I have a friend that has a bunch of court fines from about 10 yrs ago and the interest has made them so much that she cant afford to pay them. Is there a statute of limitations on court fines in Washington state?
2006-08-26 17:16:38 · 5 answers · asked by ten_princess 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
doubt it
contact the DA's office and work out a deal...they know something is better than nothing
2006-08-26 18:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by Dwight D J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the warrants mentioned above most fines that are not paid end up at a collection agency in Washington State. If the fines are traffic they can place restrictions on your license until they receive notice that the fines have been paid, if they are a stipulation of a criminal conviction then your conviction can be consider recent until they are paid but to my knowledge they all end up in collections. Or at least that is how they did it when I was there but that was 5 years ago now.
2006-08-30 00:44:58 · answer #2 · answered by deputeesteph33 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no there is no statute of limitations on your fines in washington state; and they WON'T let you pay it off by serving time (some states will take off x amount of dollars per day you stay in jail).
~they WON'T let you pay off your fines by performing community service, they WILL arrest you for non payment, and you WILL remain on community supervision until you pay it all off (or die trying).
they WILL issue bench warrants and charge you with non compliance; and you must be smart enough to be able to find those warrants and quash them and go to court to explain your situation (over & over again).
washington state does not care about your personal problems~and if the judge feels that you are willfully not complying, HE/SHE can lock you up (for which you get no credit off of the fines and you are in jail) so you aren't earning money to pay them with.
the state will tell you~even if you send them $5.00 a month~but that won't even touch the interest, and it will keep going up & up~
but... you CAN go out and pay some lawyer tons of money to file a bankruptcy for you.
Good Luck with WASHINGTON STATE
2006-08-26 22:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by breezy b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it truly is no longer a statute of barriers subject. Statute of barriers refers back to the quantity of time the prosecutor has to record criminal rates. It has no longer something to do which incorporate your disclosure of a prior conviction. till the utility basically asks approximately convictions from interior a particular timeframe, you will possibly desire to show the conviction.
2016-11-05 21:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statutes don't apply to legal fines.
2006-08-28 10:14:08 · answer #5 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋