When restitution is ordered by the sentencing court and the offender is placed on probation, restitution shall be a condition of probation. Failure of the offender to comply with the plan of restitution, plan of payment, or community service requirements when community service is ordered by the court as restitution, shall constitute a violation of probation and shall constitute contempt of court. The court may hold the offender in contempt, revoke probation, or extend the period of probation, or upon notice of such noncompliance and hearing thereon, the court may enter a civil judgment against the offender for the outstanding balance of payments under the plan of restitution and such judgment shall be governed by the law relating to judgments, judgment liens, executions, and other process available to creditors for the collection of debts. However, if the period of probation is extended it shall not be for more than the maximum period of probation for the offense committed as provided in section 907.7. After discharge from probation or after the expiration of the period of probation, the failure of an offender to comply with the plan of restitution ordered by the court shall constitute contempt of court. As part of the order discharging an offender from probation, the court shall enter a civil judgment against the offender for the balance, if any, of any restitution owed by the offender to the victim of the crime.
If an offender's probation is revoked, the offender's assigned probation officer shall forward to the director of the Iowa department of corrections, information concerning the offender's restitution plan, restitution plan of payment, the restitution payment balance, and any other pertinent information concerning or affecting restitution by the offender.
When the offender is committed to a county jail, or to an alternate facility, the office or individual charged with supervision of the offender shall prepare a restitution plan of payment taking into consideration the offender's income, physical and mental health, age, education, employment and family circumstances. The office or individual charged with supervision of the offender shall review the plan of restitution ordered by the court, and shall submit a restitution plan of payment to the sentencing court. When community service is ordered by the court as restitution, the restitution plan of payment shall set out a plan to meet the requirement for the community service. The court may approve or modify the plan of restitution and restitution plan of payment. When there is a significant change in the offender's income or circumstances, the office or individual which has supervision of the plan of payment shall submit a modified restitution plan of payment to the court. When there is a transfer of supervision from one office or individual charged with supervision of the offender to another, the sending office or individual shall forward to the receiving office or individual all necessary information regarding the balance owed against the original amount of restitution ordered and the balance of public service required. When the offender's circumstances and income have significantly changed, the receiving office or individual shall submit a new plan of payment to the sentencing court for approval or modification based on the considerations enumerated in this section.
[C75, 77, § 789A.8; C79, 81, § 907.12; 82 Acts, ch 1162, § 5]
83 Acts, ch 56, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 13, § 1; 95 Acts, ch 127, §1
Referred to in § 910.6
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