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Section 6 - Judgment to pay fine or restitution constitutes a lien.

UT Code § 77-18-6 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) (a) In cases not supervised by the Department of Corrections, the clerk of the district court shall: (i) transfer the responsibility to collect past due accounts receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection when the accounts receivable are 90 days or more past due; (ii) before transferring the responsibility to collect the past due account receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection, record each judgment of conviction of a crime that orders the payment of a fine, forfeiture, surcharge, cost permitted by statute, or fee in the registry of civil judgments, listing the Office of State Debt Collection as the judgment creditor; and (iii) receive notification from the Office of State Debt Collection when a civil judgment ordered for payment of accounts receivable in Section 77-32a-102 or 77-32a-103 has been satisfied. (b) (i) The clerk of court shall record each judgment of conviction that orders the payment of restitution to a victim in the registry of civil judgments, listing the victim, or the estate of the victim, as the judgment creditor. (ii) The Department of Corrections shall collect the judgment on behalf of the victim as provided in Subsection 77-18-1(9). (iii) The court shall collect the judgment on behalf of the victim as provided in Subsection 78A-2-214(2). (iv) The victim may collect the judgment.

(a) In cases not supervised by the Department of Corrections, the clerk of the district court shall: (i) transfer the responsibility to collect past due accounts receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection when the accounts receivable are 90 days or more past due; (ii) before transferring the responsibility to collect the past due account receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection, record each judgment of conviction of a crime that orders the payment of a fine, forfeiture, surcharge, cost permitted by statute, or fee in the registry of civil judgments, listing the Office of State Debt Collection as the judgment creditor; and (iii) receive notification from the Office of State Debt Collection when a civil judgment ordered for payment of accounts receivable in Section 77-32a-102 or 77-32a-103 has been satisfied.

(i) transfer the responsibility to collect past due accounts receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection when the accounts receivable are 90 days or more past due;

(ii) before transferring the responsibility to collect the past due account receivable to the Office of State Debt Collection, record each judgment of conviction of a crime that orders the payment of a fine, forfeiture, surcharge, cost permitted by statute, or fee in the registry of civil judgments, listing the Office of State Debt Collection as the judgment creditor; and

(iii) receive notification from the Office of State Debt Collection when a civil judgment ordered for payment of accounts receivable in Section 77-32a-102 or 77-32a-103 has been satisfied.

(b) (i) The clerk of court shall record each judgment of conviction that orders the payment of restitution to a victim in the registry of civil judgments, listing the victim, or the estate of the victim, as the judgment creditor. (ii) The Department of Corrections shall collect the judgment on behalf of the victim as provided in Subsection 77-18-1(9). (iii) The court shall collect the judgment on behalf of the victim as provided in Subsection 78A-2-214(2). (iv) The victim may collect the judgment.

(i) The clerk of court shall record each judgment of conviction that orders the payment of restitution to a victim in the registry of civil judgments, listing the victim, or the estate of the victim, as the judgment creditor.

(ii) The Department of Corrections shall collect the judgment on behalf of the victim as provided in Subsection 77-18-1(9).

(iii) The court shall collect the judgment on behalf of the victim as provided in Subsection 78A-2-214(2).

(iv) The victim may collect the judgment.

(2) When a fine, forfeiture, surcharge, cost, fee, or restitution is recorded in the registry of civil judgments, the judgment: (a) constitutes a lien; (b) has the same effect and is subject to the same rules as a judgment for money in a civil action; and (c) may be collected by any means authorized by law for the collection of a civil judgment.

(a) constitutes a lien;

(b) has the same effect and is subject to the same rules as a judgment for money in a civil action; and

(c) may be collected by any means authorized by law for the collection of a civil judgment.

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Section 6 - Judgment to pay fine or restitution constitutes a lien.