50-State Criminal Justice Debt Reform Builder Bringing transparency to areas of significant legal complexity.
Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps
Keyword search across all of the laws in the states. Subject-area tabs above allow you to narrow results. Click the advanced search for further refinement.
Every law can be saved to the Reform Builder
See all poverty penalty and poverty trap policy recommendations in CJPP’s Policy Guide
State
- Alabama (1)
- Alaska (2)
- Arizona (6)
- Arkansas (6)
- California (0)
- Colorado (5)
- Connecticut (8)
- Delaware (2)
- Florida (22)
- Georgia (2)
- Hawaii (1)
- Idaho (1)
- Illinois (1)
- Indiana (4)
- Iowa (2)
- Kansas (1)
- Kentucky (2)
- Louisiana (6)
- Maine (1)
- Maryland (5)
- Massachusetts (5)
- Michigan (5)
- Minnesota (0)
- Mississippi (0)
- Missouri (7)
- Montana (3)
- (-) Nebraska (2)
- Nevada (1)
- New Hampshire (2)
- New Jersey (1)
- New Mexico (3)
- New York (4)
- North Carolina (2)
- North Dakota (8)
- Ohio (8)
- Oklahoma (2)
- Oregon (4)
- Pennsylvania (3)
- Rhode Island (0)
- South Carolina (10)
- South Dakota (1)
- Tennessee (1)
- Texas (6)
- Utah (7)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (5)
- Washington (4)
- Washington DC (3)
- West Virginia (1)
- (-) Wisconsin (1)
- Wyoming (2)
Keyword search
Reset
Reset all filtersType of poverty penalty or poverty trap
- Civil judgment (0)
- Collection fee/interest (1)
- Community service (1)
- Condition or extension of supervision (2)
- Driver's license suspension/impoundment (1)
- Extension of probation/supervision (0)
- Incarceration (6)
- (-) Increased fine (2)
- Other (2)
- Payment plan/installment plan (3)
- (-) Property liens (1)
- Wage/bank account garnishment (2)
- Work program/jail industry program (0)
Narrrow results
Level of Offense
Below are the poverty penalties and poverty traps that meet your search criteria. Many include a See related provisions prompt which searches our database for laws that may pertain to your result.
3 Results
| State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Type of poverty penalty or poverty trap | Level of offense | Mandatory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Add to Dashboard
|
Nebraska | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2206.01 | Fine and costs; payment of installments; violation; penalty |
Installments provided for in section 29-2206 shall be paid pursuant to the order entered by the court or magistrate. Any person who fails to comply with the terms of such order shall be liable for punishment for contempt, unless such person has the leave of the court or magistrate in regard to such noncompliance or such person requests a hearing pursuant to section 29-2412 and establishes at such hearing that he or she is financially unable to pay.
|
Incarceration, Increased fine | All | Yes |
|
Add to Dashboard
|
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.
|
Property liens | All | No |
|
Add to Dashboard
|
Wisconsin | Wis. Stat. § 973.05(4)(a) | Fines ("Judgment of unpaid amount by court") |
(4) If a defendant fails to pay the fine, surcharge, costs, or fees within the period specified under sub. (1) or (1m), the court may do any of the following:(a) + See moreIssue a judgment for the unpaid amount and direct the clerk to file and docket a transcript of the judgment, without fee. If the court issues a judgment for the unpaid amount, the court shall send
to the defendant at his or her last?known address written notification that a civil judgment has been issued for the unpaid fine, surcharge, costs, or fees. The judgment has the same force and effect as judgments docketed under s. 806.10.
|
Increased fine | All | No |
The Criminal Justice Debt Reform Builder is a project of the National Criminal Justice Debt Initiative of the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and with user experience design by metaLAB (at) Harvard.
For more information, please visit cjpp.law.harvard.edu.