Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 2007(1) Restitution: Income withholding order

When restitution is required of an offender who will not be commencing service of a period of institutional confinement, who does not receive a sentence that includes a period of

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probation and who is employed, the court shall, at the time of ordering restitution, enter a separate order for income withholding. When restitution is required of an offender who receives a sentence that includes a period of probation and who is employed, upon application of the offender's probation officer, the court shall enter a separate order for income withholding. The withholding order must direct the employer to deduct from all income due and payable to the offender an amount determined pursuant to section 1326-A to meet the offender's restitution obligation. The withholding order must include an instruction to the employer that upon receipt of a copy of the withholding order the employer shall: A. Immediately begin to withhold the offender's income when the offender is usually paid; B. Send each amount withheld to the agency to which restitution has been ordered to be paid at the address set forth in the order within 7 business days of the withholding; and C. Identify each amount sent to the agency by indicating the court's docket number.

Wage/bank account garnishment All Yes
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Maine Me. Rev. Stat. tit 29-A § 2608 Suspension for failure to appear, answer or pay a fine in a traffic infraction offense

If a person fails to answer in any traffic infraction proceeding under Title 23, section 1980 or any traffic infraction provision of this Title by the date specified in the Violation Summons

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and Complaint, fails to appear for trial or pay a fine assessed in any traffic infraction proceeding, the clerk shall suspend the person's license or permit, right to operate a motor vehicle in this State and the right to apply for or obtain a license or permit.

If a person who is not an individual fails to appear, answer or pay a fine in a traffic infraction proceeding, the clerk shall suspend the registration of the motor vehicle involved in the offense or that person's right to operate that vehicle in the State.

Driver's license suspension/impoundment Traffic Yes
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Ohio Ohio Rev. Code § 2969.27 Deductions from judgment awarded to inmate

If an inmate commences a civil action or appeal against a government entity or employee and is granted a judgment for damages in the civil action or appeal, the court

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shall order that the following be deducted and paid from the award on a pro rata basis before any payment is made to the inmate or the inmate's counsel: (A) Any fine, court costs, or court-ordered restitution imposed upon the inmate for an offense for which the inmate is confined or for any previous offense committed by the inmate; (B) The amount of an award of reparations made under sections 2743.51 to 2743.71 of the Revised Code to a victim of the inmate relative to the offense for which the inmate is confined or any previous offense committed by the inmate; (C) Any other award ordered by a court against the inmate in any other criminal or civil action or proceeding in any court in this state.

Wage/bank account garnishment All Yes