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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap | Level of offense | Mandatory | |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1807(8) | Conditions of probation |
8. Condition of probation that includes staying within jurisdiction of court; application fee; use of fees. Whenever the court requires as a condition of probation that the person remain within the jurisdiction of the court, unless permission to leave temporarily is granted in writing by the person's probation officer, the Department of Corrections may impose on a person applying for such permission an application fee of $25. The department may impose on a person an additional fee of $25 per month if permission is sought and granted to leave the jurisdiction of the court on a periodic basis. Permission to leave may not be denied or withdrawn solely because the person is not able to pay the application fee or the additional fee. When a person fails to pay a fee imposed under this subsection, the department may refuse to process the application or may withdraw permission to leave if the failure to pay is attributable to the person's willful refusal to pay or to a failure on the person's part to make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for the payment.
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Condition or extension of supervision | Felony | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 § 7 | General jurisdiction; control of records |
The Supreme Judicial Court may exercise its jurisdiction according to the common law not inconsistent with the Constitution or any statute, and may punish contempts against its authority by fine and imprisonment, or either, and administer oaths.
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Incarceration | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 4 § 7 | General jurisdiction; control of records |
The Supreme Judicial Court may exercise its jurisdiction according to the common law not inconsistent with the Constitution or any statute, and may punish contempts against its authority by fine and imprisonment, or either, and administer oaths.
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Increased fine | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1854(2)(A) | Requirements of administrative release |
2. Discretionary requirements. In addition to the requirements in subsection 1, the court in its sentence may require the person: A. To pay to the appropriate county an administrative supervision fee of not more than $50 per month, as determined by the court, for the term of the administrative release. In determining the amount of the fee, the court shall take into account the financial resources of the person and the nature of the burden its payment imposes. When a person fails to pay the administrative supervision fee, the court may revoke administrative release as provided in sections 1855 and 1856 unless the person shows that failure to pay was not attributable to a willful refusal to pay or to a failure on that person's part to make a good faith effort to obtain the funds required for the payment.
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Incarceration | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1753 | Electronic monitoring fee and substance testing fee as conditions of probation |
If a court imposes a sentencing alternative authorized under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, upon the request of the Department of Corrections, the court shall attach as a condition of probation an electronic monitoring fee, a substance testing fee or both, as governed by section 1807, subsection 7.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Maine | Me. Rev. Stat. tit 17-A § 1752 | Supervision fee as condition of probation |
If a court imposes a sentencing alternative authorized under section 1502 that includes a period of probation, it must attach as a condition of probation that the convicted individual pay, through the Department of Corrections, a supervision fee imposed pursuant to section 1807, subsection 6 for the term of probation.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 769.3(2) | Conditional sentence - installments |
(2) Except for a person who is convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the first or third degree, the court may also place the offender on probation with the condition + See morethat the offender pay a fine, costs, damages, restitution, or any combination in installments with any limited time and may, upon default in any of those payments, impose sentence as provided by law.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4803 | Failure to pay as subject to late penalty |
A person who fails to pay a penalty, fee, or costs in full within 56 days after that amount is due and owing is subject to a late penalty equal + See moreto 20% of the amount owed. The court shall inform a person subject to a penalty, fee, or costs that the late penalty will be applied to any amount that continues to be unpaid 56 days after the amount is due and owing. . . . A late penalty may be waived by the court upon the request of the person subject to the late penalty.
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Collection fee/interest | All | No |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.136 | Collection Services to the Courts: Offsetting tax refunds or other payments; order of priority |
The department, pursuant to its statutory and common law authority, may offset tax refunds or other payments due from the state to a person who owes a debt to a + See morecourt that would be collectible under an agreement described in this act.
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | No |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 771.3(2) | Restitution by defendant convicted of misdemeanor |
As a condition of probation, the court may require the probationer to do 1 or more of the following: . . . (b) Pay immediately or within the period of + See morehis or her probation a fine imposed when placed on probation. (c) Pay costs pursuant to subsection (5). (d) Pay any assessment ordered by the court other than an assessment described in subsection (1)(f). . . . (f) Agree to pay by wage assignment any restitution, assessment, fine, or cost imposed by the court.
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Wage/bank account garnishment | All | No |
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Michigan | Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.907(11) | Restitution by defendant convicted of misdemeanor |
If a person fails to comply with an order or judgment issued under this section within the time prescribed by the court, the driver's license of that person shall be + See moresuspended under section 321a until full compliance with that order or judgment occurs. In addition to this suspension, the court may also proceed under section 908.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | Yes |
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