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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 § 909.3 | 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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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-05(2) | Imposition of fine--Response to nonpayment |
The court may allow the defendant to pay any fine imposed in installments. When a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine, the court shall not impose at the same + See moretime an alternative sentence to be served in the event that the fine is not paid.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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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 + See moreentitled 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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Other | All | Yes |
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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 + See morethose sanctions would be ineffectual to terminate a continuing contempt.
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Other | All | No |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-32-05(2) | Imposition of fine--Response to nonpayment |
The court may allow the defendant to pay any fine imposed in installments. When a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine, the court shall not impose at the same + See moretime an alternative sentence to be served in the event that the fine is not paid.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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North Dakota | N.D. Cent. Code § 29-26-22(4) | Judgment for fines--Court administration fee--Community service supervision fee--Special funds--Docketing and enforcement |
A judgment that the defendant pay a fine or fees, or both, may be docketed and if docketed constitutes a lien upon the real estate of the defendant in like + See moremanner as a judgment for money rendered in a civil action. The court may allow the defendant to pay any assessed administration fee or community service supervision fee in installments. When a defendant is assessed administration fees or a community service supervision fee, the court may not impose at the same time an alternative sentence to be served if the fees are not paid.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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