Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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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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Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-101.6(6)(a) Collection of Fines and Fees - Methods - Charges - Judicial Collection Enhancement Fund

The judicial department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state treasurer, acting as the administrator of unclaimed property under the "Unclaimed Property Act", article 13 of title

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38, C.R.S., for the purpose of offsetting against a claim for unclaimed property the amount of outstanding fines, fees, costs, or surcharges owed pursuant to law or an order entered by a court of this state by the person claiming unclaimed property. When an offset is to be made, the judicial department or the court to which the fines, fees, costs, or surcharges are owed shall notify the defendant in writing that the state intends to offset the defendant's outstanding fines, fees, costs, or surcharges against his or her claim for unclaimed property.

Property liens All No
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Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. § 16-11-101.8(1) State Income Tax Refund Offsets - Fines, Fees, Costs, or Surcharges - Definitions

In any case in which a defendant has an unsatisfied fine, fee, cost, or surcharge obligation imposed pursuant to law or a court order, the judicial department is authorized to

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transmit data concerning the obligation to the department of revenue for the purpose of conducting a data match and offsetting the obligation against a state income tax refund pursuant to section 39-21-108(3), or lottery winnings pursuant to section 44-40-114.

Wage/bank account garnishment All No
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Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-207(2) Work and Education Release Programs

All employment income of a probationer participating in a work release program shall be received and deposited by the probation officer in the registry of the court.

Work program/jail industry program All Yes
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Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-702(3)(b) Monetary Payments - Due Process Required

Except in the case of a corporation, if the defendant failed to pay a monetary amount due and the record indicates that the defendant has willfully failed to pay that

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monetary amount, the court, when appropriate, may consider a motion to impose part or all of a suspended sentence, may consider a motion to revoke probation, or may institute proceedings for contempt of court.

Condition or extension of supervision All No
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Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-702(2)(c) Monetary Payments - Due Process Required

If the defendant has the ability to pay the monetary amount as directed by the court or the court's designee but willfully fails to pay, the defendant may be imprisoned

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for failure to comply with the court's lawful order to pay pursuant to the terms of this section.

Incarceration All No
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Colorado Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-1.3-702(5) Monetary Payments - Failure to Pay

(5) If the court finds a defendant in contempt of court for willful failure to pay, the court may direct that the defendant be imprisoned until the monetary payment ordered

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by the court is made, but the court shall specify a maximum period of imprisonment subject to the following limits: (a) When the monetary amount was imposed for a felony, the period shall not exceed one year; (b)  When the monetary amount was imposed for a misdemeanor, the period shall not exceed one-third of the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for the misdemeanor; (c)  When the monetary amount was imposed for a petty offense, a traffic violation, or a violation of a municipal ordinance, any of which is punishable by a possible jail sentence, the period shall not exceed fifteen days; (d) There shall be no imprisonment in those cases when no imprisonment is provided for in the possible sentence; and (e) When a sentence of imprisonment and a monetary amount was imposed, the aggregate of the period and the term of the sentence shall not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment authorized for the offense.

Incarceration All No