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Delaware | 11 Del. C. § 9014(a) | Recovery from the Criminal |
Whenever any person is convicted of an offense and a payment of compensation is, or has been, made under this chapter for a personal injury or death resulting from the act constituting such offense, the State may institute an action against such person for the recovery of the whole or any specified part of the compensation in any Superior Court within the State, or in any other court, either state or federal, if such court has custody or control of funds of the criminal or which may be awarded to the criminal. Any amounts recovered under this section shall be deposited to the fund which finances the administration of this chapter.
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Delaware | 11 Del. C. § 4101(d) | Payment of Fines, Costs and Restitution Upon Conviction |
In addition to, and at the same time as, any fine, penalty or forfeiture is assessed to any criminal defendant or any child adjudicated delinquent, there shall be levied an additional penalty of $1.00 imposed and collected by the courts for crimes or offenses as defined in § 233 of this title. When a fine, penalty or forfeiture is suspended, in whole or in part, the penalty assessment shall not be suspended. (1) Upon collection of the penalty assessment, the same shall be paid over to the prothonotary or clerk of courts, as the case may be, who shall collect the same and transmit it to the State Treasury to be deposited in a separate account for the administration of this subsection, which account shall be designated the Videophone Fund, which is hereby created. This fund is to be administered by the Criminal Justice Council. Funds shall be utilized to cover line charges, maintenance costs and purchase and upgrade of videophone systems used by state and local agencies in the criminal justice system.(2) For each fiscal year, if the balance in the Videophone Fund exceeds $ 250,000, said funds shall be transferred to the General Fund of the State of Delaware on June 30. The Criminal Justice Council shall submit a detailed spending plan for the use of the videophone funds to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Controller General no later than September 30 of each fiscal year. No funds shall be expended until the plan is approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Controller General.
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Delaware | 11 Del. C. § 9016(b) | Penalty Assessment |
Upon collection of the penalty assessment, the same shall be paid over to the prothonotary or clerk of court as the case may be, who shall collect the same and transmit it to the State Treasury to be deposited in a separate account for the administration of this chapter, which account shall be designated the “Victim Compensation Fund,” which is hereby created. Beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, the unencumbered balances on June 30 of each fiscal year in excess of $6,000,000 shall be deposited in the General Fund.
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Delaware | Del. J. P. Ct. Crim. R. 58(b);(c) | Fees and Costs; Deposit of Funds |
(b) Deposit of funds. -- All funds received for criminal and traffic fines, fees and costs shall be deposited by the next banking day to the account of the General Fund of the State of Delaware. The clerk shall keep an accurate and complete record of all funds received and deposited. (c) Court Security Fund assessment. -- In addition to any other amounts assessed as fees or costs by any other statute, rule, or law, the clerk shall collect from the defendant, on each traffic or criminal charge for which there is a conviction, or a finding or an admission of responsibility for an infraction for which a civil penalty may be assessed, an amount equal to $ 10.00 as an assessment for the Court Security Fund established by 10 Del. C. § 8505(b). The amounts collected under this paragraph shall be deposited into a separate account known as the Court Security Assessment Fund.
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Court Security Fund. |
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Delaware | 11 Del. C. § 5915(a) | Fines, Costs and Restitution; Collection and Disposition |
All fines, costs, restitution, penalties, charges and emoluments imposed or levied by the Justice of the Peace Court, including those costs now levied for constables, shall be for such amounts as are provided by law, and all such amounts imposed or levied shall be collected by the Justice of the Peace Court imposing the same for which a proper receipt shall be given to the person paying the same. Every and all amounts so collected shall be recorded showing the purpose for which the amounts were collected, the name of the person paying same and such other information as the Justice of the Peace Court may require. The information so maintained shall be open to inspection by the State Treasurer and the State Auditor or their authorized agents at all times. All fines and penalties collected for each calendar month shall be paid over by the Justice of the Peace Court to the State Treasurer within 15 days after the first day of the succeeding calendar month, provided that any such fines or forfeitures which, by the laws of this State, are due and payable to a county or municipality thereof shall be paid by the Justice of the Peace Court to the county or municipality entitled thereto.
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Delaware | 11 Del. C. § 5915(b) | Fines, Costs and Restitution; Collection and Disposition |
All fines collected for the violation of any of this title, in the limits of any county, incorporated city or town in this State where arrests are procured by the authorized representatives of that county, incorporated city or town, shall be paid to that county, incorporated city or town within which such offense was committed for the use of that county, incorporated city or town. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to entitle any county to fines, penalties or forfeitures arising from an arrest made under this title by an authorized representative of that county for a violation committed within any incorporated city or town. All the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed and collected in any county of this State for violation of any of the laws of this title, where the arrests are procured by the authorized representatives of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, shall inure and be paid to the State Treasurer for the General Fund. Such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be collected as other fines, penalties and forfeitures are collected under the laws of this State, and the officers collecting them shall make a monthly report thereof to the State Treasurer on blanks to be furnished for that purpose by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. All costs collected for the violation of any of this title shall be paid to the jurisdiction whose court imposed said costs.
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Department of Safety and Homeland Security. |
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Delaware | 21 Del. C. § 706(a) | Disposition of Fines and Costs |
All fines collected for the violation of any of the provisions of this title, in the limits of any county, incorporated city or town in this State where arrests are procured by the authorized representatives of that county, incorporated city or town, shall be paid to that county, incorporated city or town within which such offense was committed for the use of that county, incorporated city or town. Nothing in this section shall be construed to entitle any county to fines, penalties or forfeitures arising from an arrest made under this title by an authorized representative of that county for a violation committed within any incorporated city or town. All the fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed and collected in any county of this State for violation of any of the laws of this title in relation to motor vehicles, where the arrests are procured by the authorized representatives of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, shall inure and be paid to the State Treasurer for the General Fund. Such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be collected as other fines, penalties and forfeitures are collected under the laws of this State, and the officers collecting them shall make a monthly report thereof to the State Treasurer on blanks to be furnished for that purpose by the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. All costs collected for the violation of any of the provisions of this title shall be paid to the jurisdiction whose court imposed said costs.
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Delaware | Del. J. P. Ct. Crim. R. 58(b) | Fees and Costs; Deposit of Funds |
All funds received for criminal and traffic fines, fees and costs shall be deposited by the next banking day to the account of the General Fund of the State of Delaware. The clerk shall keep an accurate and complete record of all funds received and deposited.
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:23 | Disposition of Receipts |
All fees, fines and forfeitures received by any person under the provisions of any laws of the state relative to the use and driving of vehicles shall be paid to the department within 14 days after the receipt thereof; and all moneys received by the department shall be paid monthly to the state treasurer.
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651-63(III) | Restitution Authorized |
The offender shall reimburse the victims' assistance fund for any payments made by the fund to the victim pursuant to RSA 21-M:8-h after the restitution order is satisfied. Refused or unclaimed restitution payments shall be made to the victims' assistance fund.
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651:64 | Time and Method of Restitution |
Restitution shall be paid by the offender to the department of corrections unless otherwise ordered by the court. Monetary restitution shall not bear interest. Restitution shall be made to any collateral source or subrogee, if authorized by that source and after restitution to the victim, and to the victims' assistance fund, if applicable, has been satisfied. Restitution shall be a continuing obligation of the offender's estate and shall inure to the benefit of the victim's estate, provided that no indebtedness shall pass to any heir of the offender's estate.
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Crime victims |
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502-A:8 | Disposition of Fines |
The clerk of the applicable circuit court established in RSA 490-F shall receive all fines and forfeitures paid into the district court from any source. The clerk of any circuit court may accept payment of the fine by credit card in lieu of cash payment. Any transaction costs assessed by the issuer of the credit card shall be paid out of the portion of the fine amount which is deposited with the treasurer and not out of the penalty assessment charged by a district court. The clerk shall forward fines collected for violations of title XXI to the treasurer for deposit in the highway fund and fines collected for violations of title LXII and all other statutes to the treasurer for deposit in the general fund within 14 days.
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651-63(V) | Restitution Authorized |
The court shall add 17 percent to the total restitution payment as an administrative fee to be paid by the offender. Such administrative fee shall be divided into the following components, to be designated as follows: 15 percent shall be continually appropriated to a special fund for the division of field services, department of corrections, $22,500 of which shall lapse to the general fund at the end of each quarter should that amount be received, to maximize restitution collections, directly or through agents of contractors selected by the department; and 2 percent for the victims' assistance fund. Unexpended account balances in the special fund for the division of field services in excess of $50,000 at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse to the general fund. Administrative fees shall be paid by the offender in addition to and when each restitution payment is made.
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 631:2-b | Domestic Violence |
In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, the court shall levy a fine of $50 for each conviction under this section. If the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay the fine on the date imposed, the court may defer payment or order periodic payments thereof. Fines imposed under this section shall not be subject to an additional penalty assessment. The clerk shall forward all fines collected under this paragraph to the department of health and human services for the purposes of RSA 173-B:15.
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New Hampshire | N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 651:63(V) | Restitution Authorized |
When restitution is ordered to be paid through the department of corrections, division of field services, the court shall add 17 percent to the total restitution payment as an administrative fee to be paid by the offender. Such administrative fee shall be divided into the following components, to be designated as follows: 15 percent shall be continually appropriated to a special fund for the division of field services, department of corrections, $22,500 of which shall lapse to the general fund at the end of each quarter should that amount be received, to maximize restitution collections, directly or through agents of contractors selected by the department; and 2 percent for the victims' assistance fund. Unexpended account balances in the special fund for the division of field services in excess of $50,000 at the end of the fiscal year shall lapse to the general fund. Administrative fees shall be paid by the offender in addition to and when each restitution payment is made.
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General fund; Victim's fund. |
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