When any court of this state, including municipal courts for violation of municipal ordinances, imposes a fine upon an individual, the court may direct as follows: That the defendant pay the entire amount at the time sentence is pronounced; That the defendant pay the entire amount at some later date; That the defendant pay the […]
The several courts in which a cause is finally adjudged are authorized, either before or after final judgment, for good cause, to release the defendants, or any one (1) or more of them, from the whole or any part of fines or forfeitures accruing to the county or state. Code 1858, § 5251; Shan., § […]
In cases where a fine is assessed, the court shall allow the defendant to confess judgment for the fine and costs, with good sureties. Code 1858, § 5239; Shan., § 7214; Code 1932, § 11800; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 40-3202, 40-3203.
If the defendant fails to pay the fine as directed, or is unable to pay the fine and so represents upon application to the court, the court, after inquiring into and making further investigation, if any, which it may deem necessary with regard to the defendant’s financial and family situation and the reasons for nonpayment […]
Unless discharged by payment or service of imprisonment in default of a fine, a fine may be collected in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action. The trial court may also enforce all orders assessing any fine remaining in default by contempt upon a finding by the court that the defendant has […]
Except as otherwise provided by law, fines, amercements, forfeitures and recoveries in criminal cases constitute a part of the revenue of the state, and shall be paid into the state treasury in the following cases: All fines and forfeitures that may be recovered in any case in which the defendant is indicted for a felony, […]
When any person is convicted by a circuit court or a comparable court of record with jurisdiction over criminal matters of a crime of any nature after July 1, 1984, except those crimes for which the law imposes as a maximum possible punishment a fine of less than five hundred dollars ($500) and no imprisonment, […]
When any person is convicted of a sexual offense as defined in subdivision (b)(2) on or after July 1, 2003, in addition to any other punishment that may be imposed for the sexual offense, the court shall impose a fine of two hundred dollars ($200). The additional fine shall be paid to the clerk of […]
The county legislative body of any county may elect to establish a program to assist victims of crime, their families and survivors or to provide funding or additional funding for an existing program established to assist victims. The type of programs for which this section may be utilized includes rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, […]
