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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Delaware 21 Del. C. § 709(j)(3) Payment of Motor Vehicle Fines

If a driver who has failed to pay a voluntary assessment or request a hearing within 30 days of the date of arrest appears at court, the charge shall be

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prosecuted as if the voluntary assessment had not been permitted and the officer shall swear to the Uniform Traffic Complaint and Summons prior to trial. The minimum fine provisions of subsection (g) of this section shall not apply. If the driver who appears pleads not guilty, the court shall provide the driver with a copy of the appearance bond to provide as proof of court appearance to the Division of Motor Vehicles.

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North Dakota N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-08(1) Hearing prior to ordering restitution, reparation, or reimbursement of indigent defense costs and expenses--Conditions--Collection of restitution for insufficient funds checks--Continuing appropriation
An order that a defendant make restitution or reparation as a sentence or condition of probation may, unless the court directs otherwise, be filed, transcribed, and enforced by the person
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entitled to the restitution or reparation or by the division of adult services in the same manner as civil judgments rendered by the courts of this state may be enforced.
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North Dakota N.D. Cent. Code § 27-10-01.4(1)(d) Remedial sanctions--Punitive sanctions for nonsummary and summary procedure--Past conduct A court may impose one or more of the following remedial sanctions:d. An order designed to ensure compliance with a previous order of the court Other All No
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North Dakota N.D. Cent. Code § 27-10-01.4(1)(e) Remedial sanctions--Punitive sanctions for nonsummary and summary procedure--Past conduct
A court may impose one or more of the following remedial sanctions:e. A sanction other than the sanctions specified in subdivisions a through d if the court expressly finds that
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those sanctions would be ineffectual to terminate a continuing contempt.
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