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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4841 | Collections; payment to county treasurer |
(1) All officers or other persons who collect or receive any moneys on account of any penalty shall pay over the same to the county treasurer on or before the + See morelast day of the month following.
(2) Upon learning that any person has neglected to pay over such moneys within such time, the county treasurer shall proceed in the circuit court for the county to collect such moneys.
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.133 | Agreement; provisions |
An agreement entered into under this act shall provide for at least all of the following:
(a) Assignment to the state for collection by the department of amounts that have been + See moredue and owing the court for not less than 180 days, including, but not limited to, any or all of the following:
(i) Fees, including reinstatement fees.
(ii) Fines.
(iii) Forfeitures.
(iv) Penalties and costs assessed for criminal offenses, including the costs of prosecution and providing court-ordered legal assistance to the defendant.
(v) Penalties and costs assessed for civil infractions, civil violations, and parking violations.
(vi) Penalties and costs assessed for ordinance violations.
(vii) Forfeited recognizances.
(viii) Late penalties assessed pursuant to section 4803 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.4803 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(b) Provision of the information necessary for the department to identify, locate, and collect delinquent accounts.
(c) Accounting for, settlement of, and transmission to the court of money collected pursuant to the agreement.
(d) Collection of a fee by the state treasurer to recoup costs associated with the collection services.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.28(G)(1) | Financial sanctions |
(G) Each court imposing a financial sanction upon an offender under this section may designate the clerk of the court or another person to collect the financial sanction. The clerk, + See moreor another person authorized by law or the court to collect the financial sanction may do the following: (1) Enter into contracts with one or more public agencies or private vendors for the collection of amounts due under the sanction. Before entering into a contract for the collection of amounts due from an offender pursuant to any financial sanction imposed pursuant to this section, a court shall comply with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(F) | Financial sanctions |
(F) Each court imposing a financial sanction upon an offender under this section or under section 2929.32 of the Revised Code may designate the clerk of the court or another + See moreperson to collect the financial sanction. The clerk or other person authorized by law or the court to collect the financial sanction may enter into contracts with one or more public agencies or private vendors for the collection of, amounts due under the financial sanction imposed pursuant to this section or section 2929.32 of the Revised Code. Before entering into a contract for the collection of amounts due from an offender pursuant to any financial sanction imposed pursuant to this section or section 2929.32 of the Revised Code, a court shall comply with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.20(E)(1) | Fines; costs; restitution; forfeitures |
(E) The clerk of the court, or another person authorized by law or by the court to collect a financial sanction imposed under this section, may do any of the + See morefollowing:(1) Enter into contracts with one or more public agencies or private vendors for the collection of the amounts due under the financial sanction, which amounts may include interest from the date of imposition of the financial sanction;
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2152.20(E)(2) | Fines; costs; restitution; forfeitures |
(E) The clerk of the court, or another person authorized by law or by the court to collect a financial sanction imposed under this section, may do any of the + See morefollowing:. . . (2) Permit payment of all, or any portion of, the financial sanction in installments, by credit or debit card, by another type of electronic transfer, or by any other reasonable method, within any period of time, and on any terms that the court considers just, except that the maximum time permitted for payment shall not exceed five years. The clerk may pay any fee associated with processing an electronic transfer out of public money and may charge the fee to the delinquent child.
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-127.5 | Collection agreement - local governing body | The sheriff or jail superintendent may...(ii) enter into an agreement with a local governing body |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-127.5 | Collection agreement - county/city treasurer |
The sheriff or jail superintendent may...(iii) enter into an agreement with the county or city treasurer, upon such terms and conditions as may be established by guidelines promulgated by the + See moreBoard, to collect fees imposed under § 53.1-131.3.
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(B) | Duties of attorney for the Commonwealth |
B. It shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth to cause proper proceedings to be instituted for the collection and satisfaction of all fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties + See moreand restitution. The attorney for the Commonwealth shall determine whether it would be impractical or uneconomical for such service to be rendered by the office of the attorney for the Commonwealth. If the defendant does not enter into an installment payment agreement under § 19.2-354, the attorney for the Commonwealth and the clerk may agree to a process by which collection activity may be commenced 30 days after judgment.
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(B) | Attorney for Commonwealth - local governing body collection contracts | If the attorney for the Commonwealth does not undertake collection, he shall...(ii) enter into an agreement with a local governing body |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(B) | Attorney for Commonwealth - county/city treasurer contract | If the attorney for the Commonwealth does not undertake collection, he shall…(iii) enter into an agreement with the county or city treasurer |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(B) | Attorney for Commonwealth - services of the Department of Taxation |
If the attorney for the Commonwealth does not undertake collection, he shall…(iv) use the services of the Department of Taxation, upon such terms and conditions as may be established by + See moreguidelines promulgated by the Office of the Attorney General, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court with the Department of Taxation and the Compensation Board
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(C) | Department of Taxation and State Compensation Board - duty to collect |
C. The Department of Taxation and the State Compensation Board shall be responsible for the collection of any judgment which remains unsatisfied or does not meet the conditions of § + See more19.2-354. Persons owing such unsatisfied judgments or failing to comply with installment payment agreements under § 19.2-354 shall be subject to the delinquent tax collection provisions of Title 58.1.
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349(C) | Collection by other state agencies | The Department of Taxation and the State Compensation Board...may...engage other state agencies to collect the judgment. |
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Virginia | Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-349.1 | Collection agreement with Department of Motor vehicles |
At the direction of the Committee on District Courts or at the request of a circuit court clerk, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court may enter into an agreement + See morewith the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to receive, on behalf of a district or circuit court, payment of any delinquent fines, costs, forfeitures, and penalties, including any court-ordered restitution of a sum certain, imposed by a court for the violation of a state law or a local ordinance.
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Pennsylvania | 42 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 9728(a) | Collection of restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and penalties |
Except as provided in subsection (b)(5), all restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and penalties shall be collected by the county probation department or other agent designated by the county commissioners + See moreof the county with the approval of the president judge of the county for that purpose in any manner provided by law. However, such restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and penalties are part of a criminal action or proceeding and shall not be deemed debts. A sentence, pretrial disposition order or order entered under section 6352 (relating to disposition of delinquent child) for restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines or penalties shall, together with interest and any additional costs that may accrue, be a judgment in favor of the probation department upon the person or the property of the person sentenced or subject to the order.
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Nevada | NRS 176.064 (3)(a)-(b) | Collection fee for unpaid administrative assessment, fine, fee or restitution; use of collection agency; report to credit agencies; civil judgment; attachment or garnishment; suspension of driver's license; imprisonment |
3. The court may, on its own motion or at the request of a state or local entity that is responsible for collecting the delinquent fine, administrative assessment, fee or restitution, + See moretake any or all of the following actions, in the following order of priority if practicable: . . .
(b) Request that a prosecuting attorney undertake collection of the delinquency, including, without limitation, the original amount of the civil judgment entered pursuant to paragraph (a) and the collection fee, by attachment or garnishment of the defendant’s property, wages or other money receivable.
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Nevada | NRS 176.0625(1) | Administrative assessment, fine or fee for felony or gross misdemeanor: Collection by certain entities |
1. If a fine, administrative assessment or fee is imposed pursuant to this chapter upon a defendant who pleads guilty or guilty but mentally ill or is found guilty or + See moreguilty but mentally ill of a felony or gross misdemeanor, the district court entering the judgment of conviction shall forward to the county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections the information necessary to collect the fine, administrative assessment or fee. The county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections is responsible for such collection efforts and has the authority to collect the fine, administrative assessment or fee.
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Nevada | NRS 176.0625(2) | Administrative assessment, fine or fee for felony or gross misdemeanor: Collection by certain entities |
2. If the county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections is unable to collect the fine, administrative assessment or fee after 60 days, the county + See moretreasurer may assign to the Office of the State Controller the responsibility for collection of the fine, administrative assessment or fee through a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 353.650, so long as the Office of the State Controller is willing and able to make such collection efforts.
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Indiana | Ind. Code 5-11-5-7 | State Board of Accounts |
Sec. 7. (a) The state board of accounts or a person designated in writing by it may collect any of the following: (1) Unpaid fines, costs, or fees that are + See moreimposed for violations of statutes defining a crime or infraction and are owed to the state or its political subdivisions.
(2) Money owed resulting from bond forfeitures under IC 35-33-8-7.
(3) Unpaid user's fees incurred under a pretrial diversion agreement by a person charged with a misdemeanor, infraction, or ordinance violation.
(b) The state board of accounts or its agent may compromise the amount of money owed in collecting money under this section.
(c) The costs of collection, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees, may be added to money that is owed and collected under this section. However, the costs of collection may not exceed an amount that is equal to the amount of money that is owed.
(d) When money is collected under this section, the state board of accounts or its agent shall deposit the money, less the costs of collection, in accounts to the credit of the state or a political subdivision as required by law.
(e) The costs of collecting money under this section shall be determined by the state board of accounts and shall be paid from money collected.
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