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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	Texas	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 43.07	Execution for Fine and Costs	In each case of pecuniary fine, an execution may issue for the fine and costs, though a capias pro fine was issued for the defendant; and a capias pro fine + See more may issue for the defendant though an execution was issued against the defendant's property. The execution shall be collected and returned as in civil actions. When the execution has been collected, the defendant shall be at once discharged; and whenever the fine and costs have been legally discharged in any way, the execution shall be returned satisfied.	Property liens	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Texas	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 42.22(2)(a)-(b)	Restitution Liens. [Effective until January 1, 2021]	(a) The victim of a criminal offense has a restitution lien to secure the amount of restitution to which the victim is entitled under the order of a court in a + See more criminal case. (b) The state also has a restitution lien to secure the: (1) amount of fines or costs entered against a defendant in the judgment in a felony criminal case; (2) amount of reimbursement for costs of: (A) confinement ordered under Article 42.038; or (B) notice provided under Article 62.056 or 62.201; and (3) amount of damages incurred by the state as a result of the commission of an offense under Section 38.04, Penal Code, in which the defendant used a motor vehicle while the defendant was in flight.	Property liens	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Utah	Utah Code Ann. § 77-38a-401	Entry of judgment--Interest--Civil actions--Lien	(1) Upon the court determining that a defendant owes restitution, the clerk of the court shall enter an order of complete restitution as defined in Section 77-38a-302 on the civil + See more judgment docket and provide notice of the order to the parties. (2) The order shall be considered a legal judgment, enforceable under the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. In addition, the department may, on behalf of the person in whose favor the restitution order is entered, enforce the restitution order as judgment creditor under the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. (3) If the defendant fails to obey a court order for payment of restitution and the victim or department elects to pursue collection of the order by civil process, the victim shall be entitled to recover collection and reasonable attorney fees.	Property liens	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Utah	Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-6.5(2)	Liability of rescued person for costs of emergency response	The judgment shall constitute a lien when recorded in the judgment docket and shall have the same effect and is subject to the same rules as a judgment for money + See more in a civil action.	Property liens	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Utah	Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-201.1	Collection of criminal judgments--collection of civil judgment	Upon default in the payment of a criminal judgment account receivable or upon default in the payment of any installment of that receivable, the criminal judgment account receivable may be + See more collected as provided in this section or Subsection 77-18-1(9) or (10), and by any means authorized by law for the collection of a civil judgment.	Property liens	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Utah	Utah Code Ann. § 77-18-6(2)(a)	Judgment to pay fine or restitution constitutes a lien	When a fine, forfeiture, surcharge, cost, fee, or restitution is recorded in the registry of civil judgments, the judgment: (a) constitutes a lien	Property liens	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Utah	Utah Code Ann. § 41-1a-1301	Unpaid fees and penalty--Lien--Seizure and sale	Every registration fee and penalty not paid by the due date is a lien upon all: i) the unexempt personal property of the owner or operator of the vehicle, vessel, + See more or outboard motor; and ii) interest or equity of the owner or operator in all personal property, including vehicles, vessels, or outboard motors	Property liens	Traffic	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Utah	Utah Code Ann. § 77-38a-601	Preservation of assets	Prior to or at the time a criminal information, indictment charging a violation, or a petition alleging delinquency is filed, or at any time during the prosecution of the case, + See more a prosecutor may, if in the prosecutor's best judgment there is a substantial likelihood that a conviction will be obtained and restitution will be ordered in the case, petition the court to: (a) enter a temporary restraining order, an injunction, or both; (b) require the execution of a satisfactory performance bond; or (c) take any other action to preserve the availability of property which may be necessary to satisfy an anticipated restitution order.	Property liens	All	No

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