Indiana § 35-50-5-4 - Reimbursement order

§ 35-50-5-4. Reimbursement order

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies only:

(1) if the county in which a criminal proceeding was filed adopts an ordinance under IC 36-2-13-15; and

(2) to a person who is sentenced under this article for a felony or a misdemeanor.

(b) At the time the court imposes a sentence, the court may order the person to execute a reimbursement plan as directed by the court and make repayments under the plan to the county for the costs described in IC 36-2-13-15.

(c) The court shall fix an amount under this section that:

(1) may not exceed an amount the person can or will be able to pay;

(2) does not harm the person's ability to reasonably be self-supporting or to reasonably support any dependent of the person; and

(3) takes into consideration and gives priority to any other restitution, reparation, repayment, costs (including fees), fine, or child support obligations the person is required to pay.

(d) When an order is issued under this section, the issuing court shall send a certified copy of the order to the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the felony or misdemeanor charge was filed. Upon receiving the order, the clerk shall enter and index the order in the circuit court judgment docket in the manner prescribed by IC 33-32-3-2.

(e) An order under this section is not discharged:

(1) by the completion of a sentence imposed for a felony or misdemeanor; or

(2) by the liquidation of a person's estate by a receiver under IC 32-30-5 (or IC 34-48-1, IC 34-48-4, IC 34-48-5, and IC 34-48-6 before their repeal).

As added by P.L.123-1998, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.79; P.L.2-2002, SEC.106; P.L.98-2004, SEC.158; P.L.106-2010, SEC.17.

IC 35-50-6Chapter 6. Release From Imprisonment and Credit Time

35-50-6-0.1Application of certain amendments to chapter 35-50-6-0.5Definitions 35-50-6-0.6Effect of enactments 35-50-6-1Parole; discharge to community transition program or probation; lifetime parole for sexually violent predators and murderers 35-50-6-2Discharge from imprisonment for a misdemeanor 35-50-6-3Credit time classes for a person convicted before July 1, 2014 35-50-6-3.1Credit time classes 35-50-6-3.3Educational credit time 35-50-6-4Credit time assignments 35-50-6-5Deprivation of credit time 35-50-6-5.5Credit time appeals 35-50-6-6Degree of security, parole, or probation; imprisonment upon revocation of parole; days spent on parole outside institution 35-50-6-7Charge of new crime or violation of rule while confined; effect on credit time; assignment to Class III 35-50-6-8Person serving sentence of life imprisonment without parole does not earn credit time