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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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Iowa | Iowa Code § 909.5 | Nonpayment of fines and court costs — contempt |
A person who is able to pay a fine, court-imposed court costs for a criminal proceeding, or both, or an installment of the fine or the court-imposed court costs, or both, and who refuses to do so, or who fails to make a good faith effort to pay the fine, court costs, or both, or any installment thereof, shall be held in contempt of court.
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Incarceration | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 665.4 | Contempts: Punishment |
The punishment for contempt, where not otherwise specifically provided, shall be: 1. In the supreme court or the court of appeals, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. Before district judges, district associate judges, and associate juvenile judges by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. 3. Before judicial magistrates, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding thirty days. |
Increased fine | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 665.5 | Contempts: Imprisonment |
If the contempt consists in an omission to perform an act which is yet in the power of the person to perform, the person may be imprisoned until the person performs it. In that case the act to be performed must be specified in the warrant of the commitment.
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Incarceration | All | No |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 8A.504(d)(3),(2) | Setoff Procedures |
d. “Qualifying debt” includes, but is not limited to, the following: (3) Any debt which is in the form of a liquidated sum due, owing, and payable to the clerk of the district court.
2. Setoff procedure. The collection entity shall establish and maintain a procedure to set off against any claim owed to a person by a public agency any liability of that person owed to a public agency, a support debt being enforced by the child support recovery unit pursuant to chapter 252B, or such other qualifying debt. |
Wage/bank account garnishment | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 910.4(1)(a)-(b) | Condition of probation — payment plan |
1. When restitution is ordered by the sentencing court and the offender is placed on probation, restitution shall be a condition of probation. a. Failure of the offender to comply with the plan of restitution, plan of payment, or community service requirements when community service is ordered by the court as restitution, shall constitute a violation of probation and shall constitute contempt of court.
b. If an offender fails to comply with restitution requirements during probation, the court may hold the offender in contempt, revoke probation, or extend the period of probation. |
Condition or extension of supervision | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 910.5(4)(b) | Condition of work release or parole |
If an offender is to be placed on parole, restitution shall be a condition of parole. b. After the expiration of the offender’s sentence, the failure of an offender to comply with the plan of restitution ordered by the court shall constitute contempt of court.
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Incarceration | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 910.7A | Judgment — enforcement. |
1. An order requiring an offender to pay restitution constitutes a judgment and lien against all property of a liable defendant for the amount the defendant is obligated to pay under the order and may be recorded in any office for the filing of liens against real or personal property.
2. A judgment of restitution may be enforced by the state, a victim entitled under the order to receive restitution, a deceased victim’s estate, or any other beneficiary of the judgment in the same manner as a civil judgment. |
Property liens | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 909.3A | Community service option |
The court may, in its discretion, order the defendant to perform community service work of an equivalent value to the fine imposed where it appears that the community service work will be adequate to deter the defendant and to discourage others from similar criminal activity. The rate at which community service shall be calculated shall be the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is higher.
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Community service | All | No |
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Iowa | Iowa Code Ann. § 910.4(1) | Condition of probation--payment plan |
1. When restitution is ordered by the sentencing court and the offender is placed on probation, restitution shall be a condition of probation. a. Failure of the offender to comply with the plan of restitution, plan of payment, or community service requirements when community service is ordered by the court as restitution, shall constitute a violation of probation and shall constitute contempt of court.
b. If an offender fails to comply with restitution requirements during probation, the court may hold the offender in contempt, revoke probation, or extend the period of probation. |
Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 815.9(7)-(8) | Indigency determined — penalty |
7. When ordering payment of all or a portion of the total costs and fees incurred for legal assistance under subsection 6, the court may order payment of the costs and fees in reasonable installments as provided in section 909.3, or may order the entire amount due and payable. If any costs and fees are not paid at the time specified in the order of the court, a judgment shall be entered against the person for any unpaid amount. Such judgment may be enforced by the state in the same manner as a civil judgment.
8. If a person is granted an appointed attorney or has received legal assistance in accordance with this section and the person is employed, the person shall execute an assignment of wages. An order for assignment of income, in a reasonable amount to be determined by the court, shall be entered by the court. The state public defender shall prescribe forms for use in wage assignments and court orders entered under this subsection. |
Wage/bank account garnishment | All | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 321.210A(1) | Suspension for failure to pay fine, surcharge, or costs |
1. The department shall suspend the driver’s license of a person who, upon conviction of violating a law regulating the operation of a motor vehicle, has failed to pay the criminal fine or penalty, surcharge, or court costs, as follows:
a. Upon the failure of a person to timely pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs the clerk of the district court shall notify the person by regular mail that if the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs remain unpaid after sixty days from the date of mailing, the clerk will notify the department of the failure for purposes of instituting suspension procedures. b. Upon the failure of a person to pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs within sixty days’ notice by the clerk of the district court as provided in paragraph “b”, the clerk shall report the failure to the department. c. Upon receipt of a report of a failure to pay the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs from the clerk of the district court, the department shall in accordance with its rules, suspend the person’s driver’s license until the fine, penalty, surcharge, or court costs are paid. |
Driver's license suspension/impoundment | Traffic | Yes |
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Iowa | Iowa Code § 909.3 | Criminal Corrections - Fines: Payment in installments |
1. All fines imposed by the court shall be paid on the day the fine is imposed, and the person shall be instructed to pay such fines with the office of the clerk of the district court on the date of imposition.
2. a. The court may, in its discretion, order a fine to be paid in installments. |
Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-503(a) | Installment | When a court imposes a fine, the court may order the defendant to pay the fine: (1) When the court imposes sentence; or (2) In specified installments at designated intervals. | Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-503(c) | Condition Probation on Payment | If a court sentences a defendant to probation, the court may make payment of a fine a condition of the sentence. | Condition or extension of supervision | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-504(c)(3) | Imprisonment |
After an investigation that a court considers necessary as to the reasons for the failure or inability to pay a fine, the court: May order that the individual be committed + See moreto a correctional facility;
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Incarceration | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 7-505 | Collection of Unpaid Fines and Costs | Unpaid and undischarged fines and unpaid costs may be levied, executed on, and collected in the same manner as judgments in civil cases. | Property liens | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Transp. § 26-207(a) | Revocation of Commercial License |
If a person holding a commercial driver's license fails to comply with a notice to appear in court or a notice for failure to pay a fine for a traffic + See morecitation issued to the person under the laws or regulations of another state, and the other state's driver licensing authority notified the Administration of the noncompliance, on receipt of the notice of noncompliance and after giving the person 10 days' written notice, the Administration shall suspend the driving privileges of the person until receipt of a notice of compliance from the other state.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Transp. § 27-103(a) | Revocation of License |
If a person fined under the Maryland Vehicle Law1 or under any federal traffic law or regulation for a violation occurring in Maryland does not pay the fine in accordance + See morewith the court's directive: (1) The court may so certify to the Administration; and (2) On such certification, after giving the person 10 days advance written notice, the Administration may suspend the driving privileges or license of the person until the fine has been paid.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law §10-119(i) | Criminal Contempt Sanctions |
if the defendant willfully fails to pay the fine imposed by the court, that willful failure may be treated as a criminal contempt of court, for which the defendant may + See morebe punished by the court as provided by law.
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Increased fine | All | No |
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Maryland | Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law §10-127(c) | Criminal Contempt Sanctions | A defendant's willful failure to pay a fine imposed under this part may be treated as a criminal contempt punishable as provided by law. | Increased fine | All | No |
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