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State | Statute | Description/Statute Name | Statutory language | Amount | Level of offense | Mandatory | Imposed by | Delegation of authority | |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 3.62.085 | Fee for conviction or plea of guilty |
Upon conviction or a plea of guilty in any court organized under this title or Title 35 RCW, a defendant in a criminal case is liable for a fee of + See moreforty-three dollars.
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$43 | All | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 3.62.090(1) | Public Safety and Education Assessment |
There shall be assessed and collected in addition to any fines, forfeitures, or penalties assessed, other than for parking infractions, by all courts organized under Title 3 or 35 RCW + See morea public safety and education assessment equal to seventy percent of such fines, forfeitures, or penalties . . . The assessment required by this section shall not be suspended or waived by the court.
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70% of total fines initially assessed
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All | Yes | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 3.62.090(2) | Public Safety and Education Assessment, excluding drug and alcohol cases |
There shall be assessed and collected in addition to any fines, forfeitures, or penalties assessed, other than for parking infractions and for fines levied under RCW 46.61.5055, and in addition + See moreto the public safety and education assessment required under subsection (1) of this section, by all courts organized under Title 3 or 35 RCW, an additional public safety and education assessment equal to fifty percent of the public safety and education assessment required under subsection (1) of this section, which shall be remitted to the state treasurer and deposited as provided in RCW 43.08.250. The additional assessment required by this subsection shall not be suspended or waived by the court.
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50% of 70% of total fines initially assessed
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.10.060 | Costs of Appellate-level Prosecution |
The appellant in a criminal action shall not be required to advance any fees in claiming his or her appeal nor in prosecuting the same; but if convicted in the + See moreappellate court, or if sentenced for failing to prosecute his or her appeal, he or she may be required as a part of the sentence to pay the costs of the prosecution.
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Costs of Prosecution
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.82.090(1) | Interest on nonrestitution judgments |
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, financial obligations imposed in a judgment shall bear interest from the date of the judgment until payment, at the rate + See moreapplicable to civil judgments. All nonrestitution interest retained by the court shall be split twenty-five percent to the state treasurer for deposit in the state general fund, twenty-five percent to the state treasurer for deposit in the judicial information system account as provided in RCW 2.68.020, twenty-five percent to the county current expense fund, and twenty-five percent to the county current expense fund to fund local courts.
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Interest on judgments
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.101.020(5) | Contributions by Indigent Defendant |
(5) All persons determined to be indigent and able to contribute, shall be required to execute a promissory note at the time counsel is appointed. The person shall be informed + See morewhether payment shall be made in the form of a lump sum payment or periodic payments. The payment and payment schedule must be set forth in writing. The person receiving the appointment of counsel shall also sign an affidavit swearing under penalty of perjury that all income and assets reported are complete and accurate. In addition, the person must swear in the affidavit to immediately report any change in financial status to the court.
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Amount of contribution no defined, except that it should depend on income and assets of defendant
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.01.160(1)-(2) | Costs of Prosecution |
(1) The court may require a defendant to pay costs. Costs may be imposed only upon a convicted defendant, except for costs imposed upon a defendant's entry into a deferred + See moreprosecution program, costs imposed upon a defendant for pretrial supervision, or costs imposed upon a defendant for preparing and serving a warrant for failure to appear.(2) Costs shall be limited to expenses specially incurred by the state in prosecuting the defendant or in administering the deferred prosecution program under chapter 10.05 RCW or pretrial supervision.
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Cost of prosecution
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.01.160(2) | Costs for administering deferred prosecution | Costs for administering a deferred prosecution may not exceed two hundred fifty dollars. |
$0 - $250
costs for deferred prosecution |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.01.160(2) | Costs for administering a pretrial supervision . | Costs for administering a pretrial supervision other than a pretrial electronic alcohol monitoring program, drug monitoring program, or 24/7 sobriety program may not exceed one hundred fifty dollars. |
$0 - $150
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.01.160(2) | Costs for warrant for failure to appear | Costs for preparing and serving a warrant for failure to appear may not exceed one hundred dollars. | $0 - $100 | All | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 10.01.160(2) | Costs for incarceration |
Costs of incarceration imposed on a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor or a gross misdemeanor may not exceed the actual cost of incarceration. In no case may the court require + See morethe offender to pay more than one hundred dollars per day for the cost of incarceration.
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Costs capped at $100 per day
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.92.030 | Unclassified misdemeanors fine |
Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for which no punishment is prescribed by any statute in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished by imprisonment in + See morethe county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of not more than ninety days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than one thousand dollars or both such imprisonment and fine.
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$0 - $1000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.20.021(3) | Misdemeanors fine |
Every person convicted of a misdemeanor defined in Title 9A RCW shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of not + See moremore than ninety days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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$0 - $1000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.20.021(1)(a) | Class A felony fine |
For a class A felony, by confinement in a state correctional institution for a term of life imprisonment, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of + See morefifty thousand dollars, or by both such confinement and fine
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$0 - $50000 | Felony | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.20.021(1)(b) | Class B felony fine |
For a class B felony, by confinement in a state correctional institution for a term of ten years, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of + See moretwenty thousand dollars, or by both such confinement and fine
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$0 - $20000 | Felony | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.92.010 | Unclassified felony |
Every person convicted of a felony for which no maximum punishment is specially prescribed by any statutory provision in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished + See moreby confinement or fine which shall not exceed confinement in a state correctional institution for a term of ten years, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than twenty thousand dollars, or by both such confinement and fine and the offense shall be classified as a class B felony.
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$0 - $20000 | Felony | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.20.021(1)(c) | Class C felony fine |
For a class C felony, by confinement in a state correctional institution for five years, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of ten thousand dollars, + See moreor by both such confinement and fine
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$0 - $10000 | Felony | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.20.021(2) | Gross misdemeanor fine |
Gross misdemeanor. Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor defined in Title 9A RCW shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the + See morecourt of up to three hundred sixty-four days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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$0 - $5000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.92.020 | Unclassified gross misdemeanor |
Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor for which no punishment is prescribed in any statute in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished by imprisonment + See morein the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of up to three hundred sixty-four days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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$0 - $5000 | Misdemeanor | No | Court | No |
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Washington | Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9A.20.030(1) | Alternative to a fine - Restitution |
If a person has gained money or property or caused a victim to lose money or property through the commission of a crime, upon conviction thereof or when the offender + See morepleads guilty to a lesser offense or fewer offenses and agrees with the prosecutor's recommendation that the offender be required to pay restitution to a victim of an offense or offenses which are not prosecuted pursuant to a plea agreement, the court, in lieu of imposing the fine authorized for the offense under RCW 9A.20.020, may order the defendant to pay an amount, fixed by the court, not to exceed double the amount of the defendant's gain or victim's loss from the commission of a crime.
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Double the amount of the victim's financial loss
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Felony | No | Court | No |
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