Colorado § 38-13-902.2 - Claims offset for judicial restitution, fines, fees, costs, or surcharges.
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§ 38-13-902.2. Claims offset for judicial restitution, fines, fees, costs, or surcharges.
(1) Before paying a claim pursuant to section 38-13-905 in an amount exceeding six hundred dollars, the administrator shall offset against the amount of the claim the claimant's outstanding court fines, fees, costs, or surcharges or restitution. The administrator may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the judicial department to implement this section and sections 16-11-101.6 (6) and 16-18.5-106.7.
(2) If a claimant owes fines, fees, costs, or surcharges or restitution as described in this section and also owes current child support, child support debt, retroactive child support, child support arrearages, child support costs, or child support when combined with maintenance as described in section 38-13-902.1, delinquent state taxes, penalties, or interest as described in section 38-13-902.3, or both, the unclaimed property offsets shall be applied in accordance with the priority set forth in section 38-13-902.1 (2).
Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 442, § 1, effective July 1, 2020.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 38-13-117.5 as it existed prior to 2020.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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