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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	New Hampshire	N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 618:7	Execution	A writ of execution may be issued for any fine in a criminal case, notwithstanding the respondent may be committed or detained in a county correctional facility for nonpayment thereof, + See more and if the fine is collected upon the execution, the convict shall not be further detained on account thereof.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Hampshire	N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 618:6	Place of Committal	Any person sentenced to pay a fine shall be ordered to be imprisoned until sentence is performed, or he or she is otherwise legally discharged, in the county correctional facility + See more in which the crime was committed. This section shall not be construed as authorizing the confinement of any juvenile under the age of 17 years in a county correctional facility for the nonpayment of a fine.	Incarceration	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Hampshire	N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651:67(I)	Failure to Make Restitution	Any offender who is sentenced to make restitution under RSA 651:63, and who purposely violates the court's order by either failing to make restitution or by defaulting in the payment + See more or performance of the restitution authorized, may be prosecuted for contempt.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Hampshire	N.H. Rev. Stat. § 618:9	Committal for Nonpayment; Term	Whenever a person is committed to a county correctional facility in default of payment of a fine imposed by a justice of a superior court or a district court, he + See more or she shall be discharged from custody by the superintendent thereof at the expiration of a number of days after the date of his or her commitment equal to one day for each $150 of the fine so imposed. The superintendent shall keep a record of all discharges made under the provisions of this section.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	New Hampshire	N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 618:8	At End of Term, or on Payment of Balance	Any person sentenced conditionally to pay a fine or to be imprisoned for a term shall be discharged at the expiration of the term, and may be discharged at any + See more time on payment of the balance of the fine, after deducting $150 for each day such person has been imprisoned under the sentence.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-05(3)	Imposition of fine--Response to nonpayment	3. If the defendant does not pay the fine, or make any required partial payment, the court, upon motion of the prosecuting attorney or on its own motion, may issue + See more an order to show cause why the defendant should not be imprisoned for nonpayment. Unless the defendant shows that his default is excusable, the court may sentence him to the following periods of imprisonment for failure to pay a fine:a. If the defendant was convicted of a misdemeanor, to a period not to exceed thirty days. b. If the defendant was convicted of a felony, to a period not to exceed six months.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-05(3)	Imposition of fine--Response to nonpayment	If the defendant does not pay the fine, or make any required partial payment, the court, upon motion of the prosecuting attorney or on its own motion, may issue an + See more order to show cause why the defendant should not be imprisoned for nonpayment. Unless the defendant shows that his default is excusable, the court may sentence him to the following periods of imprisonment for failure to pay a fine: a. If the defendant was convicted of a misdemeanor, to a period not to exceed thirty days. b. If the defendant was convicted of a felony, to a period not to exceed six months.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 29-27-03	Judgment for imprisonment or as response to nonpayment of fine	If a judgment is for imprisonment, initially or as response to nonpayment of a fine in accordance with section 12.1-32-05, the defendant forthwith must be committed to the custody of + See more the proper officer and be detained by that officer until the judgment is complied with.	Incarceration	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 40-11-12	Commitment of guilty person for nonpayment of fines or costs	Any person upon whom any fine or costs, or both, has been imposed for violation of a municipal ordinance may, after hearing, be committed upon order of the court to + See more jail or other place provided by the municipality for the incarceration of offenders until the fine or costs, or both, are fully paid or discharged by labor as provided in section 40-18-12. The court may not commit a person under this section when the sole reason for the person's nonpayment of fines or costs, or both, is the person's indigence. An order of commitment under this section shall not be for a period in excess of thirty days. As used in this section, “fine” does not include a fee established pursuant to subsection 2 of section 40-05-06.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	North Dakota	N.D. Cent. Code § 27-10-01.4(1)(b)	Remedial sanctions--Punitive sanctions for nonsummary and summary procedure--Past conduct	1. A court may impose one or more of the following remedial sanctions:b. Imprisonment if the contempt of court is of a type included in subdivision b, c, d, e, + See more or f of subsection 1 of section 27-10-01.1 (providing that contempt of court includes "Intentional nonpayment of a sum of money ordered by the court to be paid in a case when by law execution cannot be awarded for the collection of the sum") The imprisonment may extend for as long as the contemnor continues the contempt or six months, whichever is shorter.	Incarceration	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Minnesota	Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.3455(8)(c)	Dangerous sex offenders; life sentences; conditional release	If the offender fails to meet any condition of release, the commissioner may revoke the offender's conditional release and order that the offender serve all or a part of the + See more remaining portion of the conditional release term in prison. An offender, while on supervised release, is not entitled to credit against the offender's conditional release term for time served in confinement for a violation of release.	Condition or extension of supervision, Incarceration	All	No

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