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Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps
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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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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 600.090(2) | Determination of ability to pay all or part of representation costs--lien for reasonable value of services, procedure--deposit of funds collected |
If at any time, either during or after the disposition of his case, such defendant becomes financially able to meet all or some part of the cost of services rendered to him, he shall be required to reimburse the commission in such amounts as he can reasonably pay, either by a single payment or by installments of reasonable amounts, in accordance with a schedule of charges for public defender services prepared by the commission.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Missouri | Mo. Ann. Stat. § 558.004(4) | Imposition of fines |
When an offender is sentenced to pay a fine, the court may provide for the payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If no such provision is made a part of the sentence, the fine shall be payable forthwith.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | Yes |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 209.4837(E) | Agreement for assignment and distribution of wages of offender; schedule of restitution. |
The agreement must contain a schedule of restitution payments to be made to all victims of crimes for which the offender is incarcerated and for which an amount of restitution + See morewas set pursuant to NRS 176.033. The payments may be made subject to such terms as the Director considers advisable.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | Yes |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 209.4295 (4) | Payment of cost of supervision and treatment; performance of community service as contribution toward cost; issuance of judgment for unpaid costs. |
The court may issue a judgment against a probation violator and in favor of the State for the costs of treatment and supervision which remain unpaid when the probationer is + See morereleased from the diversion program but in no event may the amount of the judgment include any amount of debt which was extinguished by the successful completion of community service pursuant to subsection 3.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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