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16-13-706. Credit or debit card payments.
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16-13-706. Credit or debit card payments.
(a) The court or the agency designated under § 16-13-709 or § 16-92-118 may accept payment of fines and associated costs by an approved credit card or debit card.
(b)(1) The court or designated agency may enter into contracts with credit card companies and pay those companies fees normally charged by those companies for allowing the court to accept their credit cards in payment as authorized by subsection (a) of this section.
(2) When the offender pays fines or court costs by an approved credit card or debit card, the court may assess the offender a transaction fee.
(c)(1) All courts are authorized to enroll for service with and accept payments from a third-party entity for the acceptance and collection of fines and associated costs with an approved credit card for which the third-party entity may charge the offender a transaction fee.
(2) The State of Arkansas or any of its political subdivisions shall not charge a transaction fee for electronic payments of a court-ordered fine paid through a third-party entity.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-706
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16-13-706. Credit or debit card payments.
(a) The court or the agency designated under § 16-13-709 or § 16-92-118 may accept payment of fines and associated costs by an approved credit card or debit card.
(b)(1) The court or designated agency may enter into contracts with credit card companies and pay those companies fees normally charged by those companies for allowing the court to accept their credit cards in payment as authorized by subsection (a) of this section.
(2) When the offender pays fines or court costs by an approved credit card or debit card, the court may assess the offender a transaction fee.
(c)(1) All courts are authorized to enroll for service with and accept payments from a third-party entity for the acceptance and collection of fines and associated costs with an approved credit card for which the third-party entity may charge the offender a transaction fee.
(2) The State of Arkansas or any of its political subdivisions shall not charge a transaction fee for electronic payments of a court-ordered fine paid through a third-party entity.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-13-709. Responsibility for collection.
(a)(1)(A)(i) The quorum court of each county of the state shall designate a county official, agency, or department which shall be primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the circuit courts of this state.
(ii) All fines collected each month in circuit court by the designated county official, agency, or department shall be disbursed by the fifth working day of the following month to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state entity, or state agency as provided by law.
(iii) The sheriff shall remain responsible for collecting bail or money deposited in lieu of bail on behalf of defendants discharged from incarceration pursuant to law in circuit court.
(B)(i) The quorum court may delegate the responsibility for the collection of delinquent fines assessed in circuit court to a private contractor.
(ii) The contractor may receive, under a written contract, a commission on delinquent fines collected for circuit court.
(C)(i) The commission agreed to be received by the private contractor shall be a portion of the total fine owed by a defendant.
(ii) The court shall credit the defendant with the gross amount remitted to the private contractor.
(iii) The private contractor shall remit the gross amounts collected to the county official, agency, or department designated under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section on at least a monthly basis.
(iv) Payment of the commission shall be through the county claims process.
(v) The county treasurer shall make a pro rata disbursement of the remaining fines to the State Administration of Justice Fund, the county administration of justice fund, and the appropriate county fund, state
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-13-709
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-13-709. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-92-118. Fines — Collection and deposit — Definition.
(a)(1) Notwithstanding § 16-13-709, the quorum court of each county of this state may delegate the responsibility for the electronic collection of fines assessed in a circuit court of this state within that county to the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Information Network of Arkansas.
(2) Fines collected in each circuit court by the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Information Network of Arkansas shall be remitted by the fifth working day of the following month to the county official, agency, or department designated under § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in that circuit court to be disbursed to the appropriate county fund, state entity, or state agency as provided by law.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding § 16-13-709, the governing body or, if applicable and by mutual agreement, each governing body of a political subdivision that contributes to the expenses of a district court or the governing body of the city in which a city court is located may designate the responsibility for the electronic collection of fines assessed in that district court or that city court to the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Information Network of Arkansas.
(2) Fines collected in each district court or each department of district court by the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Information Network of Arkansas shall be remitted by the fifth working day of the following month to the county or city official, agency, or department designated under § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in that district court to be disbursed under § 16-17-707.
(c) Fines collected in each city court by the Administrative Office of the Courts or the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-92-118
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-92-118. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.