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Connecticut | CT R SUPER CT CR § 43-17 | Payment of Fines--Inquiry Concerning Ability | No person shall be incarcerated as a result of failure to pay a fine unless the judicial authority first inquires as to the person's ability to pay the fine. | Ability to pay |
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Connecticut | CT R SUPER CT CR § 43-18 | Payment of Fines--Incarceration for Failure to Pay |
The judicial authority may, upon a finding that the defendant is able to pay the fine and that the nonpayment is wilful, order the defendant incarcerated for nonpayment of the + See morefine.
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Connecticut | CT R SUPER CT CR § 43-19 | Payment of Fines--Payment and Satisfaction | A defendant incarcerated under Section 43-18, for wilful nonpayment of a fine, shall be released upon payment of the fine or when such defendant is otherwise discharged according to law. | Ability to pay |
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Connecticut | CT R SUPER CT CR § 43-20 | Payment of Fines--Mittimus |
When a defendant has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine, the mittimus shall state that if the fine has not been paid by + See morethe time the sentence has been served the defendant may not continue to be incarcerated unless the judicial authority has found that the defendant is able to pay the fine and that the defendant's nonpayment is wilful.
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Connecticut | CT R SUPER CT GEN § 7-3 | Financial Accounts | The clerk shall make and keep adequate accounts showing all receipts and disbursements. Records of such accounts shall be retained for such period as determined by the chief court administrator. | Transparency |
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Maryland | Md. Rule 4-353 | Assessment of Costs pursuant to Article, § 7-409 |
Costs assessed pursuant to Code, Courts Article, § 7-409 shall be assessed separately from other costs and shall not be waived by the court except upon an express finding stated + See moreon the record that the defendant is not likely to be able to pay any significant part of those costs within the succeeding twelve years.
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Maryland | Md. Rule 4-354 | Money judgments/order of payments |
A money judgment or other order for payment of a sum certain entered in a criminal action in favor of the State, including court costs, a fine, forfeiture of an + See moreappearance bond, and adjudication of a lien pursuant to Code, Criminal Procedure Article, § 16-212, may be enforced in the same manner as a money judgment entered in a civil action or in accordance with statutory procedures for the collection of a debt due to the State or a State agency.
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