Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

Driver's license suspension/impoundment All Yes
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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
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outstanding incomplete restitution requirement
Driver's license suspension/impoundment All No