state, party, or entity may enforce the judgment. If restitution is ordered pursuant to RCW 9.94A.750(6) or 9.94A.753(6) to a victim of rape of a child or a victim’s child born from the rape, the Washington state child support registry shall be identified as the party to whom payments must be made. Restitution obligations arising from the rape of a child in the first, second, or third degree that result in the pregnancy of the victim may be enforced for the time periods provided under RCW 9.94A.750(6) and 9.94A.753(6). All other legal financial obligations for an offense committed prior to July 1, 2000, may be enforced at any time during the ten-year period following the offender’s release from total confinement or within ten years of entry of the judgment and sentence, whichever period ends later. Prior to the expiration of the initial ten-year period, the superior court may extend the criminal judgment an additional ten years for payment of legal financial obligations including crime victims’ assessments. All other legal financial obligations for an offense committed on or after July 1, 2000, may be enforced at any time the offender remains under the court’s jurisdiction. For an offense committed on or after July 1, 2000, the court shall retain jurisdiction over the offender, for purposes of the offender’s compliance with payment of the legal financial obligations, until the obligation is completely satisfied, regardless of the statutory maximum for the crime. The department may only supervise the offender’s compliance with payment of the legal financial obligations during any period in which the department is authorized to supervise the offender in the community under RCW 9.94A.728, 9.94A.501, or in which the offender is confined in a state correctional institution or a correctional facility pursuant to a transfer agreement with the department, and the department shall supervise the offender’s compliance during any such period. The department is not responsible for supervision of the offender during any subsequent period of time the offender remains under the court’s jurisdiction. The county clerk is authorized to collect unpaid legal financial obligations at any time the offender remains under the jurisdiction of the court for purposes of his or her legal financial obligations.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.56.085(5) Minimum fine for theft of livestock

(5) A defaulted payment or any installment payment may be collected by any means authorized by law for the enforcement of orders of the court or collection of a fine

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or costs, including vacation of a deferral of sentencing or of a suspension of sentence.

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Washington Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.94A.750(4) Restitution

The county clerk is authorized to collect unpaid restitution at any time the offender remains under the jurisdiction of the court for purposes of his or her legal financial obligations.