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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap	Level of offense	Mandatory
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 476.120	Punishment for contempt	Punishment for contempt may be by fine or imprisonment in the jail of the county where the court may be sitting, or both, in the discretion of the court.	Incarceration, Increased fine	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 488.020	Collection of court costs, when, how	Upon notification to the party from whom the fee is due, a failure to pay the fee after such notice, and a showing of the party's ability to pay the + See more fee, the court may hold the party in contempt.	Incarceration, Increased fine, Other	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.020(3)-(4)	Collection of court costs, when, how	The supreme court may provide by rule for imposition of interest on any court costs not paid within thirty days of when due. If any court cost is not paid + See more when due, the following actions may be taken: (3) Upon notification to the party from whom the court cost is due, and upon failure to pay the fee after such notice, the court may inform the office of administration of any delinquencies in excess of twenty-five dollars. Upon receiving such notice, and without further notice by the office of administration to the defaulting party, the office of administration shall deduct the amount of unpaid court costs from any payment by the state to the defaulting party under any provision of law. The office of administration shall transmit the amount set off to the court, and shall send the excess amount to the payee, with a notice that the remainder of the refund was transmitted to the court in satisfaction of all or part of the unpaid court costs. The office of administration and its officials and employees shall not be liable to any person for any action taken in accordance with the requirements of this subdivision. Any proceeding contesting any action taken by a court or the office of administration pursuant to this subdivision shall be brought in the court which certified such unpaid fees to the office of administration, and shall be deemed ancillary to the proceeding for which such unpaid fees were assessed. No appearance, responsive pleading or discovery shall be due from the office of administration in such proceeding except upon order of the court; (4) Upon notification to the party from whom the fee is due, a failure to pay the fee after such notice, and a showing of the party's ability to pay the fee, the court may hold the party in contempt.	Collection fee/interest, Incarceration, Increased fine, Other, Wage/bank account garnishment	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Missouri	Mo. Ann. Stat. § 545.02	Recovery of fine or forfeiture, how	Whenever a fine, penalty or forfeiture is or may be inflicted by any statute of this state for any offense, the same may be recovered by indictment or information, notwithstanding + See more another or different remedy for the recovery of the same may be specified in the law imposing the fine, penalty or forfeiture; provided, that in all cases the fine, penalty or forfeiture shall go to the state, county, corporation, person or persons to whom the law imposing the same declares it shall accrue.	Incarceration, Increased fine	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.28(G)(3)	Financial sanctions; court costs	(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 more or another person authorized by law or the court to collect the financial sanction may do the following: (3) To defray administrative costs, charge a reasonable fee to an offender who elects a payment plan rather than a lump sum payment of any financial sanction.	Increased fine, Payment plan/installment plan	Misdemeanor	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.37(D)	Policy requiring prisoner to pay costs of confinement	The reimbursement coordinator may collect any amounts remaining unpaid on an itemized bill and any costs associated with the enforcement of the judgment and may enter into a contract with + See more one or more public agencies or private vendors to collect any amounts remaining unpaid. For enforcing a judgment issued under this section, the reimbursement coordinator may assess an additional poundage fee of two per cent of the amount remaining unpaid and may collect costs associated with the enforcement of the judgment.	Increased fine	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(A)(1)	Financial sanctions; restitution; reimbursements	If the court imposes restitution, the court may order that the offender pay a surcharge of not more than five per cent of the amount of the restitution otherwise ordered + See more to the entity responsible for collecting and processing restitution payments.	Increased fine	All	No

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