If I have a restitution payment im required to make but don’t pay it, will it go to collections or can I be recharged?
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If I have a restitution payment im required to make but don’t pay it, will it go to collections or can I be recharged?
I’m not on parole; I can do what I want except own fire arms or vote. However, the interest is drowning me and it seems that I can’t get this paid. I took the conviction completed everything but restitution
Asked on March 17, 2015 under Criminal Law, Arizona
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
So it sounds to me like you are attempting to pay but can not keep up with the payments. Correct? It is the willful intention not to pay that is the issue that brings in the authorities. If you default you can be incarcerated but only after a hearing. I am going to give you the statute to read. I would speak with a lawyer about possibly doing something by application to the court about the amount or the interest to help you pay it off.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/13/00810.htm
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