1. Restitution as defined in section 910.1 and all other fines, penalties, fees, court costs, and surcharges owing and payable to the clerk shall be paid to the clerk of the district court. All amounts collected shall be distributed pursuant to sections 602.8106 and 602.8108 or as otherwise provided by this Code. The clerk may accept payment of an obligation or a portion thereof by credit card. Any fees charged to the clerk with respect to payment by credit card may be paid from receipts collected by credit card.
2. If the clerk receives payment from a person who is an inmate of a state institution or who is under the supervision of a judicial district department of correctional services, the payment shall be applied to the balance owed under the identified case number of the case which has resulted in the placement of the person in a state institution or under the supervision of the judicial district department of correctional services. If a case number is not identified, the clerk shall apply the payment to the balance owed in the criminal case with the oldest judgment against the person. Payments received under this section shall be applied in the following priority order:
a. Pecuniary damages as defined in section 910.1, subsection 2.
b. Fines or penalties and criminal penalty surcharges.
c. Crime victim compensation program reimbursement.
d. Court costs, court-appointed attorney fees, or public defender expenses.
3. A fine, penalty, court cost, fee, or surcharge is deemed delinquent if it is not paid within six months after the date it is assessed. An amount which was ordered by the court to be paid on a date fixed in the future pursuant to section 909.3 is deemed delinquent if it is not received by the clerk within six months after the fixed future date set out in the court order. If an amount was ordered to be paid by installments, and an installment is not received within thirty days after the date it is due, the entire amount of the judgment is deemed delinquent.
4. All fines, penalties, court costs, fees, surcharges, and restitution for court-appointed attorney fees or for expenses of a public defender which are delinquent may be collected by the county attorney or the county attorney's designee. Thirty-five percent of the amounts collected by the county attorney or the person procured or designated by the county attorney shall be deposited in the general fund of the county if the county attorney has filed the notice required in section 331.756, subsection 5, unless the county attorney has discontinued collection efforts on a particular delinquent amount. The remainder shall be paid to the clerk for distribution under section 602.8108.
This subsection does not apply to amounts collected for victim restitution, the victim compensation fund, criminal penalty surcharge, or amounts collected as a result of procedures initiated under subsection 5 or under section 421.17, subsection 25.
The county attorney shall file with the clerk of the district court a notice of the satisfaction of each obligation to the full extent of the moneys collected in satisfaction of the obligation. The clerk of the district court shall record the notice and enter a satisfaction for the amounts collected.
5. If a county attorney does not file the notice and list of cases required in section 331.756, subsection 5, the judicial department may assign obligations to the centralized collection unit of the department of revenue and finance or its designee to collect delinquent debts owed to the clerk of the district court.
The department of revenue and finance may impose a fee established by rule to reflect the cost of processing which shall be added to the debt owed to the clerk of the district court. Any amounts collected by the unit will first be applied to the processing fee. The remaining amounts shall be remitted to the clerk of the district court for the county in which the debt is owed. The judicial department may prescribe rules to implement this section. These rules may provide for remittance of processing fees to the department of revenue and finance or its designee.
Satisfaction of the outstanding obligation occurs only when all fees or charges and the outstanding obligation are paid in full. Payment of the outstanding obligation only shall not be considered payment in full for satisfaction purposes.
The department of revenue and finance or its collection designee shall file with the clerk of the district court a notice of the satisfaction of each obligation to the full extent of the moneys collected in satisfaction of the obligation. The clerk of the district court shall record the notice and enter a satisfaction for the amounts collected.
93 Acts, ch 110, §8; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §118; 94 Acts, ch 1142, §2, 3; 95 Acts, ch 169, § 6--;8
Referred to in § 331.756(5), 909.10
1995 amendments to subsections 1, 4, and 5 effective January 1, 1996; 95 Acts, ch 169, § 10
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