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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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Nebraska | (2)Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1011 | Violations; liability for expenses |
Even if reimbursement for expenses is not ordered under subsection (1) of this section, the defendant shall be liable for all unreimbursed expenses incurred by a public or private agency in conjunction with the care, impoundment, seizure, or disposal of an animal. The expenses shall be a lien upon the animal.
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Property liens | All | No |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.15 | Writs of execution to issue |
If a nonindigent person convicted of a felony fails to pay the costs of prosecution pursuant to section 2949.14 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall forthwith issue to the sheriff of the county in which the indictment was found, and to the sheriff of any other county in which the person has property, executions against his property for fines and the costs of prosecution, which shall be served and returned within ten days, with the proceedings of such sheriff or the certification that there is no property upon which to levy, indorsed thereon. When a levy is made upon property under such execution, a writ shall forthwith be issued by the clerk for the sale thereof, and such sheriff shall sell the property and make return thereof, and after paying the costs of conviction, execution, and sale, pay the balance to the person authorized to receive it.
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Property liens | All | Yes |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2949.09 | Execution for fine and costs |
When a judge or magistrate renders judgment for a fine, an execution may issue for such judgment and costs of prosecution, to be levied on the property, or in default thereof, upon the body of the defendant for nonpayment of the fine. The officer holding such writ may arrest such defendant in any county and commit him to the jail of the county in which such writ issued, until such fine is paid or secured to be paid or he is otherwise legally discharged.
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Property liens | All | No |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(D)(2)(a) | Financial sanctions; restitution; reimbursements |
. . . Once the financial sanction is imposed as a judgment or order under this division, the victim, private provider, state, or political subdivision may do any of the following: (a) An execution against the property of the judgment debtor under Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code.
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Property liens | Felony | No |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(D)(2)(d) | Financial sanctions; restitution; reimbursements. |
. . . Once the financial sanction is imposed as a judgment or order under this division, the victim, private provider, state, or political subdivision may do any of the following: (d) The attachment of the property of the judgment debtor under Chapter 2715. of the Revised Code;
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Property liens | Felony | No |
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Ohio | Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(D)(2)(e) | Financial sanctions; restitution; reimbursements. |
. . . Once the financial sanction is imposed as a judgment or order under this division, the victim, private provider, state, or political subdivision may do any of the following: (e) The garnishment of the property of the judgment debtor under Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code.
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Property liens, Wage/bank account garnishment | Felony | No |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 15-102 | Lien of judgment, decree, or forfeited recognizance |
(a) Each --(1) final judgment or decree for the payment of money rendered in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or the Superior Court of the + See moreDistrict of Columbia, from the date such judgment or decree is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia, and
(2) recognizance taken by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, from the date the entry or order of forfeiture of such recognizance is filed and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia,
shall constitute a lien on all the freehold and leasehold estates, legal and equitable, of the defendants bound by such judgment, decree, or recognizance, in any land, tenements, or hereditaments in the District of Columbia, whether the estates are in possession or are reversions or remainders, vested or contingent. Such liens on equitable interest may be enforced only by an action to foreclose.
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Property liens | All | Yes |
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Washington DC | DC ST § 15-320 | Enforcement of decrees |
a) For the purpose of executing a decree, or compelling obedience to it, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District + See moreof Columbia, in addition to the other procedures provided for by this chapter and Chapter 5 of Title 16, may:(1) issue an attachment against the person of the defendant;
(2) order an immediate sequestration of his real and personal estate, or such part thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the decree; or
(3) by order and injunction, cause the possession of the estate and effects whereof the possession or a sale is decreed to be delivered to the complainant, or otherwise, according to the tenor and import of the decree and as the nature of the case requires.
In case of sequestration, the court may order payment and satisfaction to be made out of the estate and effects so sequestrated, according to the true intent and meaning of the decree.
(b) When a defendant is arrested and brought into court upon any process of contempt issued to compel the performance of a decree, the court may, upon motion, order:
(1) the defendant to stand committed; or
(2) his estates and effects to be sequestrated and payment made, as directed by subsection (a) of this section; or
(3) possession of his estate and effects to be delivered by order and injunction, as directed by subsection (a) of this section --
until the decree or order is fully performed and executed, according to the tenor and true meaning thereof, and the contempt cleared.
(c) Where a decree only directs the payment of money, the defendant may not be imprisoned except in those cases especially provided for.
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Property liens | All | No |
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