Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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 Massachusetts Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 30 Default Warrants — Warrant for Forfeiting or Defaulting on Bail Bond or Recognizance — Fees.

Any person arrested on a warrant issued because such person has forfeited or defaulted on his bail bond or recognizance or has been surrendered by a probation officer shall be

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required by the court to pay a fee of $75 payable to the city or town in which such arrest was effected...

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