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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-616" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Division or the Department of Juvenile Services:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in addition to other actions authorized under Part I of this subtitle, may refer an overdue restitution account for collection to the Central Collection Unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if probation or other supervision is terminated and restitution is still owed, shall refer the overdue restitution account for collection to the Central Collection Unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the Central Collection Unit may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>collect overdue restitution in accordance with Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certify a restitution obligor who is in arrears on restitution payments exceeding $30 under the judgment of restitution to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Comptroller for income tax refund interception in accordance with Title 13, Subtitle 9, Part III of the Tax – General Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency for State lottery prize payout interception in accordance with § 11–618 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a video lottery operator, as defined under § 9–1A–01 of the State Government Article, for video lottery facility prize payout interception in accordance with § 11–618 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Central Collection Unit may not compromise and settle a judgment of restitution unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Division or the Department of Juvenile Services obtains the consent of the victim; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the court orders otherwise because a victim cannot be located.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Division or the Department of Juvenile Services shall contact the victim to determine whether the victim consents to compromise and settle a judgment of restitution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If complete restitution and interest have been paid or a judgment of restitution has been compromised and settled as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Division, the Department of Juvenile Services, or the Central Collection Unit immediately shall notify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the court that issued the judgment by filing the statement as provided under § 11–608(c) of this subtitle that the judgment has been satisfied; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the last known employer of a restitution obligor to terminate an earnings withholding order issued under § 11–617 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Restitution is overdue if the restitution or a restitution payment is not paid:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by the date that the court orders; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if no date is ordered, by the later of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the date the Division or the Department of Juvenile Services directs the restitution obligor to pay restitution or make a restitution payment; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>30 days after the court enters a judgment of restitution.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If restitution is overdue, the amount of the arrearage is the amount of restitution ordered and any interest allowed by law, minus any amount previously paid or received under the judgment of restitution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
