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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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Kansas | Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6604(q) | Authorized dispositions; crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993 |
In imposing a fine, the court may authorize the payment thereof in installments. In lieu of payment of any fine imposed, the court may order that the person perform community + See moreservice specified by the court. The person shall receive a credit on the fine imposed in an amount equal to $5 for each full hour spent by the person in the specified community service. The community service ordered by the court shall be required to be performed by the later of one year after the fine is imposed or one year after release from imprisonment or jail, or by an earlier date specified by the court. If by the required date the person performs an insufficient amount of community service to reduce to zero the portion of the fine required to be paid by the person, the remaining balance shall become due on that date. If conditional reduction of any fine is rescinded by the court for any reason, then pursuant to the court's order the person may be ordered to perform community service by one year after the date of such rescission or by an earlier date specified by the court. If by the required date the person performs an insufficient amount of community service to reduce to zero the portion of the fine required to be paid by the person, the remaining balance of the fine shall become due on that date. All credits for community service shall be subject to review and approval by the court.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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Kansas | Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3425(2) | Commitment for failure to pay fine and costs |
Any person confined in the county jail for failure to pay a fine or costs may be released by the court which imposed sentence, upon satisfactory proof that such person + See moreis unable to pay such fine and costs. A release under this section shall not discharge a person from his liability to pay the fine and costs adjudged against him, but they may thereafter be collected by execution as on judgments in civil cases.
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 209.4837(E) | Agreement for assignment and distribution of wages of offender; schedule of restitution. |
The agreement must contain a schedule of restitution payments to be made to all victims of crimes for which the offender is incarcerated and for which an amount of restitution + See morewas set pursuant to NRS 176.033. The payments may be made subject to such terms as the Director considers advisable.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | Yes |
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Nevada | Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 209.4295 (4) | Payment of cost of supervision and treatment; performance of community service as contribution toward cost; issuance of judgment for unpaid costs. |
The court may issue a judgment against a probation violator and in favor of the State for the costs of treatment and supervision which remain unpaid when the probationer is + See morereleased from the diversion program but in no event may the amount of the judgment include any amount of debt which was extinguished by the successful completion of community service pursuant to subsection 3.
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Payment plan/installment plan | All | No |
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