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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. § 8-2110 | Failure to comply with traffic citation; misdemeanor; suspension of driver's license; restricted driving privileges; fees for mailing notice; reinstatement fee; authorized only by legislative enactment; disposition of reinstatement fees |
When a person fails to comply with a traffic citation, except for illegal parking, standing or stopping, the district or municipal court in which the person should have complied with + See morethe citation shall mail notice to the person that if the person does not appear in district or municipal court or pay all fines, court costs and any penalties within 30 days from the date of mailing notice, the division of vehicles will be notified to suspend the person's driving privileges. The district or municipal court may charge an additional fee of $5 for mailing such notice.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | Misdemeanor | Yes |
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Kansas | Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6604(j) | Authorized dispositions; crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993 |
(j) This section shall not deprive the court of any authority conferred by any other Kansas statute to decree a forfeiture of property, suspend or cancel a license, remove a + See moreperson from office or impose any other civil penalty as a result of conviction of crime.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Kansas | Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6604(j) | Authorized dispositions; crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993 |
(j) This section shall not deprive the court of any authority conferred by any other Kansas statute to decree a forfeiture of property, suspend or cancel a license, remove a + See moreperson from office or impose any other civil penalty as a result of conviction of crime.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Texas | Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 706.002 | Denial of renewal of driver's license |
A political subdivision may contract with the department to provide information necessary for the department to deny renewal of the driver’s license of a person who fails to appear for a complaint or citation or fails to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the court in a matter involving any offense that a court has jurisdiction of under Chapter 4, Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | All | No |
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Texas | Tex. Transp. Code Sec. 702.003(a) | Traffic violation - denial of motorvehicle registration |
A county assessor-collector or the department may refuse to register a motor vehicle if the assessor-collector or the department receives under a contract information from a municipality that the owner of the vehicle has an outstanding warrant from that municipality for failure to appear or failure to pay a fine on a complaint that involves the violation of a traffic law.
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Driver's license suspension/impoundment | Traffic | No |
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