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909.5 Nonpayment of fines and court costs---contempt.

A person who is able to pay a fine, court-imposed court costs for a criminal proceeding, or both, or an installment of the fine or the court-imposed court costs, or both, and who refuses to do so, or who fails to make a good faith effort to pay the fine, court costs, or both, or any installment thereof, shall be held in contempt of court.

Section History: Early form

[C51, § 3071, 3349; R60, § 4881, 5084; C73, § 4509, 4689; C97, § 5440, 5604; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 13588, 13964; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 762.32, 789.17; C79, 81, § 909.5]

Section History: Recent form

85 Acts, ch 52, §1


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