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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	Delaware	10 Del. C. § 8709	Neglect or Refusal to Pay Fees; Penalty	Whoever neglects or refuses to pay the fees provided for in §§ 8707 and 8708 of this title, for any service performed within 10 days after written demand from the officer + See more to whom such fees are due, shall be fined $ 10 besides costs of suit.	Increased fine	All	Yes
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Delaware	11 Del. C. § 4104(b)	Fines, Costs or Restitution; How Collected; Holding Operator's License as Security for Payment	Any court, including a justice of the peace, may, in its discretion, permit any person sentenced to pay a fine upon conviction of crime, in lieu of the payment of + See more the fine ordered, to execute a bond acknowledging the amount of the fine imposed upon the person as a debt due and owing to this State and binding the person unto this State in an amount equal to 10 times the fine imposed. The bond shall be so conditioned that, should the amount of the fine imposed be paid to this State on or before the tenth day next following the day on which the fine is imposed, then in that event the bond shall be null and void.	Collection fee/interest	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.28(G)(3)	Financial sanctions; court costs	(G) Each court imposing a financial sanction upon an offender under this section may designate the clerk of the court or another person to collect the financial sanction. The clerk, + See more or another person authorized by law or the court to collect the financial sanction may do the following: (3) To defray administrative costs, charge a reasonable fee to an offender who elects a payment plan rather than a lump sum payment of any financial sanction.	Increased fine, Payment plan/installment plan	Misdemeanor	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.37(D)	Policy requiring prisoner to pay costs of confinement	The reimbursement coordinator may collect any amounts remaining unpaid on an itemized bill and any costs associated with the enforcement of the judgment and may enter into a contract with + See more one or more public agencies or private vendors to collect any amounts remaining unpaid. For enforcing a judgment issued under this section, the reimbursement coordinator may assess an additional poundage fee of two per cent of the amount remaining unpaid and may collect costs associated with the enforcement of the judgment.	Increased fine	All	No
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Ohio	Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.18(A)(1)	Financial sanctions; restitution; reimbursements	If the court imposes restitution, the court may order that the offender pay a surcharge of not more than five per cent of the amount of the restitution otherwise ordered + See more to the entity responsible for collecting and processing restitution payments.	Increased fine	All	No

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