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815.9A Recovery of indigent defense costs.

All costs and fees incurred for indigent defense shall become due and payable to the clerk of the district court by the person receiving the services not later than the date of sentencing, or if the person is acquitted or the charges are dismissed, within thirty days of the acquittal or dismissal. To the extent that the costs and fees remain unpaid at the time they become due, a judgment shall be entered against the person for the amounts unpaid.

1. If the person has an income level as determined pursuant to section 815.9 greater than one hundred percent but not more than one hundred fifty percent of the poverty guidelines, at least one hundred dollars of the indigent defense costs shall be recovered in accordance with rules adopted by the state public defender.

2. If the person has an income level as determined pursuant to section 815.9 greater than one hundred fifty percent but not more than one hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty guidelines, at least two hundred dollars of the indigent defense costs shall be recovered in accordance with rules adopted by the state public defender.

3. If the person has an income level as determined pursuant to section 815.9 greater than one hundred eighty-five percent of the poverty guidelines, at least three hundred dollars of the indigent defense costs shall be recovered in accordance with rules adopted by the state public defender.

Section History: Recent form

93 Acts, ch 175, §25; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §122; 96 Acts, ch 1193, § 12--;14


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