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.

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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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 Delaware 11 Del. C. § 4104(c) Fines, Costs or Restitution; How Collected; Holding Operator's License as Security for Payment

Any court may, in its discretion, direct any person sentenced to pay a fine or restitution upon conviction of a crime, who is employed within this State or by a

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Delaware resident or employer, to execute an assignment of a specified periodic sum not to exceed 1/3 of the person's total earnings, which assignment shall direct the person's employer to withhold and remit that amount to this State up to the total of the fine, costs and restitution imposed.

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