Payment of costs by defendant
(1) A court may require a convicted defendant in a felony or misdemeanor case to pay costs, as defined in 25-10-201, plus costs of jury service as a part of his sentence. Such costs shall be limited to expenses specifically incurred by the prosecution in connection with the proceedings against the defendant.
(2) The court may not sentence a defendant to pay costs unless the defendant is or will be able to pay them. In determining the amount and method of payment of costs, the court shall take into account the financial resources of the defendant and the nature of the burden that payment of costs will impose.
(3) A defendant who has been sentenced to pay costs and who is not in default in the payment thereof may at any time petition the court that sentenced him for remission of the payment of costs or of any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that payment of the amount due will impose manifest hardship on the defendant or his immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due in costs or modify the method of payment.
(1) A court may require a convicted defendant in a felony or misdemeanor case to pay costs, as defined in 25-10-201, plus costs of jury service as a part service, of costs his sentence. Such costs shall be limited to expenses specifically incurred by of prosecution, and the prosecution in connection with the proceedings against the defendant. cost of pretrial, probation, or community service supervision as a part of the defendant's sentence. The costs, in addition to those allowable under 25-10-201, must be limited to expenses specifically incurred by the prosecution or other agency in connection with the proceedings against the defendant or $100 per felony case or $50 per misdemeanor case, whichever is greater.
(2) The court may not sentence a defendant to pay costs unless the defendant is or will be able to pay them. In determining the amount and method of payment of costs, the court shall take into account the financial resources of the defendant, defendant the future ability and of the defendant to pay costs, and nature the nature of the burden that payment of costs will impose.
(3) A defendant who has been sentenced to pay costs and who is not in default in the payment thereof may at any time petition the court that sentenced him for the defendant for remission of the payment of costs or of any unpaid portion thereof. If of it the costs. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that payment of the amount due will impose manifest hardship on the defendant or his immediate the defendant's immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due in costs or modify the method of payment.
Payment of costs by defendant
| EnactedEn. SectionSec. 2, ChapterCh. 198, Laws ofL. 1981 |