Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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 Arkansas Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-206(b) Collection of Unpaid Restitution--Interception of State Income Tax Returns

A court that orders the payment of restitution as a condition of a defendant's sentence shall note on the restitution order that the restitution may be collected through an interception

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of the defendant's state income tax return if the defendant has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the restitution order.

 Wage/bank account garnishment All No
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 Arkansas Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-204(a) Collection After Default

When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine or costs defaults in the payment of the fine or costs or of any installment, the fine or costs may be collected

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by any means authorized for the enforcement of a money judgment in a civil action.

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 North Dakota N.D. Cent. Code § 32-09.1-02 Creditors may proceed by garnishment
Any creditor is entitled to proceed by garnishment in any court having jurisdiction of the subject of the action against any person, any public corporation, the United States, the state
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of North Dakota, or any institution, department, or agency of the state, indebted to or having any property in possession or under control, belonging to the creditor's debtor after securing a judgment against the debtor in a court of competent jurisdiction, in the cases, upon the conditions, and in the manner prescribed in this chapter. A garnishment action brought pursuant to this chapter is the exclusive procedure which may be used to execute on earnings of a debtor while those earnings are held by a third-party employer.
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 Utah Utah Code Ann. § 77-19-1 Judgment for fines or costs --Enforcement
If the judgment is for a fine or costs when allowed by statute and the fine is not paid as ordered by the court, execution or garnishment may be issued
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as on a judgment in a civil action. The prosecuting attorney, upon written request of the court clerk, shall effectuate collection through execution or garnishment when the fine or costs have not been paid as ordered by the court.
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 Utah Utah Code Ann. § 77-38a-502 Collection from inmate offenders
In addition to the remedies provided in Section 77-38a-501, the department upon written request of the prosecutor, victim, or parole or probation agent, shall collect restitution from offender funds held
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by the department as provided in Section 64-13-23.
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