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Once on probation or parole, over 85 percent must pay fines, court costs, restitution, and fees for supervision. [1] As a result of CJFOs, in 2005, about 10 million people in the US owed in excess of $50 billion because of their involvement with the criminal justice system. However, a fraction of this debt is actually collected.
Restitution is available in equity to recover money previously paid to satisfy a court judgment that is later reversed, as the Supreme Court held in Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Florida, 295 U.S. 301 (1935). However, the Court therefore noted that equitable defenses are available where it would not be fair to require the money to be returned.
A Warrant of Restitution is a court order [1] which empowers a property owner to use court bailiffs to enforce a possession order which was gained previously. [2]A common use of such a warrant is for a landlord to remove tenants which have re-entered the property after eviction. [3]
“The government’s request for a massive restitution order is unsupported, unnecessary and unjustified,” lawyers for Hwang argued in a filing to a U.S. court representing the southern ...
Ontario (not available without court order, [34] except with respect to distraint for commercial property [35] rent, where a commercial tenant is to be given five days for tender of rent and expenses after distress); [36] Jamaica (Law 17 of 1900, certification of landlords bailiffs); and; Queensland. [37]
[7] [10] The December 2017 tax reform law provided that to be deductible, such payments must now be identified in the relevant court order or settlement agreement as serving one of a number of specific purposes, and the appropriate government official must report to the IRS the total amount of the payment and the amount of the payment that ...
Prosecuting attorneys Brian Wice turns to leave after speaking to the press after the resolution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 9-year-old felony state securities fraud case in a special ...
A writ of assistance is a written order (a writ) issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a tax collector, to perform a certain task. Historically, several types of writs have been called "writs of assistance". [1] Most often, a writ of assistance is "used to enforce an order for the possession of lands". [2]