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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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Montana | Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-201(6) | Sentences that may be imposed |
In addition to any of the penalties, restrictions, or conditions imposed pursuant to subsections (1) through (5), the sentencing judge may include the suspension of the license or driving privilege + See moreof the person to be imposed upon the failure to comply with any penalty, restriction, or condition of the sentence. A suspension of the license or driving privilege of the person must be accomplished as provided in 61-5-214 through 61-5-217.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 32-35-60 | Installment payments |
A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 32-35-62 | Failure to pay installments--Suspension of licenses. |
In the event the judgment debtor referred to in § 32-35-61 fails to pay any installment as specified by such order, then upon notice of such default, the Department of Public Safety shall forthwith suspend the license or nonresident's operating privilege and the Department of Revenue shall forthwith suspend the registration of the judgment debtor until such judgment is satisfied, as provided in this chapter.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | Yes |
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 32-35-52 | Suspension of license for failure to pay judgment |
The Department of Public Safety upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment shall forthwith suspend the license and any nonresident's operating privilege and the Department of Revenue shall forthwith suspend the registration of any person against whom such judgment was rendered except as provided in §§ 32-35-53 to 32-35-56, inclusive.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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South Dakota | S.D. Codified Laws § 32-35-57 | Length of suspension pursuant to Section 32-35-52 |
A license, registration, and nonresident's operating privilege suspended pursuant to § 32-35-52 shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license or registration be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any such person not previously licensed, unless and until every such judgment is stayed, satisfied in full, or to the extent provided in § 32-35-59, and until the said person gives proof of financial responsibility subject to the exemptions stated in §§ 32-35-54, 32-35-55, and 32-35-61.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | Yes |
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