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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	Arizona	Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-912(A)	Restoration of civil rights for first offenders; exception	Any person who has not previously been convicted of any other felony shall automatically be restored any civil rights that were lost or suspended by the conviction if the person + See more both:1. Completes a term of probation or receives an absolute discharge from imprisonment. 2. Pays any fine or restitution imposed.	Other	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Arizona	Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-1601(A)	Failure to pay civil penalty; suspension or restriction of driving privilege; collection procedure	A. A person shall pay all civil penalties within thirty days from entry of judgment, except that if payment within thirty days will place an undue economic burden on a person, + See more the court may extend the time for payment or may provide for installment payments. If the civil penalty is not paid or an installment payment is not made when due, the court may declare the entire civil penalty due and, if so, the court shall do either of the following: 1. Notify the department and the department shall promptly suspend the person’s driving privilege or the person’s application or privilege to apply for a driving privilege until the civil penalty is paid. 2. Order that the person’s driving privilege be restricted as described in section 28-144 until the civil penalty is paid and notify the department of the restriction.	Driver's license suspension/impoundment	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Arizona	Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-3308	Mandatory Suspension; Failure to Appear	On notification by the court that a person failed to appear as directed for a scheduled court appearance after service of a criminal complaint alleging a violation of a provision + See more of this title, the department shall suspend the person’s driver license or nonresident operating privilege until the person appears. If the person appears and does not pay the person’s fines, surcharges or assessments, on notification by the court the department shall suspend the person’s driving privileges or restrict the person’s driving privileges as described in section 28-144 until the fines, surcharges and assessments are paid.	Driver's license suspension/impoundment	Traffic	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 534.020(3)(b),(4)	Methods of imposing fines; installment payment plan; determination of reason for defendant's default; show cause hearing; certain installment payments not to be reported as liquidated debt	(b) If the defendant fails to appear at the show cause hearing, the court may issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest. Any warrant for arrest issued for nonpayment of + See more court costs, fees, or fines pursuant to this subsection shall include a notice to the jailer that the defendant shall be released upon payment or completion of daily credit pursuant to KRS 534.070. (4) When a defendant is sentenced to pay court costs, fees, or fines, an alternative sentence of imprisonment that is to be served in the event the court costs, fees, or fines are not paid shall not be imposed at the same time. The response of a court to nonpayment shall be determined only after: (a) The court costs, fees, or fines have not been paid; and (b) 1. The show cause hearing has been held pursuant to subsections (2)(a) and (3)(a) of this section; or 2. The defendant has failed to appear at the show cause hearing as outlined in subsection (3)(b) of this section.	Other	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Kentucky	Ky. RCr 2.05	Bench Warrants	Whenever a witness or defendant fails to appear in court as duly required, the presiding judge may issue a warrant for his or her arrest without the necessity of a + See more supporting affidavit or complaint.	Other	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maine	Me. Rev. Stat. tit 29-A § 2608	Suspension for failure to appear, answer or pay a fine in a traffic infraction offense	If a person fails to answer in any traffic infraction proceeding under Title 23, section 1980 or any traffic infraction provision of this Title by the date specified in the Violation Summons + See more and Complaint, fails to appear for trial or pay a fine assessed in any traffic infraction proceeding, the clerk shall suspend the person's license or permit, right to operate a motor vehicle in this State and the right to apply for or obtain a license or permit. If a person who is not an individual fails to appear, answer or pay a fine in a traffic infraction proceeding, the clerk shall suspend the registration of the motor vehicle involved in the offense or that person's right to operate that vehicle in the State.	Driver's license suspension/impoundment	Traffic	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maine	Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §1942	Duty of clerks to collect fines and costs or to issue process for collection	Each clerk of court, in default of payment to him of fines, forfeitures and bills of costs, shall issue warrants of distress, or such other process therefor as the court + See more finds necessary to enforce the execution of any order, sentence or judgment in behalf of the State, deliver them to the sheriff, or to such constable as the district attorney directs, and enter of record the name of the officer and the time when they are delivered to him.	Other	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Maine	Me. Rev. Stat. tit 15 §2061	Examination of records of clerks and treasurers by district attorney	District attorneys shall examine the records and files in the offices of clerks and the certificates and accounts in the offices of treasurers, relating to fines, forfeitures and bills of + See more costs accruing to their counties; ascertain, so far as practicable, the cause of any delinquencies in paying over the same; and move the court for all necessary orders and processes to enforce the collection thereof.	Other	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Pennsylvania	Pa. R. Crim. P. 430(B)(4)	Failure to respond to traffic citation	(4) that failure to respond to the citation as provided above within the time specified: (a) shall result in the issuance of + See more a summons when a violation of an ordinance or any parking offense is charged, or when the defendant is under 18 years of age, and in all other cases shall result in the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the defendant; and (b) shall result in the suspension of the defendant’s driver’s license when a violation of the Vehicle Code is charged;	Driver's license suspension/impoundment	Traffic	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Pennsylvania	75 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 1541	Period of disqualification, revocation or suspension of operating privilege	Continued suspension of operating privilege.--A defendant ordered by the court under section 3816 (relating to requirements for driving under influence offenders), as the result of a conviction or Accelerated Rehabilitative + See more Disposition of a violation of section 3802 to attend a treatment program for alcohol or drug addiction must successfully complete all requirements of the treatment program ordered by the court before the defendant's operating privilege may be restored. Successful completion of a treatment program includes the payment of all court-imposed fines and costs, as well as fees to be paid to the treatment program by the defendant. For the purposes of restoring a suspended license, being current on a payment plan shall be considered as a part of a successfully completed program. If a defendant fails to successfully complete the requirements of a treatment program, the suspension shall remain in effect until the defendant completes the program and is otherwise eligible for restoration of his operating privilege. The treatment agency shall immediately notify the court of successful completion of the treatment program. The final decision as to whether a defendant has successfully completed the treatment program rests with the court.	Driver's license suspension/impoundment	Traffic	Yes

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