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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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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-21-33 | Suspension of operators' license for failure to pay costs, fines, fees, or assessments |
A judge of the superior or district court or the traffic tribunal may order the suspension of a person's license issued pursuant to chapter 10 of title 31 if the person fails to pay court ordered costs, fines, fees, restitution or assessments within the time period provided for in an order of the court. The judge may order the suspension to be effective until the person complies with the court order.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | Yes |
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Rhode Island | R.I. Gen. Laws. Ann. § 12-19-8.1 | Conditions of probation |
(a) The following shall constitute basic conditions of probation applicable to all defendants upon whom a period of probation has been imposed: (8) Pay restitution, court costs, and fines, if assessed, in one or several sums, based on the defendant's ability to pay; and
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 77-27-6 | Payment of restitution |
When the Board of Pardons and Parole orders the release on parole of an inmate who has been sentenced to make restitution pursuant to Title 77, Chapter 38a, Crime Victims + See moreRestitution Act, or whom the board has ordered to make restitution, and all or a portion of restitution is still owing, the board may establish a schedule, including both complete and court-ordered restitution, by which payment of the restitution shall be made
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-201.1(b) | Collection of criminal judgments--installment plan |
Criminal judgment accounts receivable means any amount due the state arising from a criminal judgment for which payment has not been received by the state agency that is servicing the + See moredebt... The court may permit a defendant to pay a criminal judgment account receivable in installments.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-201.1 | Collection of criminal judgments--extend probation |
When a defendant defaults in the payment of a criminal judgment account receivable or any installment of that receivable, the court, on motion of the prosecution, victim, or upon its + See moreown motion may: (a) order the defendant to appear and show cause why the default should not be treated as contempt of court; or (b) issue a warrant of arrest... (5) If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the default is not contempt, the court may enter an order for any of the following or any combination of the following...start the period of probation anew
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 53-3-221(3)(a) | Offenses that may result in denial, suspension, disqualification, or revocation of license--Additional grounds for suspension | The division may suspend the license of a person under Subsection (1) when the division has been notified by a court that the person has an outstanding unpaid fine | Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 53-3-221(3)(a) | Offenses that may result in denial, suspension, disqualification, or revocation of license--Additional grounds for suspension |
The division may suspend the license of a person under Subsection (1) when the division has been notified by a court that the person has . . . an + See moreoutstanding incomplete restitution requirement
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Utah | Utah Code Ann. § 77-32a-6 | Payment as condition of probation or suspended sentence |
When a defendant sentenced to pay costs is also placed on probation or imposition or execution of sentence is suspended, the court may make payment of costs a condition of + See moreprobation or suspension of sentence.
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Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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