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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-607" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a judgment of restitution has been entered under § 11–603 of this subtitle, compliance with the judgment of restitution:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may be a requirement in the judgment of conviction or disposition in a juvenile delinquency proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if work release is ordered or allowed, shall be a condition of work release; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>if probation is ordered, shall be a condition of probation:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>in addition to a sentence or disposition; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>instead of a sentence if the probation is ordered before judgment under § 6–220 of this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to federal law, the Department or the Department of Juvenile Services shall obtain the Social Security number of the restitution obligor to facilitate the collection of restitution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The restitution obligor shall make restitution to the Department or the Department of Juvenile Services under the terms and conditions of the judgment of restitution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Department or the Department of Juvenile Services:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall keep records of payments or return of property in satisfaction of the judgment of restitution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall forward property or payments in accordance with the judgment of restitution and Part I of this subtitle to the person or governmental unit specified in the judgment of restitution; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may require the restitution obligor to pay additional fees not exceeding 2% of the amount of the judgment of restitution to pay for the administrative costs of collecting payments or property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Whenever an obligor’s restitution payment, as ordered by the court or established by the Department, is overdue, the Department or the Department of Juvenile Services shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if an earnings withholding order is not in effect and the restitution obligor is employed, request an earnings withholding order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The court may hold a hearing to determine whether the restitution obligor is in contempt of court or has violated the terms of the probation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the court finds that the restitution obligor intentionally became impoverished to avoid payment of the restitution, the court may find the restitution obligor in contempt of court or in violation of probation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
