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Act 277 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 260 3
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By: Senator J. Bryant 5
By: Representative Gonzales 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF 9
COURT FINES, FEES, OR COSTS AFTER DEFAULT; AND FOR 10
OTHER PURPOSES. 11
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Subtitle 14
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE 15
COLLECTION OF COURT FINES, FEES, OR 16
COSTS AFTER DEFAULT. 17
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 5 -4-204 is amended to read as follows: 21
§ 5-4-204. Collection after default. 22
(a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine or costs fines, fees, or 23
costs defaults in the payment of the fine or costs fines, fees, or costs or 24
of any installment, the fine or costs fines, fees, or costs may be collected 25
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(1) By any means authorized for the enforcement of a money 27
judgment in a civil action ; or 28
(2) Upon the court's own motion, by the interception of the 29
defendant's state income tax return by following the procedures under § 5 -4-30
206(d)—(f) for the collection of unpaid restitution . 31
(b) A judgment that the defendant pay a fine or costs fines, fees, or 32
costs constitutes a lien on the real property and personal property of the 33
defendant in the same manner and to the same extent as a money judgment in a 34
civil action. APPROVED: 3/12/25 35
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