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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="7-505" title_number="7" title_name="Costs, Fines, and Forfeitures" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Fines and Forfeitures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unpaid and undischarged fines and unpaid costs may be levied, executed on, and collected in the same manner as judgments in civil cases.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Costs are not part of the penalty, and a defendant may not be imprisoned under this subtitle for failure to pay costs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
